CONTENT
  1. Reviewing Demonstrative Determiners
  2. How to Use Demonstrative Pronouns?
  3. Demonstrative Pronouns Form
  4. Neutral demonstratives

Demonstrative determiners can also take the form of pronouns when they replace a noun (instead of modifying it).

Spanish

English

- ¿Me puede enseñar esa falda?

- ¿Esta?

- No, aquella.

- Can you show me that skirt?

- This one?

- No, that one.

Reviewing Demonstrative Determiners

Rule 1. Determinative demonstratives accompany a noun and indicate which entities are being referred to. They must agree in number and gender with the noun they accompany.

Spanish

English

- ¿Me puede enseñar esa falda?

- Can you show me that skirt?

How to Use Demonstrative Pronouns?

Rule 2. Demonstrative pronouns are used to replace something that is being talked about, and often show the proximity between two entities.

Spanish

English

- ¿Cuál juguete quieres?

- Ese de ahí.

- Which toy do you want?

- That one over there.

Demonstrative Pronouns Form

Rule 3. The demonstrative pronouns are the same as the demonstrative determiners, only with a neutral variation discussed further below. Remember that they have to agree in number and gender with the noun they are replacing.

Masculine Singular este\t ese aquel
Masculine Plural estos esos\t aquellos
Feminine Singular esta\t esa aquella
Feminine Plural estas esas aquellas
Masculine Singular este\t ese aquel
Masculine Plural estos esos\t aquellos
Feminine Singular esta\t esa aquella
Feminine Plural estas esas aquellas

Spanish

English

- ¿Te gustan estos tennis?

- No, aquellos son mejores.

- Do you like these tennis shoes?

- No, those are better.

Neutral demonstratives

Rule 4. Unlike determiners, demonstrative pronouns have a neutral form. This is always singular and refers to abstract ideas, the unknown, or something that has already been mentioned.

The demonstrative pronouns in the neutral form are the following:

  • esto
  • eso
  • aquello

Spanish

English

¿Qué quiere decir esto?

What does this mean?

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