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Spanish Grammar in Context

A reference grammar with video examples from the Spanish in Texas collection

  • Credits
  • Index
  • About
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  • Adjectives
    • Introduction to Adjectives
    • Adjectives – Formation and Placement
    • Comparisons and Superlatives with Adjectives
    • Past Participles as Adjectives
    • Todo
    • Indefinite Adjectives
    • Adjectives Practice
  • Adverbs
    • Introduction to Adverbs
    • Adverbs – Formation and Placement
    • Comparative Adverbs
    • Adverbs Practice
  • Conjunctions
    • Introduction to Conjunctions
    • Coordinating Conjunctions
    • Subordinating Conjunctions
    • Conjunctions Practice
  • Determiners
    • Introduction to Determiners
    • Definite Articles
    • Indefinite Articles
    • Possessive Determiners
    • Demonstrative Determiners
    • Expressions of Quantity
    • Determiners Practice
  • Negation
    • Introduction to Negation
    • Basic Negation: No
    • Alternate Forms of Negation
    • One-word Negative Sentences
    • Negation Practice
  • Nouns
    • Introduction to Nouns
    • Nouns – Number
    • Nouns – Gender
    • Nouns Practice
  • Prepositions
    • Introduction to Prepositions
    • Common Prepositions
    • Por vs. Para
    • Prepositions Practice
  • Pronouns
    • Introduction to Pronouns
    • Subject Pronouns
    • Direct Object Pronouns
    • Indirect Object Pronouns
    • Reflexive Pronouns
    • Order of Object Pronouns
    • Relative Pronouns
    • Indefinite Pronouns
    • Demonstrative Pronouns
    • Possessive Pronouns
    • Pronouns Practice
  • Verbs
    • Introduction to Verbs
    • Tense/Mood
    • Introduction to Present Tense
      • -ar Verbs (Regular) Present Tense
      • -er Verbs (Regular) Present Tense
      • -ir Verbs (Regular) Present Tense
    • Ser “To Be”
    • Haber “To Have”
    • Reflexive Verbs
    • Preterit
    • Present Perfect
    • Imperfect
    • Narration: Preterit vs. Imperfect
    • Pluperfect
    • Future
    • Conditional
    • Past Conditional
    • Imperative Mood (commands)
    • Introduction to Subjunctive
      • Subjunctive – Present
      • Subjunctive – Past or Imperfect
      • Subjunctive – Present Perfect
      • Subjunctive – Pluperfect
      • Tense Sequences
    • Si Clauses (If Clauses)
    • Indirect Speech
      • Indirect Speech – Present
      • Indirect Speech – Past
    • Passive Voice
    • Language Contact
    • Verbs Practice
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    Practice quizzes: pronouns

    Demonstrative Pronouns

    Singular Plural Translation
    Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine Neuter
    este esta estos estas esto this, these
    ese esa esos esas eso that, those
    aquel aquella aquellos aquellas aquello that, those (far in distance or time)

    Demonstrative pronouns replace a specific noun, which has been mentioned or is obvious from context. The noun being replaced is called the antecedent. Demonstrative pronouns agree in gender and number with their antecedent. Whether you use este, ese or aquel depends on how far the antecedent is from the speaker; este is used for close objects or ideas, ese for those further away, and  aquel for something quite far or long ago in the past.

    En la comodidad aún que tenemos para reunirnos con aquellos que, que creen lo mismo que nosotros, que tienen el mismo pensar.
    In the comfort that we still have to get together with those that believe the same as us, that have the same thinking.
    El inglés de los anglosajones de Chicago se me hizo bien diferente al inglés de los tejanos.. … si no les entendía aquellos, pues, menos les entendía a estos.
    The Anglos from Chicago’s English seemed very different to me from the Texan’s English… if I didn’t understand those, well I understood these less.

    These same forms can also be used as determiners; as seen in the example below esos is the determiner for the noun lugares.

    Esos lugares estaban llenos de gente joven.
    Those places were full of young people.

    The neuter singular forms esto, eso, and aquello are used to replace not defined and generic antecedents, meaning this/that thing(s) for example.

    A mí me gusta vivir lo que viene, no estar esperando que voy a hacer esto o hacer aquello.
    I live to live what come, to not be waiting to do this or that.

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