In the last lesson, we covered demonstrative adjectives in the singular form.
To review again, we’ll use gato.
En el cuarto tengo tres gatos.
este gato ese gato
y aquel gato
este gato ese gato
y aquel gato
So again, Este means 'this' ese means 'that'
And aquel also means 'that' also, but it’s farther away.
So these words are helping us to understand better which object we are talking about.
Now if the word is feminine, like gata (the female cat).
I would have…
En el cuarto tengo tres gatas.
esta gata esa gata
aquella gata
But what would happen if I had more than one group of cats like this.
If they’re masculine…
Este gato would become estos gatos.
Ese gato would become esos gatos.
And aquel gato would become aquellos gatos.
Entonces, en el cuarto tengo muchos gatos.
Estos gatos Esos gatos
Y aquellos gatos
For gata… esta gata; estas gatas
esa gata; esas gatas aquella gata; aquellas gatas
Entonces, en el cuarto tengo muchas gatas.
Muchas gatas.
Muchísísísísímas gatas.
Estas gatas Esas gatas
Aquellas gatas
Now, if you are having a hard time keeping all of this information crammed into your
brain or if you’re having a hard time remembering the difference between these words because
they’re so similar… this, that, these, and the other.
Back when I was a Spanish student, I learned a little bit of rhyme.
Now, it’s not mine so I can't claim any credit for creating it or anything like that.
So please do not think that I am awesome, because I am not.
But whoever created this, and I have no idea who it was, are awesome in my book and get
all sorts of cool points.
The rhyme is as follows.
This and these have got Ts that and those no T goes
and an A for far away
Let’s say it again.
If you’ll repeat it with me.
This and these have got Ts that and those no T goes
and an A for far away
Una vez más.
This and these have got Ts that and those no T goes
and an A for far away
In the first line we have This and these have got Ts
este and esta both mean this and they have Ts
estos and estas both mean these and also have Ts
The second line: That and those, no T goes... horrible grammar
but nice rhyme.
It means that there is no t in the words that and those in Spanish.
ese and esa are that and notice no t just like the rhyme says
esos and esas also are those and still no t
And an A for far away aquel and aquella mean that (far)
aquellos and aquellas mean those for far away Pretty nice rhyme, huh?
So how about you go ahead and try some now.
Depending on the picture and where it is located
in the room in conjunction with me, translate it into Spanish.
Pause the video if you need more time
and check the word bank if you aren't sure about word.
We’ll do an example first.
We have three libros.
Hay tres libros.
So you notice
the one closest to me would be this, the middle one would be that, and the farthest one would
be that (far away).
Or we would have these, those and those (far away).
So this (book) would be este libro. Now you try the rest of them.
este coche
aquellos zapatos
ese reloj
esas fotos
estas gorras
ese pupitre
esos pantalones
aquella bandera
esos dulces
estas computadoras
Hopefully that was pretty easy for you.
Check out the next lesson where I’ll show you how to make these adjectives into nouns.
So the demonstrative adjectives will become demonstrative pronouns.
I hope this was helpful!
Let me know if you have any questions comments or suggestions about this video or others.
¡Gracias y adiós!