Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative AdjectivesO Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives

because they describe the relative position of a person or object.

O In English, we have 4: this, that, these, and those. O This shirt is pretty.O These pants are too big.O That boy is handsome.O Those shoes are cute.

Demonstrative AdjectivesO There are 12 in Spanish. We use aquel to

point out something or someone that is far from both you and the person you are speaking to. Aquel means “that one over there.”

O They come before the noun and they have the same gender and number as the noun they describe.

Demonstrative AdjectivesMasculine Singular

Feminine Singular

Masculine Plural

Feminine Plural

this este esta these estos estas

that ese esa those esos esas

that over there*

aquél aquellathose over there*

aquellos aquellas

Singular

Oeste vestido this dressOesta blusa this blouseOese suéter that sweaterOesa sudadera that sweatshirtOaquél libro that book over there

Oaquella puerta that door over there

PluralOestos vestidos these dressesOestas blusas these blousesOesos suéteres those sweatersOesas sudaderas those sweatshirtsOaquellos libros those books over there

Oaquellas puertas those doors over there

Esta casa

Esa casa Aquella

casa

This hous

e

That hous

eThat

house over there

Let’s try it!

O Picture SignsO ExerciseO Act. 19, p. 114

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Bolsos

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