DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

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1 DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

2 DEFINITION A demonstrative adjective is an adjective that shows the position of a noun relative to the speaker. ¿Qué?

3 “ESTE” está este esta estos estas THIS AND THESE HAVE "T's"
Este: this / these Used to talk about something CLOSE to the speaker. está MASCULINE FEMININE SINGULAR este  esta  PLURAL estos  estas  THIS AND THESE HAVE "T's" HERE’S A CUTE WAY TO REMEMBER “ESTE”…

4 “ESE” ese esa esos esas THAT AND THOSE HAVE AN "O" Ese: that / those
Used to talk about something FARTHER AWAY from the speaker. MASCULINE FEMININE SINGULAR ese  esa PLURAL esos esas THAT AND THOSE HAVE AN "O" HERE’S A CUTE WAY TO REMEMBER “ESE”…

5 “AQUEL” aquel aquella aquellos aquellas
Aquel: that over there / those over there Used to talk about something VERY FAR AWAY from the speaker. MASCULINE FEMININE SINGULAR aquel  aquella PLURAL aquellos aquellas

6 ¡Dáme las galletas! ¿Aquellas galletas? ¿Esas galletas?
¿Estas galletas? ¡Dáme las galletas! ¡Aquéllas galletas!

7 Dem. Adj. as Pronouns What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun. Demonstrative Adjectives may be used as pronouns. They need accents if they are pronouns. Éste(a)/s Ése(a)/s Aquél(a)/s

8 How are they used as Pronouns?
Juan: El reportero es inteligente. Marian: ¿Cuál reportero? Marian: ¿Éste? Marian: ¿Ése? Marian: ¿Aquél? Marian Juan

9 Este casco Aquella red Esta pelota Esos bates Ese uniforme Aquellos premios Estas jugadoras This helmet That net over there This ball Those bats That uniform Those prizes over there These players

10 PRACTICA I want this ball. Yo quiero esta pelota. She wants that ball.
They want those balls over there. Yo quiero esta pelota. Ella quiere esa pelota. Ellos quieren aquellas pelotas. PRACTICA We prefer these prizes. You guys prefer those prizes. But Luis prefers those prizes over there. Nosotros preferimos estos premios. Vosotros preferís esos premios. Pero Luis prefiere aquellos premios.

11 This photo is Manuel’s. Who is that girl? Those people over there are his siblings. Esta foto es de Manuel. ¿Quién es esa chica? Aquellas personas son sus hermanos. I have to buy this net. No, you should buy that net. I think that I like that net over there. Tengo que comprar esta red. No, debes comprar esa red. Pienso que me gusta aquella red.