Los adjetivos demonstrativos El 22 de febrero
Conjugate these two verbs: 1. Sentir 2. Preferir Para Empezar Conjugate these two verbs: 1. Sentir 2. Preferir
Preguntas críticas Tell your shoulder partner 4 foods you prefer to eat when you go out with your family. Why might it be important to know how to use stem- changing verbs in Spanish? Could this affect what you are trying to communicate?
Para Empezar Change each adjective so that it matches the noun: carro (nuevo) inmigrantes (legal) escuelas (grande) mariposas (bonito) estudiante (inteligente)
¿Qué es? Demonstrative adjectives are used to specify objects (people, animals, etc.) I don’t want that one, I want this one.
¿Qué es? English uses this and that for singular objects and these and those for plural objects.
La estructura Spanish uses these three demonstrative adjectives Este (this) Ese (that) Aquel (that over there)
Aquel gato Este gato Ese gato
La estructura Este Ese Aquel Esta Esa Aquella Estos Esos Aquellos Demonstrative adjectives, like most other adjectives in Spanish, have feminine and plural forms. Este Ese Aquel Esta Esa Aquella Estos Esos Aquellos Estas Esas Aquellas
Este pengüino Estos pengüinos
Ese mono Esos monos
Aquella jirafa Aquellas jirafas
How might you remember the different demonstrative pronouns in Spanish? Why is it important to know the difference in describing where something is (that, this, that over there?)
Práctica 1. I want those socks over there. Yo quiero _________ calcetines. 2. Will you give me that book? ¿Me das _______ libro? 3. I am going to eat this pizza. Voy a comer ________ pizza. 4. They like to eat these apples. A ellos les gusta comer _______manzanas.
Práctica En parejas: página 239, ejercicio 23 Sólo: la hoja de papel