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2 Los adjetivos demonstrativos Demonstrative Adjectives

3  Adjectives describe people and things.  Demonstrative adjectives in English are: this, that, these, and those. There are only four in English

4 Demonstrative Adjectives  There are 8 in Spanish, because of gender.  They come before the noun and they have the same gender and number as the noun they describe.

5 Singular  este vestidothis dress  esta blusathis blouse  ese suéterthat sweater  esa sudaderathat sweatshirt

6 Plural  estos vestidosthese dresses  estas blusas these blouses  esos suéteresthose sweaters  esas sudaderasthose sweatshirts

7 A poem This and these both have “t’s” That and those don’t Esta, este, estas, estos Esa, ese, esas, esos