1. Demonstrative Adjectives
Spanish
Demonstrative Adjectives
Adjetivos
Demostrativos

2. Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives in English are: this, that, these, and those. There are only four in English and 12 in Spanish.

3. Demonstrative Adjectives
este
esta
ese
esa
aquel
aquella
There are 8 in Spanish, because of gender.
They come before the noun and they have the same gender and number as the noun they describe.
intermediate
distance
estos
estas
esos
esas
aquellos
aquellas
intermediate
distance
far away

4. THIS THESE Singular Plural Masculine Este Estos Femenine Esta Estas
Both have “T”s
THAT
THOSE
Singular
Plural
Masculine
Ese
Esos
Femenine
Esa
Esas
No “T” goes
THAT
THOSE
Singular
Plural
Masculine
Aquel
Aquellos
Femenine
Aquella
Aquellas
“A” Far Away

5. This / These Both have “T”
Masculine
este (singular) this (singular)
estos (plural) these (plural)
esta (singular) these (singular)
estas (plural) these (plural)
Femenine

6. That / Those ese that esos those esa that esas those NO “T” Goes
Masculine
ese that
esos those
esa that
esas those
Femenine

7. That / Those “A” Far Away
Masculine
Aquél that Aquellos those
Aquella that Aquellas those
Femenine

9. Ejemplos Demostrative Adjective + noun
Este lápiz (this pencil)
Estos lapices (these pencils)
Ese lápiz (that pencil)
Esos lápices (those pencils)
Aquel lápiz (that pencil)
Aquellos lápices (those pencils)
¿Dónde está(n)?
aquí
¿Dónde está(n)?
ahí
¿Dónde está(n)?
allá

10. ¿Dónde esta esto/eso/aquello? Demostrative Adjective + No Noun
Neutral Demostrative Adjective witout noun
Esto está dentro de la caja (close)
This is inside the box
Eso está dentro de la caja (intermediate)
That is inside the box
Aquello está dentro de la caja (far away)

11. Warm-up A demonstrative adjective is?
Word used to point to out specific people or thing (e.g. this)

12. Near distance
Intemediate distance
Far away

13. Examples
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