🤔 ¿Eso, Esto, Aquel?
An interactive guide for English speakers
🎯 What are Spanish Demonstratives?
Demonstratives are words that help us point to objects based on their distance and gender/number.
💡 In English you have:
- • This/These (close)
- • That/Those (far)
🇪🇸 In Spanish you have:
- • Este/Esta/Esto (very close)
- • Ese/Esa/Eso (medium distance)
- • Aquel/Aquella/Aquello (far away)
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Pointing is universal!
But in Spanish you need to consider gender and number
📊 Tabla Comparativa
| Distancia | Masculino Singular | Femenino Singular | Neutro (before verbs, no object after) |
Masculino Plural | Femenino Plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🔴 Very
close (This/These) |
este este libro |
esta esta mesa |
esto esto es bueno ✓ before verb |
estos estos libros |
estas estas mesas |
| 🟡 Medium
distance (That/Those) |
ese ese coche |
esa esa casa |
eso eso está bien ✓ before verb |
esos esos coches |
esas esas casas |
| 🟢 Far away (That over there) |
aquel aquel edificio |
aquella aquella montaña |
aquello aquello es raro ✓ before verb |
aquellos aquellos edificios |
aquellas aquellas montañas |
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¡IMPORTANTE! Common Mistake
❌ NO EXISTEN: “estes”, “eses”, “aqueles”
These forms do not exist in Spanish! The plural masculine forms are: estos, esos, aquellos
🚦 Distance Traffic Light
Click on each traffic light to see examples
🔴
VERY CLOSE
Este/Esta
🟡
MEDIUM
Ese/Esa
🟢
FAR AWAY
Aquel/Aquella
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Click on any traffic light!
You’ll see examples for each distance
🎮 Practice Games
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