Creo que esa falda marrón te queda bien con la camisa blanca.

I think that brown skirt looks good on you with the white shirt.

Breakdown of Creo que esa falda marrón te queda bien con la camisa blanca.

• yo: I
• con: with
• que: that
• esa: that

Questions & Answers about Creo que esa falda marrón te queda bien con la camisa blanca.

What does creo que mean here, and why is que needed?

Creo que means I think (that).

• creo = I think / I believe
• que = that

In English, we often drop that:

• I think that that brown skirt suits you...
• I think that brown skirt suits you...

In Spanish, que is normally kept after creo when introducing a full clause:

• Creo que esa falda...
• literally: I think that that skirt...

So que is the normal connector here.

Why does the sentence use esa falda instead of esta falda?

Spanish has a three-way contrast for demonstratives:

• esta = this (near the speaker)
• esa = that (near the listener or not especially near the speaker)
• aquella = that over there (far from both)

So:

• esta falda = this skirt
• esa falda = that skirt
• aquella falda = that skirt over there

In this sentence, esa falda simply means that skirt.