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Demonstrative Adjectives
ESTE
Model Question and Answer: Supply the correct form. Q: _____ pluma |
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ESE
Model Question and Answer: Supply the correct Ese. Q: _____ clase |
Useful Grammar For This Quiz
The demonstrative adjectives in Spanish are este (this) and ese (that) and aquel. Like other adjectives in Spanish, they agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.
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| this (singular) these (plural) |
este estos |
esta estas |
| that (singular) those (plural) |
ese esos |
esa esas |
| that (over there - singular) those (over there - plural) |
aquel aquellos |
aquella aquellas |
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este, ese, aquel
Model Question and Answer: Change the following to plural form. Q: ese libro |
Useful Grammar For This Quiz
In addition to este (this) and ese (that), covered above, there exists in Spanish a third demonstrative adjective aquel, which also has the meaning of that over there. Aquel, however, serves to indicate things at considerable distance from the speaker. Thus, while ese describes things near the person to whom one is speaking, aquel is used to indicate things at a distance from both speaker and listener.
Aquel automóvil al otro lado de la calle es del señor Gómez.
Aquellas flores en el jardín son muy bonitas.
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Review of este, ese, aquel
Model Question and Answer: Change the sentence to its plural form. Q: Este libro es nuevo. |
Useful Grammar For This Quiz
NOTE that este, ese, and aquel, although generally used as adjectives, may also be used alone as pronouns.
Este es de Juan.
Esa de usted es muy bonita.
Compare similar use in English of this and that.
This book is Mary's.
That is John's.
This is Helen's, etc.
