# 10. Demonstrative Adjectives

- **Time range:** 00:38:32 – 00:40:50  (duration 00:02:18)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=2312s)

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**[00:38:32]** adjectives in Spanish are adjectives that are used to indicate a specific word or precisely determine what something is in English it's very easy

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> English Demonstrative Adjectives: This That

**[00:38:38]** to decide on these adjectives because you have only two primary words that determine something and these words are this and that and if you want to pluralize them this becomes these and

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> English Demonstrative Adjectives: This —— These That—— Those

**[00:38:46]** that becomes those in Spanish you have

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives:

**[00:38:48]** the same concept along with a bit more variety gender and plurality in Spanish

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: this (m & f) that (m & f) este ese esta esa

**[00:38:52]** this would be Estee masculine and esta feminine and that would be ESS masculine and Essa feminine it's really tempting

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: this (m & f) that (m & f) esto eso esta esa

**[00:39:00]** to say esto or ESO because the feminine version ends in a so you want to put an

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: this (m & f) that (m & f) esto eso esta esa

**[00:39:05]** O for the masculine adjectives however Spanish does have these words esto and ESO but these are adjectives that have the neuter gender meaning that you don't know if these adjectives refer to something masculine or feminine roughly 80% of the time you would use these

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> éQue es esto? éQue es eso?

**[00:39:17]** words in sentences like kesto or keso meaning what is this or what is that these are simple sentences to remember whenever you decide to speak Spanish Additionally you could also use these

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> This is for everybody Esto es para todos

**[00:39:27]** words for making sentences that have generalizations such as this is for everybody EST esos and the same concept

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> That is for everybody Eso es para todos

**[00:39:32]** applies to ESO in any continuation that you want to say overall you just have to

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: this (m & f) that (m & f) este ese esta esa

**[00:39:36]** remember that Estee and are masculine and esta Anda are feminine if you want to pluralize them both EST and esta become estos and estas and and Esa

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: this (m & f) that (m & f) estos ese estas esa

**[00:39:47]** become esos and esas Visually looking at the syntax the plurality for esta and Esa is very simple because all you do is put an S at the end of the adjectives but for Estee and the ending changes to estos and esos and that's the only tough part to remember and also remember to not put accents on

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> NO ACCENTS FOR ESTA & ESTAS

**[00:40:02]** esta and estas because if you do you

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> NO ACCENTS FOR ESTA & ESTAS esta - this (f) esta - (he/she) is estas - these (f) } estas - (you) are

**[00:40:04]** will have different words additionally Spanish also has these words AEL and AA both of which mean that as in something that's over there if you want to pluralize them AEL becomes AOS and AA becomes AAS even though this demonstrative adjective is used less than the others it's actually helpful to say in some cases but moreover it's important to just know these words and understand when to use them regarding

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: este/os ese/os esta/s esa/s

**[00:40:25]** examples you you can use Estee and ESS with masculine nouns like Estee Libro

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> este libro - this book (m & s) esta casa - this house (f & s)

**[00:40:29]** and esta you can use ESS and Essa with feminine nouns likeo and esaa and if you

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> este libro - this book (m & s) esta casa - this house (f & s) ese curso - that course (m &s) esa mesa - that table (f & s)

**[00:40:35]** want to pluralize any of them you would have estos libros estas kasas esos csos

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> estos libros - these books (m & p) estas casas - these houses (f & p) esos cursos - those courses (m & p) esas mesas - those tables (f & p)

**[00:40:40]** and esas mesas using these demonstrative

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> Spanish Demonstrative Adjectives: este/os ese/os esta/s esa/s

**[00:40:42]** adjectives you can actually make many sentences with them especially when you're trying to determine something and once you have enough practice you'll find these words to be very useful and practical you've probably heard many
