Youdemonstrative pronouns,demonstrative pronouns in Spanish, are those words that refer to something or someone and identify them in distance function that separates him from the speaker. are called pronouns When they replace a noun already mentioned.
When they accompany a substantive, are calleddemonstrative determinants. In addition to the reference to the speaker, the demonstratives also comply with cohesive function in a text by arranging textual elements in the order in which they are mentioned.
Read too: The adverbs – words that determine the nuances of verbal actions
What are the demonstrative pronouns?
The words used to refer to something or someone are called demonstratives in Spanish, indicating their proximity or distance with respect to the participants of an interaction. Look at the table and then some examples of prayers in which they are used:
Singular |
Plural form |
|
female |
it is |
these |
this |
these |
|
that one |
those |
|
male |
This one |
these |
what if |
esos |
|
that |
those |
|
Neutrals |
are |
|
I am | ||
that |
Uses of demonstrative pronouns
this, this, they are
In these examples, the objects referred to are more nextto the speaker, the person who issues the statements.
Con This one plastic bottles, cubes and bags are manufactured.
(With This one plastic bottles, buckets and bags are manufactured.)
The material of these today is the parchment.
(The material of these leaves is the parchment)
How can it occur? are?
(how can it happen this?)
Do not stop now... There's more after the advertising ;)
that, that, that
This time, the referred objects are more close to the person the caller is talking to, the second person in the interaction.
Dame what if pencil, please.
(give me that pencil, please.)one of these mobile walls.
(One of these walls is mobile.)Which means I am what did you say?
(What it means that what did you say?)
that, that, that
In the following examples, the things referred to are distant both the speaker and the person he is talking to.
Why do you think they are using those materials y no others?
(Why do you think they are used those ones materials and not others?)
that one hello huge llegó hasta la orilla.
(That one huge wave reached the shore.)
Matter is all that that occupies a place in space and has a mass.
(Subject is everything that one that occupies a place in space and has mass.)
See more: the conjunctions – words responsible for bringing articulation to the texts
Difference between pronouns and demonstrative determinants
The statements act as pronouns specifically when substitute a mentioned noun or known by context. For example:
— What shirt do you want, it is?
(—What shirt do you want, it is?)
— At the, this, la nueva.
(- No, That, the new.)
When a statement accompanies a noun, its function becomes that of adjective and is named demonstrative determinantin Spanish. For example:
esos zapatos son nuevos, no?
(Those shoes are new, aren't they?)
In this case, the statement agree on gender and number with the noun to which it refers.
the statements in its neutral form will always be pronouns, that is, they will always substitute a noun, never accompanying it. They refer to unknown things, things you don't want to talk about or things that have already been said. For example:
eso It's very interesting.
(This is very interesting.)
Referential function of statements
In addition to indicating the proximity between the participants in the interaction and the things they refer to, the statements also fulfill a textual cohesion function by alluding to information that has already been or will be mentioned.
the statements this (these), this (s) and arerefer to things that will be mentioned next. For example:
In the kitchen we found these food: pan, huevos and leche.
(In the kitchen we find these foods: bread, eggs and milk.)
the statementsese (esos), this(s) and I am they refer to objects that have already been mentioned, taking them up in a new prayer. Example:
Pompeya, a large producer of wine acceptance, export esos products up to la Provenza and Hispania.
(Pompéia, a large producer of oil and wine, exported Those products to Provence and Hispania.)
When, in a text, several elements are mentioned in sequence, the statements also serve to help us to retake them. In this case, the statements that(them), that(s) and that refer to things that were mentioned first, whereas this (these), this (s) and are refer to those mentioned later. Note the following example:
Composition of concerts and many sonatas. These were known and famous, but those remained hidden until the past year.
(He composed two concertos and many sonatas. These were known and famous, but those remained hidden until last year.)
Exercise solved
Question 1 - Choose the correct form:
The) What's your name are/This one en español?
B) - Let's have a baby!
— Really? ¡eso/what if You're fantastic!
ç) Mira, Caesar, are/This one You are my cousin Iñaki.
d) — Who are you? that/that allí hombre?
— He is my teacher of german
Resolution
The) are
B) eso
ç) This one
d) that
By Diego Guimarães Gontijo
Spanish teacher
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
GONTIJO, Diego Guimarães. "Demonstrative Pronouns"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/espanhol/pronombres-demostrativos.htm. Accessed on June 28, 2021.
