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Understanding Demonstrative Adjectives in English and Spanish

This resource explores demonstrative adjectives, which are crucial for describing people and things. In English, the demonstrative adjectives are limited to four: this, that, these, and those. Spanish has eight demonstrative adjectives, reflecting gender and number agreement with nouns. This guide provides examples for both singular and plural forms in Spanish, such as "este vestido" (this dress) and "esos suéteres" (those sweaters). Learning these differences enhances your language skills and improves communication in both languages.

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Understanding Demonstrative Adjectives in English and Spanish

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  1. Page 114Realidades 2 Demonstrative Adjectives

  2. Demonstrative Adjectives • Adjectives describe people and things. • Demonstrative adjectives in English are: this, that, these, and those. There are only four in English

  3. Demonstrative Adjectives • There are 8 in Spanish, because of gender. • They come before the noun and they have the same gender and number as the noun they describe.

  4. Singular • este vestido this dress • esta blusa this blouse • ese suéter that sweater • esa sudadera that sweatshirt • aquél libro that book over there • aquella puerta that door over there

  5. Plural • estos vestidos these dresses • estas blusas these blouses • esos suéteres those sweaters • esas sudaderas those sweatshirts • aquellos libros those books over there • aquellas puertas those doors over there

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