Avancemos 2 Unidad 2 Lección 1

*Demonstrative Adjectives

*Demonstrative Adjectives

*Demonstratives show distance in relationship to the speaker. In other words, they show if something is close to, not so close, or far away from the speaker.

*There are both demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns. We will begin by learning demonstrative adjectives.

*Demonstrative adjectives are used to describe how close something or someone (a noun) is to you.

*Examples in English of demonstrative adjectives

*This car – (close to the speaker)

*That car – (not so close to the speaker)

*That car (over there) – (far away from the speaker)

*Demonstrative Adjectives

*Demonstrative adjectives appear before the noun. (this, these, that, those)

*This dog/that dress/those gloves etc

*In Spanish, they agree in gender and number with the noun they describe.

Masculine

*This ring = Este anillo

*These rings = Estos anillos

*That ring = Ese anillo

*Those rings = Esos anillos

*That ring (over there) = Aquel

anillo

*Those rings (over there) =

Aquellos anillos

Feminine

*This shirt = Esta camisa

*These shirts = Estas camisas

*That shirt = Esa camisa

*Those shirts = Esas camisas

*That shirt (over there) = Aquella

camisa

*Those shirts (over there) = Aquellas

camisas

*Demonstrative Adjectives

  Close Not Close Far Away

 Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine

Singular

This

este

This

esta

That

ese

That

esa

That

aquel

That

aquella

Plural

These

estos

These

estas

Those

esos

Those

esas

Those

aquellos

Those

aquellas

These are the Spanish demonstrative adjectives:

Examples: These tickets - _____ boletos. Boletos is masculine plural (los boletos). The word “these” indicates that they are close. Therefore, these tickets = Estos boletos.

That suitcase (over there) - _____ maleta. Maleta is feminine singular (la maleta). The words “that” (over there) indicate that it is far away from the speaker. Therefore, that suitcase (over there) = Aquella maleta.

*Demonstrative Adjectives

*Some students confuse the “close” and “not so close” demonstratives because they look so similar.

*A good way to remember which order they go in is with the following little rhyme:

“This and these have “T’s” (este/esta etc)

That and those don’t (ese/esa etc)

Far away begins with an “A” (aquel/aquellas etc)

*Práctica 1

1. That ____ oficina de turismo (far away)

2. These ____ aretes.

3. Those _____premios.

4. This _____ pista.

5. Those ______ uniformes (far away)

6. That ______ maleta

7. Those ______ boletos

8. Those ______ chicas

9. That ____ equipo

10.This ____ gol

1. Aquella

2. Estos

3. Esos

4. Esta

5. Aquellos

6. Esa

7. Esos

8. Esas

9. Ese

10.Este

Práctica 2:1. This museum

2. Those keys (far away)

3. That ring

4. That necklace (far away)

5. These postcards

6. That souvenir

7. These handicrafts

8. Those suitcases (far away)

9. That airport

10.This ticket

11.Those taxis

12.These tourists (m)

13.That elevator (far away)

14.This hotel room

1. Este museo

2. Aquellas llaves

3. Ese anillo

4. Aquel collar

5. Estas tarjetas postales

6. Ese recuerdo

7. Estas artesanías

8. Aquellas maletas

9. Ese aeropuerto

10.Este boleto

11.Esos taxis

12.Estos turistas

13.Aquel ascensor

14.Esta habitación