Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns Demonstrative adjectives are words that “point out” nouns. They come before the nouns they modify and they agree with the nouns in both gender and number. este, esta, estos, estas – this; these These demonstrative adjectives are used to point out nouns that are close to both the listener and speaker, or to what directly concerns the speaker. An adverb you would use with this category would be “aquí”. ese, esa, esos, esas – that; those These demonstrative adjectives are used to point out nouns that are not close to the speaker. They may be close to the listener. An adverb you would use with this category would be “ahí”. aquel, aquella, aquellos, aquellas – that; those (over there) These demonstrative adjectives are used to point out nouns that are far away from both the listener and the speaker. An adverb you would use with this category would be “allí”. A demonstrative pronoun corresponds to the adjective exactly but it has a written accent mark. éste ésta éstos éstas ése ésa ésos ésas aquél aquélla aquéllos aquéllas There are three neuter demonstrative pronouns – esto eso aquello These neuter forms refer to unidentified or unspecified nouns, situations, ideas, and concepts. They do not change gender or number. They do not have an accent mark. EXAMPLES: Yo quiero leer este libro. I want to read this book. Yo quiero leer éste. I want to read this one. ¿Qué es esto? What’s this?