Realidades 2

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Realidades 2

• Demonstrative Adjectives

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• Adjectives describe people and things.
• Demonstrative adjectives in English are this,
  that, these, and those. There are only four in
  English.

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• Demonstrative adjectives are used to point out
  something or someone that is close to you, near
  you, or far away from you.

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• There are 12 in Spanish, because of gender and
  number.
• They come before the noun and agree with the noun
  that they describe in gender and number.

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• this
• este ? masculine, singular
• esta ? feminine, singular
• these
• estos ? masculine, plural
• estas ? feminine, plural

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• that
• ese ? masculine, singular
• esa ? feminine, singular
• those
• esos ? masculine, plural
• esas ? feminine, plural

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• that over there
• aquel ? masculine, singular
• aquella ? feminine, singular
• those over there
• aquellos ? masculine, plural
• aquellas ? feminine, plural

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Singular

• este vestido this dress
• esta blusa this blouse
• ese suéter that sweater
• esa sudadera that sweatshirt
• aquel libro that book over there
• aquella puerta that door over there
• Notice the demonstrative adjectives come before
  the nouns they modify.

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Plural

• estos vestidos these dresses
• estas blusas these blouses
• esos suéteres those sweaters
• esas sudaderas those sweatshirts
• aquellos libros those books over there
• aquellas puertas those doors over there
• Notice the demonstrative adjectives come
  before the nouns they modify.

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Demonstrative Ajectives

• Esta revista que yo estoy leyendo es buena.
• Ese libro que tú estás leyendo es malo.
• Aquellos libros allá son de mi mamá.

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• Words that can be used as clues
• aquí ? here
• allí ? there
• allá ? over there

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Demonstrative Adjectives

• Dont forget the saying . This and these have
  ts, that and those dont!!!