Español III
Unit 4: Telling Time
Unit 4 Parts 1 and 2
Time Vocab and Mexican Culture
Learn & Practice here. Then, complete Parts 1 and 2 on Edgenuity.
Time vocabulary on Quizlet
Make note from Edgenuity's lesson:
What did the snake represent?
What did the eagle represent?
Parts 3 and 4
Demonstratives
Learn & Practice here. Then, complete assignments on Edgenuity.
Examples
This / This one:
Me gusta esta bicicleta. I like this bike.
¿Te gusta este sofá? Do you like this couch?
Nos molesta esto. This bothers us. (Neutral)
¿Prefieres éste? Do you prefer this one?
Quisiera ésta. I really would like this one.
Esto es un problema. This is a problem. (Neutral)
These
Nos compraron estas (sillas). They bought us these (chairs).
¿Ves estos zapatos? Do you see these shoes?
¿Qué son estos? What are these?
That / That one
Queremos comprar esa camioneta o aquella. We want to buy that truck or that one over there.
Preferimos ese carro o aquel. We prefer that car or that one over there.
Those
No nos gustan esas hamburguesas. We don't like those hamburgers.
Muéstranos esos pesos. Show us those pesos.
¿Aquellos hombres o aquellas mujeres? Those men over there or those women over there?
Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstratives work like definite articles: They have gender and number.
Their singular masculine has an E (like el) but turns to an O in the plural (like los) while singular and plural feminine forms both have the A.
"This and These have the T, while that and those, no T goes and A is for far away. "
Plus Aquel and Aquella
Plus Aquellos, Aquellas
Demonstrative Pronouns
Remember that an adjective ACCOMPANIES a noun while a pronoun REPLACES it.
Note: Edgenuity and some teachers are still teaching the accent marks on the demonstrative pronouns, but the RAE has removed them.
Neutral demonstratives
This and That have neutral forms, too.
The neutral forms ends in O.
Use the neutral this/that for
items you can't identify
What is this/that?
situations
This sucks...
That is a problem....
This is a disaster.
That's going to hurt.