Spanish Grammar Lessons
Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives refer to a noun and
and answer the question which?. They are the equivalent to
"this, that, these, & those" in English. In Spanish they must agree
in gender and number with the noun they modify.
There are 3 categories of demonstrative adjectives in Spanish that
relate to the distance of the noun being spoken about from the
speaker.
1. Noun is near the speaker = este & esta
2. Noun is near the person being spoken to = ese & esa
3. Noun is far from both the speaker and the person being spoken to
= aquel & aquella
| masculine singular |
feminine singular |
masculine plural |
feminine plural |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| este | esta | estos | estas | |
| ese | esa | esos | esas | |
| aquel | aquella | aquellos | aquellas |
Examples:
|
este libro ese libro aquel libro |
this book (by
the speaker) that book (over there) that book (in a place far from the speaker and the person being spoken to) |