Los adjetivos demostrativos Cap. 2B, pág. 114
You are already familiar with the concepts of adjectives as words used to modify a noun. In Spanish, adjectives that describe a noun usually go after it. These are called descriptive adjectives. Lleva un chaleco floreado. She is wearing a flowered vest.
However, demonstrative adjectives, those that are used to point out people or things that are nearby, go before a noun, and agrees with it in number and in gender. There are three types of demonstrative adjectives. These are:
Este/esta/estos/estas Ese/esa/esos/esas Aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas
To point out things that are next to you, we use: este/esta/estos/estas. Este es mi bolso. (This is my purse.) Esta mochila es mía. (This backpack is mine.) _______ muchachos son mis alumnos. (These boys are my students.) Estos
Ese niño es bien educado. That boy is polite. _______ platos están sucios. Those plates are dirty. Esos ¿De quiénes son _______ muñecas? Whose dolls are those? esas To point out things that are farther away from you, we use: ese/esa/esos/esas.
To point out things that are very far away from you, we use: aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas. Aquella corbata es más elegante que ésta. That tie (over there) is more elegant than this one. Queremos comprar ______ mapa. We want to buy that map over there. aquel
Demonstrative pronouns are used to replace a demonstrative adjective + noun, when the meaning is understood in the sentence. Éste/éstos/ésta/éstas Ése/ésos/ésa/ésas Aquél/aquélla/aquéllos/aquéllas
-¿Cuál de los dos vestidos te gusta más? ¿Éste o ése? (Which of the two dresses do you like more? This one or that one?) -Me gusta ______. (I like that one.) ése
1.-¿Cuál de estos trajes te gustan más? ¿Éste o ése? -Prefiero ____que está allí. 2.-Señor, ¿cuánto cuestan ____ bolsos de cuero aquí? 3.-____ cuestan treinta dólares. Son de cuero. ése estos Éstos