Adjetivos demostrativos

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Adjetivos demostrativos

• Demonstrative Adjectives

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What is an adjective?

• Adjectives
• Describe a noun (sustantivo)
• Give me the red book
• Give me the big book
• Give me that book
• Give me this book

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Remember

• In Spanish, adjectives have four forms masculine
  singular, masculine plural, feminine singular,
  and feminine plural
• El chico bajo
• Los chicos bajos
• La chica baja
• Las chicas bajas

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Remember

• Spanish has three words where English only has
  two
• In Spanish, we also say this and that but
  there is another, separate word used to mean
  that one over there.
• This form is used when the object is more than
  just a short distance away, for example, on the
  other side of the room.

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Here are the three forms

• este (this)
• ese (that)
• aquel (that one over there)

(aquí)
(allí)

(allá) este esta
ese esos
aquel aquellos esta estas
esa
esas aquella
aquellas
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Demostrative adjectives

• In Spanish demonstrative adjectives have four
  forms
• este libro (this book)
• estos libros (these books)
• esta mesa (this table)
• estas mesas (these tables)
• ese libro (that book)
• esos libros (those books)
• esa mesa (that table)
• esas mesas (those tables)
• aquel libro (that book over there)
• aquellos libros (those books over there)
• aquella mesa (that table over there)
• aquellas mesas (those tables over there)
• Note demonstrative adjectives are placed before
  the noun (sustantivo)

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Choose the correct demonstrative adjective that
corresponds to this or these 1. ________
plato 2. ________ platos 3. ________ cuchara 4.
________ cucharas Choose the correct
demonstrative adjective that corresponds to
that or those 5. _________ tenedor 6.
_________ tenedores 7. _________ taza 8.
_________ tazas Choose the correct demonstrative
adjective that corresponds to that ______ over
there or those _______ over there 9.
_________ mantel 10. ________ manteles 11.
________ servilleta 12. ________ servilletas
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Remember

• Demonstrative adjectives are placed before the
  noun
• They are used to point to people or objects
• There are three words este, ese, aquel
• They agree in number and gender

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El fin
Created by imj 9.19.07