CSG276

Possessive and Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns 265

esto    this

eso    that

aquello    that one

Es diffcil encontrar el trabajo ideał    It is difficult to find the ideał job with the ideał

eon el sueldo ideał. Eso es verdad.    pay. That is true.

Observe that:

•    esto, eso, and aquello end in -o.

•    these neuter forms do not have a written accent mark.

•    neuter demonstrative pronouns refer to concepts or ideas. Usually they sum up or refer to an idea, a sentence, or a phrase that precedes the pronoun.

Pasamos la aspiradora y sacudimos    We vacuum_> and we dust the furniture.

los muebles. Eso es lo que hacemos.    That is what we do.

•    the neuter demonstratives also refer to something nonspecific or an object or idea not well known. They are often used in questions and exclamations.

—<:Que es eso?    “What is that?”

—i Eso es una barbaridad!    “That is horńbłe!”

Common expressions with the neuter form eso are:

<:y eso?    why?

en eso    then

eso es    that is it

por eso    that is why

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ejercicio

Esto es un insulto. Traduce. Usa eł vocabulario util.

My birthday is tomorrow. That is good. But I have to clean my house, cook dinner, and clean the fish tank. And that is bad. Birthdays are days to celebrate. What is that? It is a flyer with informa-tion about a special cleaning serace! That is fantastic! Why is that? Because I am going to dial this phone number right now! Thafls it! I am going to get my own birthday present. And I am going to ask for a discount with this coupon. This is fantastic!

cleaning service el    servicio    de limpieza

coupon    el    cupón

discount    el    deseuento

fish tank    la    pecera

flyer    el aviso

my own    mi propio

right now    aliora mismo

to dial    marcar (un numero de telefono)