This document discusses demonstrative adjectives and pronouns in Spanish. It explains that demonstrative adjectives describe nouns by answering "which" or "cuál". Common demonstrative adjectives include este/a, ese/sa, and aquel/la, which agree with the noun in gender and number. Demonstrative pronouns replace nouns and also agree with the replaced noun. Neutral forms like esto, eso, and aquello are used when the gender of the noun is unknown.

1. Demonstrative Adjectives…
 Adjectives describe nouns, therefore, these
demonstrative adjectives are going to
describe and answer the question “Which” or
“Cuál”.
 Give me the red book.
 Which book? The red book.

2. Demonstrative Adjectives…
 Give me that book.
*Notice the “that” takes the place of “red”
as the adjective describing the noun.
 Which book? That book.
 I want this cat.
 Which cat? This cat.

3. allí
Close
To me
Close
To you
Far
You/me
This/These That/Those
That/Those
Over there
Far
Adjetivos
Demostrativos
alláaquí

4. aquí allí allá
This/These That/Those
That/Those
Over there
Far
M.
ESTE
ESTOS
F.
ESTA
ESTAS
M.
ESE
ESOS
F.
ESA
ESAS
AQUEL
AQUELLOS
AQUELLA
AQUELLAS
Adjetivos
Demostrativos

5. Adjetivos Demostrativos…
 Depending on the noun (noun and adjective
agreement) will determine which form of the
demonstrative adjective that you use.
 Por ejemplo:
 La mochila – feminine, so use: esta, esa,
aquella
 El libro – masculine, so use: este, ese, aquel

6. Adjetivos Demostrativos…
 This and These both have “t”s,
 este, esta / estos, estas
 That and Those don’t.
 ese, esa / esos, esas

7. Adjetivos Demostrativos…
 Por Ejemplo:
I need this backpack.
Yo necesito esta mochila. – Which
backpack? This backpack.
Jorge has that book.
Jorge tiene ese libro. – Which book? That
book.

8. Pronombres Demostrativos
 Demonstratives in the pronoun form take the
place of the noun in the sentence.
 Por ejemplo:
 The pencil is yours. – This is yours.
 The book is mine. – This is mine.
 The car is his. – That is his.

9. Pronombres Demostrativos
 Demonstrative Pronouns answer the question,
“Which one?”
 They are used when you take the noun out of the
sentence, but replace it with the appropriate noun
agreement demonstrative to indicate what you are
talking about.
 YOU STILL USE NOUN/PRONOUN
AGREEMENT!!! (like noun/adjective agreement)

10. aquí allí allá
This/These That/Those
That/Those
Over There
Far
M.
ÉSTE
ÉSTOS
F.
ÉSTA
ÉSTAS
M.
ÉSE
ÉSOS
F.
ÉSA
ÉSAS
AQUÉL
AQUÉLLOS
AQUÉLLA
AQUÉLLAS
Pronombres
Demostrativos

11. Pronombres Demostrativos….
 Por ejemplo:
1. Juan reads the book. – Juan reads this.
Juan lee el libro. – Juan lee éste.
2. I like the pen. – I like that.
Yo me gusta la pluma. – Yo me gusta ésa.
3. I see the cows (way over there). – I see
those.
Yo veo las vacas. – Yo veo aquéllas.

12. Neutral Genders…
 There are neutral forms of the
demonstratives that do not change for
number or gender. These are used for
unknown objects.
 Esto- this thing
 Eso- that thing
 Aquello- that thing over there