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Apuntes 24-25 de marzo. Los adjetivos y pronombres demostrativos Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. Los adjetivos demostrativos ¿Te gustan estos zapatos ? Do you like these shoes? -Sí, me gustan esos zapatos, pero mi hermana prefiere aquellos zapatos.
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Apuntes 24-25 de marzo Los adjetivos y pronombres demostrativos Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Los adjetivosdemostrativos • ¿Te gustanestoszapatos? • Do you like these shoes? • -Sí, me gustan esos zapatos, pero mi hermana prefiere aquellos zapatos. • -Yes, I like those shoes, but my sister prefers those shoes over there.
Like other adjectives, demonstrative adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they describe. Unlike most other adjectives, they precede the nouns that they describe. estatiendathis store estasgafasthese glasses esetrajethat suit aquellacorbatathat tie over there
Los pronombres demostrativos ¿Quieres comprar esta chaqueta? Do you want to buy this jacket? - No, no me gusta ésa. Voy a compraraquélla. - No, I don’t like that one. I’m going to buy that one over there.
Demonstrative pronouns always match the nouns they replace in gender and number. Estas botas son de mi padre. Ésas son de mi madre. These boots are my father’s. Those are my mother’s.
There are three neuter demonstrative pronouns: esto, eso, and aquello. They refer to unspecified nouns, situations, ideas and concepts. They don’t change in gender or number and don’t carry a written accent. Estoesdifícil. This is hard. ¿Qué es eso? What’sthat? ¿Quéesaquello? What’s that over there?
