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ez123 December 01, 2010 01:49 PM

Este esta esto?
 
it's been a while but, what do these mean and how are they used, este esta y esto y tambien eso y esa? gracias, mucho!

Rusty December 01, 2010 02:43 PM

Two words, singular in form, with three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter).

este, esta, esto = this (referring to a singular object)
ese, esa, eso = that (referring to a singular object)

The plural forms are:
estos, estas, estos = these (plural object)
esos, esas, esos = those (plural object)

irmamar December 03, 2010 03:43 AM

Sorry, but "esto" and "eso" haven't plural form, since they are neutral forms (without gender and number). ;)

Rusty December 03, 2010 04:31 PM

Oh! Thanks for correcting me.

vita32 December 03, 2010 05:05 PM

:)Now I know the difference between "esta" and "está". Thank you all.:):thumbsup:

tmember December 03, 2010 05:24 PM

The original poster wrote:

este, esta, esto = this (referring to a singular object)
ese, esa, eso = that (referring to a singular object)

The plural forms are:
estos, estas, estos = these (plural object)
esos, esas, esos = those (plural object)

How would we correct this, by deleting the plural forms (2nd paragraph)?

How would I say 'She is nice' and 'They are nice'? Would I just use the ser conjugations (es and son)?

Sorry....didn't mean to start a new subject with that question.

Rusty December 03, 2010 06:18 PM

The new topic has nothing to do with the determiners, but yes, you would use 'es' and 'son' in those sentences.

As irmamar pointed out, there is no plural form of esto or eso. So, the plurals for este, esta, ese and esa are still valid. (Just the second occurrence of estos and esos is invalid).

este cuaderno
estos cuadernos
esta casa
estas casas

ese cuaderno
esos cuadernos
esa casa
esas casas

chileno December 03, 2010 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 100994)
Sorry, but "esto" and "eso" haven't plural form, since they are neutral forms (without gender and number). ;)

O sea que decir "esos palomos o estos palomos" estaría mal y hay que decir "eso palomos o esto palomos", correcto?

Realmente no sé que comida he estado comiendo estos 30 últimos años, pero necesito ponerme a la par. (Creo) :)

tmember December 03, 2010 08:42 PM

If there is no plural form for esto or eso, how come they look plural in your list?

estos cuadernos

esos cuadernos

Rusty December 03, 2010 08:44 PM

Those are the plural forms of este and ese, respectively.


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