Esas revistas son interesantes.

to be

Breakdown of Esas revistas son interesantes.

• interesante: interesting
• la revista: the magazine
• esas: those

Questions & Answers about Esas revistas son interesantes.

Why is it esas and not estas in this sentence?

Esas means those (feminine plural) and usually refers to things that are not right next to the speaker—they’re at some distance, or maybe closer to the listener.

Estas means these (feminine plural) and refers to things close to the speaker.

So:

• Esas revistas = those magazines (over there / not right here)
• Estas revistas = these magazines (here, near me)

In most of Latin America, ese/esa/esos/esas often covers both “middle distance” and “far away,” so esas is the normal word for those.

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What gender and number is revistas, and how do I know?

Revistas is feminine plural.

• The singular is revista (ends in -a, usually feminine).
• The plural adds -s, so revistas.

A lot of nouns ending in -a are feminine, and their plural ends in -as:
casa → casas, mesa → mesas, revista → revistas.
There are exceptions, but this is a very common pattern.

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Why do esas, revistas, and interesantes have to “match”?