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Demonstrative adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives. What are demonstrative adjectives?. Used to describe the distance of an person place or thing (this, that, that over there). In the case of Spanish, those distances are aqu í ( here ), allí ( there ), and allá ( over there ).

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Demonstrative adjectives

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  1. Demonstrative adjectives

  2. What are demonstrative adjectives? Used to describe the distance of an person place or thing (this, that, that over there). In the case of Spanish, those distances are aquí (here), allí (there), and allá (overthere). Theadjectivesusedto describe thosedistances are este/a, ese/a, aquel/aquella

  3. Demonstrativeadjectiveforms Este- this (m) Esta (f) Ese- that (m) Esa (f) Aquel- that over there (m) Aquella- that over there (f) Estos/as- these Esos/as- those Aquellos/aquellas- thoseoverthere

  4. Example Estos zapatos Aquellos zapatos Esos zapatos

  5. Reflexiveverbs Actions done uponone’sself In Spanish, reflexivepronouns are usuallypositioned in front of a conjugatedverbtoreflecttheactionbeing done upon a specificself (myself, himself, etc)

  6. Reflexivepronouns Me (myself) Te (yourself) Se (his/herself/yourself- usted) Nos (ourselves) Se (themselves) Se (yourselves- ustedes)

  7. Conjugatingreflexives -ar (afeitarse) -er (ponerse) and –ir (dormirse) Me afeito Te afeitas Se afeita Nos afeitamos Se afeitan Se afeitan Me pongo; me duermo Te pones; te duermes Se pone; se duerme Nos ponemos; nos dormimos Se ponen; se duermen Se ponen; se duermen

  8. Example: Me baño para prepararme para las fiesta hoy. Noticehowthereflex. Pronounchangesthis time toreflect a referenceto a specificself. Prepararse: Prepararme (I getmyselfready) Prepararte (Yougetyourselfready) Prepararse (he/shegetsready) Prepararnos (wegetourselvesready) Prepararse (theygetthemselvesready) Prepararse (youallgetyourselvesready) Phrasesthattriggertheinfinitive Para- in orderto; to; for Antes de- before Después de- after

  9. Comparatives/Superlatives Comparatives Superlatives Más que… more than Menos que… lessthan Igual que… equalto Mejor que… betterthan Peor que…worsethan Tan… como= as… as (adjectives) Tanto/a(s)… como… as many/as much as El mejor=thebest El peor=theworst El mayor=theoldest El menor=theyoungest El más grande=thebiggest El más pequeño= thesmallest

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