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Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns

cuadros no son muy interesantes. (aquf)

marco (frame) cuesta demasiado. (ahf)

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6. <;Te gustan lamparas? (alla)

7. Necesito

fundas (pillowcases) para mis almohadas. (aqui)

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En espańol.

1.    Those books over there are rare. _

2.    In this section they have many novels in Spanish. _

3.    At the cafe I buy that tea from China. _

4.    That cashier (cajera) is ready now. _

5.    I am going to pay with this credit card (tarjeta de credito). _

6.    Do you (Ud.) want (desear) to buy these postcards? _

7.    Yes, but I prefer those envelopes (sobres, m.) over there. _

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns (los pronombres demostrativos) have the same forms as the demon-strative adjectives. Like other pronouns, they take the place of nouns.

De monstra tive pronoun forms

SINGULAR    PLURAL

este, esta    this    one    estos, estas    these (ones)

ese, esa    that    one    esos, esas    those (ones)

aquel, aquella    that one over there    aquellos, aquellas    those (ones over there)

Mi computadora es mas rapida que    My Computer is faster than this one.

esta.

Remember that demonstrative pronouns:

•    agree in gender and number with the nouns they replace.

•    may have written accent marks (except the neuter forms esto, eso, and aquello). Notę that contemporary writing often omits the accent mark.

Toma este globo y deja ese a ese nińo. Take this balloon and leave that one for the

other boy.