Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

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Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

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Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

• You use demonstrative adjectives to point out
  people or things that are nearby and farther
  away.
• A demonstrative adjective always comes before the
  noun and agrees with it in gender and number.

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Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

• Cuánto cuesta este anillo?
• How much does this ring cost?
• Ese anillo cuesta diez dólares.
• That ring costs ten dollars.
• Aquel anillo es más barato.
• That ring (over there) is more inexpensive.

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Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

• Demonstrative adjectives can also be used as
  pronouns to replace nouns.
• To distinguish them from demonstrative
  adjectives, they have a written accent.

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Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

• No me gusta este anillo, pero me gusta ése.
• I dont like this ring, but I like that one.
• Ves esas bolsas? Me gusta ésa, pero no me gusta
  aquélla.
• Do you see those bags? I like that one, but I
  dont like that one over there.

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This and These (close to you)

• Adjectives
• Este (this) estos (these)
• Esta (this) estas (these)
• Pronouns
• Éste (this one) éstos (these ones)
• Ésta (this one) éstas (these ones)

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That and Those (closer to the person you are
talking to)

• Adjectives
• Ese (that) esos (those)
• Esa (that) esas (those)
• Pronouns
• Ése (that one) ésos (those ones)
• Ésa (that one) ésas (those ones)

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That and Those Over There (far from both of you)

• Adjectives
• Aquel (that over there) Aquellos (those over
  there)
• Aquella (that over there) Aquellas (those over
  there)
• Pronouns
• Aquél (that one over there) Aquéllos (those
  ones over there)
• Aquélla (that one over there) Aquéllas (those
  ones over there)