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Page 114 Realidades 2 Demonstrative Adjectives
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Demonstrative Adjectives
Adjectives describe people and things. Demonstrative adjectives in English are: this/these that/those In English there are 2 groups of demonstrative adjectives.
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Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrarive adjectives in Spanish are: este/esta/estos/estas – this/these ese/esa/esos/esas – that/those aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas – that/those over there You see that in Spanish there are 3 groups of demonstrative adjectives.
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Demonstrative Adjectives
Note that the masculine singular forms are: este ese aquel
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Demonstrative Adjectives
The demonstraive adjectives in Spanish come before the noun they modify. The demostrative adjectives in Spanish have the same gender and number as the noun they describe.
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Singular este vestido this dress esta blusa this blouse
ese suéter that sweater esa sudadera that sweatshirt aquel libro that book over there aquella puerta that door over there
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Plural estos vestidos these dresses estas blusas these blouses
esos suéteres those sweaters esas sudaderas those sweatshirts aquellos libros those books over there aquellas puertas those doors over there
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Demonstrative Adjectives
To ask a question use: Esto / Eso / Aquello ¿Qué es esto? – What is this? ¿Qué es eso? – What is that? ¿Qué es aquello? – What is that over there? Esto/Eso/Aquello are not a masculine singular form. They are used only to ask a question!
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Demonstrative Adjectives
The adverbs aqui, allí, allá (here, there, over there) match up to the demonstrative adjectives. este/esta/estos/estas – aquí this/these - here ese/esa/esos/esas - allí that/those - there aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas - allá that/those – over there
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