Learn the demonstrative adjectives
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: And I’m Jessie - Getting that Spanish outfit. In this lesson, you will learn more about demonstrative adjectives focusing on ‘that’ as in - that dog. |
| Javier: Ese perro. Where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place at a department store. |
| Javier: And who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Maria and the shop assistant. They don’t know each other and because the conversation is between a customer and a shop assistant, the language used is formal. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. VENDEDOR: ¿En qué puedo ayudarle? |
| 2. MARÍA: Me gustaría esa camiseta de allí. (pointing) |
| 3. VENDEDOR: ¿Esta camiseta roja? (holding a red t-shirt) |
| 4. MARÍA: No no, esta no. Esa camiseta azul al lado de la camiseta verde. |
| Jessie: Now let’s listen to the dialogue one time slowly. |
| 1. VENDEDOR: ¿En qué puedo ayudarle? |
| 2. MARÍA: Me gustaría esa camiseta de allí. (pointing) |
| 3. VENDEDOR: ¿Esta camiseta roja? (holding a red t-shirt) |
| 4. MARÍA: No no, esta no. Esa camiseta azul al lado de la camiseta verde. |
| Jessie: And now with the translation. |
| 1. VENDEDOR: ¿En qué puedo ayudarle? |
| 1. SHOP ASSISTANT: How can I help you? |
| 2. MARÍA: Me gustaría esa camiseta de allí. (pointing) |
| 2. MARÍA: I would like that t-shirt. (pointing) |
| 3. VENDEDOR: ¿Esta camiseta roja? (holding a red t-shirt) |
| 3. SHOP ASSISTANT: This red one? (holding a red t-shirt) |
| 4. MARÍA: No no, esta no. Esa camiseta azul al lado de la camiseta verde. |
| 4. MARÍA: No, not this one. That blue t-shirt next to the green t-shirt. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Javier: Jessie, your shirt is very nice. |
| Jessie: Oh well thank you. |
| Javier: Where did you buy it? |
| Jessie: At the Zara store downtown. One of my favorite places to shop. |
| Javier: Really? There is a Spanish brand. Did you know that? |
| Jessie: Yes I did. I think it’s probably one of the most famous Spanish fashion brands right? |
| Javier: Yes I would say it’s the most famous. You can find it everywhere. |
| Jessie: How about other brands from Spain? |
| Javier: There is also Mango. Which is pretty well known. |
| Jessie: I know of Mango too. |
| Javier: After that, we have some famous designers, but that’s for high class fashion. |
| Jessie: For example. |
| Javier: Paco Rabanne and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada exhibit their collections all around the world. |
| Jessie: Listeners, let us know if you are into Spanish brands or know any other Spanish fashion designers. Let’s take a look at the vocab for this lessons. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word is |
| Javier: ayudar |
| Jessie: To help |
| Javier: a-yu-dar, ayudar |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: gustaría |
| Jessie: Would like |
| Javier: gus-ta-ría, gustaría |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: esta |
| Jessie: This |
| Javier: es-ta, esta |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: eso, ese, esa |
| Jessie: That |
| Javier: e-so, e-se, e-sa, eso, ese, esa |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: al lado |
| Jessie: Next to |
| Javier: al la-do, al lado |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: camiseta |
| Jessie: T-Shirt. |
| Javier: ca-mi-se-ta, camiseta |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: verde |
| Jessie: Green. |
| Javier: ver-de, verde |
| Jessie: Last is |
| Javier: roja |
| Jessie: Red |
| Javier: ro-ja, roja |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Jessie: Let’s take a look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one is |
| Javier: al lado |
| Jessie: Next to. This is a Spanish adverb used to show that something is next to something else. Some examples. |
| Javier: Está al lado del hospital. |
| Jessie: It’s next to the hospital. |
| Javier: Al lado de mi casa hay un supermercado. |
| Jessie: Next to my house, there is a supermarket and the next one is |
| Javier: ayudar |
| Jessie: An ar verb meaning to help. It’s used a lot by shop assistants to ask someone if they need help. In the dialogue, we had |
| Javier: ¿En qué puedo ayudarle? |
| Jessie: Which is - how can I help you? |
| Javier: That’s right. You hear this a lot. |
| Jessie: Alright, on to the Grammar Point. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: The focus of this lesson is the demonstrative adjective ‘that’ as in - that novel. |
