This, That, These, Those - English Class

This (este), That (ese, esa o aquello), These (estos), Those (aquellos/esos) are called demonstratives and they are used to show the relative distance between the speaker and the noun. (se clasifica por demostrativos que se relaciona a una persona que indica a distancia describiendo a un nombre propio o comun)

Demonstrative Pronouns

We use this (singular) and these (plural) to refer to something that is

here / near. (usamos la palabra este de forma singular y estos de forma plural)

Examples:

• This is my car. (singular) (este es mi automovil)
• These are our children. (plural) (estos son nuestros ninos)

We use that (singular) and those (plural) to refer to something that is

there / far. (Usamos eso/aquello de forma singular; y esos o aquellos de forma plural)

Examples:

• That is our house. (singular) (Esa es nuestra casa)
• Those are my shoes. (plural) (Aquellos/esos son mis zapatos)

Note that the verb changes (i.e. singular / plural) depending on the pronoun that you use.

You can also use Demonstrative Pronouns by themselves:

• Did you do that? Uste hizo eso?)
• I'd like to buy these? (me gustaria comprar estos)
• Which of those would you like?(Cual de esos te gustaria?)