Demonstrative Adjectives and Demonstrative Pronouns: This, that and that way over there. Do you want these shoes or those ones?

1. Demonstrative
Ninth edition
Capítulo 7 Adjectives
and
Dicho y hecho
Demonstrative
Pronouns

2. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Demonstrative adjectives
 point out objects or persons with respect to the speaker
 agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe
 form depends on how close you are to the item you are
pointing out
close to speaker at a short distance at a great distance
este museo ese museo aquel museo
esta calle esa calle aquella calle
estos museos esos museos aquellos museos
estas calles esas calles aquellas calles

3. Los pronombres demostrativos
Este (“this”)
Este/a/os/as is within
reaching
distance to
you.

4. Los pronombres demostrativos
Este/a/os/as
Ese (“that”) can
be pointed at
but is further
Ese/a/os/as away from you
than este (“this”)

5. Aquel/aquellos/ Aquel/aquellos/
aquella/aquellas aquella/aquellas
Use Aquel
Este/a/os/as when
referring to
something
“over there”
–further
away:
something
you gesture
toward.
Ese/a/os/as
Aquel/aquellos/ Aquel/aquellos/
aquella/aquellas Demonstrative Circle©1996 drlemon aquella/aquellas

6. Los pronombres demostrativos
close to speaker at a short distance at a great distance
este almacén ese almacén aquel almacén
esta calle esa calle aquella calle
estos almacenes esos almacenes aquellos almacenes
estas calles esas calles aquellas calles
These are the adjectives. They do not have
accent marks.
When we use them to replace a noun (“this one”
rather than “this candy bar”), we add an accent
mark to the first “e”.

7. Los pronombres demostrativos
The accent mark replaces the noun – in this
case, “shoes”
¿Te gustan estos zapatos?
adjective
p ato
s
za
 No. Prefiero ésos.
pronoun

9. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Demonstrative pronouns
 Demonstrative pronouns are pronounced and spelled like
demonstrative adjectives, but they have a written accent on
the stressed vowel
 Demonstrative pronouns replace the noun to avoid repetition
and redundancy, while adjectives go together with the noun
Examples:
Compramos en esta tienda y en aquélla. / We shop in this store and that one.
adjective pronoun
¿Te gustan estos zapatos? / Do you like these shoes?
adjective
No. Prefiero esos. / No, I prefer those.
pronoun
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