| Javier: Esa novela. |
| Jessie: In the last lesson, we saw what demonstrative adjectives were. They are essentially the words this, these, that and those in English. In the last lesson, we focused on the usage of this. |
| Javier: este or esta in Spanish. |
| Jessie: And in this lesson, we will focus on the usage of that. |
| Javier: ese or esa |
| Jessie: Remember that like other adjectives, these demonstrative adjectives have to agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. |
| Javier: Right. |
| Jessie: The demonstrative adjective ‘that’ refers to a place or thing somewhat distant to the speaker. As we can see in the dialogue Maria says. |
| Javier: Me gustaría esa camisa. |
| Jessie: I would like that shirt. Which means the shirt is a little bit far from her, the speaker, but close to the listener. |
| Javier: Esa camisa. That shirt. |
| Jessie: This word can also be used with time expressions. For example |
| Javier: Ese año. That year. |
| Jessie: Here it refers to a year which is not this year which would use, este, but also one that’s not really far away. In Spanish, the demonstrative adjective ‘that’ has two versions, the masculine |
| Javier: ese, as in - Ese perro. |
| Jessie: That dog, and the feminine. |
| Javier: esa, as in - Esa chaqueta. |
| Jessie: That jacket. And now some practice. Listen and repeat. That hotel. |
| Javier: Ese hotel. |
| Jessie: That notebook |
| Javier: Esa libreta. |
| Jessie: That suitcase |
| Javier: Esa maleta. |
| Jessie: That dish |
| Javier: Ese plato. |
| Jessie: All right. Great. Now let’s recap this lesson. We continued looking at demonstrative adjectives in Spanish and focused in particular on the usage of ‘that’. |
| Javier: ese and esa, as in Esa persona. |
| Jessie: That person. |
Outro |
| Jessie: Well that’s all for this lesson. |
| Javier: Please, leave us a comment if you have any questions. |
| Jessie: And feel free to practice what you have learned here. Thanks for listening. |
| Javier: Muchas gracias, hasta pronto. |
| Jessie: See you next time. |
Comments
HideHello Norma,
Thank you for your comment and question.
As you know many sentences can not be translated literally form one language to another. This is the case.
"Hoy me quedé dormida y salí de la casa corriendo sin darme cuenta que andaba mi camiseta al revés."
Hoy - Today
me quedé dormida - I overslept (*in a feminine form)
y salí de la casa corriendo - and ran out of the house
sin darme cuenta - without realizing
que andaba - I had ... on
mi camiseta - my t-shirt
al revés - inside-out
Looks like we put a higher level sentence in this lesson, but don't worry, just keep studying hard and you will get there :sunglasses:
Please, do not hesitate to ask and comment as often as you want.
Kind regards,
Laura
Team SpanishPod101.com
HELP! The last sentence in today's expansion is driving me crazy. My garbled version: Today I (remained, stayed sleeping) overslept and ran out of the house (and left the house running…?.gerund of correr ) without realizing (dares cuenta?) my shirt was inside out. que andaba..where does that fit in? andaba imperfect of andar.? go, march. walk…?? I was trying to analyze where your translation came from…..oops ended a sentence with a preposition. Until now I have found the sentences in Absolute Beginner Season 2 quite easy.
Thank you
Hola Bob,
Thanks for your comment and for taking your time to give us your feedback.
We'll consider it when improving our Lesson Notes system.
Kind regards,
Paloma
Team SpanishPod101
The recent format change to the lesson notes looks like it was done by a web designer to look good, not by someone that understands how people actually read.
The Sample Sentences, in particular, look nice on the page (like a photo collection), but are much more difficult to read.
The rest is OK, but offers little improvement over the earlier format. Change is good?
Hello Jean!
Thank you for your comment!
"ese" and "eso" mean "that" in English but "eso" itself can be use as a noun when "ese" is use right before a noun.
Hope I could clear your answer!
Keep practicing and remember we have a new lesson for you every week!
Saludos!
Carla
Team SpanishPod101.com
Hola! In the grammar bank the demonstrative adjective ese is listed as follows:
Referring to Something Near the Person Being Spoken to:
Masculine Singular: ese
Feminine Singular: esa
Masculine Plural: esos
Feminine Plural: esas
but in this lesson, in the podcast, the vocab list and other places, there is an additional eso. No lo entiendo. I don't understand.
Jean