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Lesson : Demonstratives - Copy
The Spanish language has three demonstratives.
| esto this |
eso that |
aquello that over there |
Aquello refers to things that are further away than eso does, and eso refers to things that are further away than esto does.
The forms you see in the table above are gender neutral forms. You use these forms to refer to unknown objects or unnamed concepts. Otherwise you use either the masculine or the feminine form, depending on the gender of the noun you are referring to.
You can use demonstratives either as determiners in front of nouns, or as pronouns, which means that you use them by themselves in the place of a noun.
In the table below, note that the plural form of the masculine demonstratives and the neuter demonstratives are the same.
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|
| este libro, estos libros this book, these books |
esta casa, estas casas this house, these houses |
|
| ese libro, esos libros that book, those books |
esa casa, esas casas that house, those houses |
|
| aquel libro, aquellos libros that book over there those books over there |
aquella casa, aquellas casas that house over there those houses over there |
|
| este, estos this (one), these (ones) |
esta, estas this (one), these (ones) |
esto, estos this (one), these (ones) |
| ese, esos that (one), those (ones) |
esa, esas that (one), those (ones) |
eso, esos that (one), those (ones) |
| aquel, aquellos that (one) over there those (ones) over there |
aquella, aquellas that (one) over there those (ones) over there |
aquello, aquellos that (one) over there those (ones) over there |
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| this; this one | esto |
| that; that one | eso |
| that … over there; that one over there | aquello |
| this book | este libro |
| these books | estos libros |
| this house | esta casa |
| these houses | estas casas |
| that book | ese libro |
| those books | esos libros |
| that house | esa casa |
| those houses | esas casas |
| that book over there | aquel libro |
| those books over there | aquellos libros |
| that house over there | aquella casa |
| those houses over there | aquellas casas |
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