Demonstrative Adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives refer to a noun and and answer the question which?. They are the equivalent to "this, that, these, & those" in English. In Spanish they must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.

There are 3 categories of demonstrative adjectives in Spanish that relate to the distance of the noun being spoken about from the speaker.

1. Noun is near the speaker = este & esta
2. Noun is near the person being spoken to = ese & esa
3. Noun is far from both the speaker and the person being spoken to = aquel & aquella

masculine singular	feminine singular		masculine plural	feminine plural
este	esta		estos	estas
ese	esa		esos	esas
aquel	aquella		aquellos	aquellas

 

este libro ese libro aquel libro

this book (by the speaker) that book (over there) that book (in a place far from the speaker and the person being spoken to)