esta,este,esto...

raji	October 07, 2008 04:37 AM

esta,este,esto...

Hi,

I am having great confusion with these words

esta,este,esto,ese,eso.

este also means "east".

Help me understand.

Saludos desde,
Raji

poli	October 07, 2008 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raji (Post 16784)

Hi,

I am having great confusion with these words

esta,este,esto,ese,eso.

este also means "east".

Help me understand.

Saludos desde,
Raji

Esta, esto, este means this in Spanish. As you know Spanish connects genderto nouns and the adjectives that discribe the noun must be in agreement in gender with the noun. Este libro (this book- masculine) Esta cancion (this song - feminine)¿Que es esto?(what is this?-undetermined gender)Ese, eso, ese mean that in Spanish and follow the same rule

geeper

October 07, 2008 06:57 AM

Here is a grid our Spanish instructor drew for us that helped me a lot.

Code:

Position of object    | El    | La      | Los      | Las      | Unknown |

_________________________________________________________________________

Near you              | Este  | Esta    | Estos    | Estas    | Esto    |

Near person spoken to | Ese   | Esa     | Esos     | Esas     | Eso     |

Not near either       | Aquel | Aquella | Aquellos | Aquellas | Aquello |

Its kind of hard to make this out but if you find the type of object across the top (el,la,etc) then look down the left column and determine where the object is you can find what to use. e.g. La object near the person spoken to, then you use Esa. Hope this helps.

sosia

October 08, 2008 12:04 AM

It's really a good grid, geeper. Very helpful :D

raji	October 08, 2008 08:49 AM

Gracias Greeper por su "grid"

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