LESSON XII.
(Lección décima segunda.)
DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS.
A demonstrative adjective accompanies a noun and a demonstrative pronoun stands for a noun.
The =Demonstrative Adjectives= are—
+———————————+————————————————————-+ |Este, esta (this). |Estos, estas[93] (these). | |Ese, esa (that). |Esos, esas_[93]_ (those—near to the | | | person addressed). | |Aquel, aquella (that).|Aquellos, aquellas (those—removed | | | from both speaker and addressee). | +———————————+————————————————————-+
[Footnote 93: Sometimes "estotro," "estotra," "esotro," "esotra," but these and other forms are obsolete.]
The difference between Ese and Aquel is not strictly observed. However, in cases like "this box," "that table," "that cupboard yonder," use ese for the nearer of the two removed from the speaker: "Esta caja," "esa mesa," "aquel armario."
The =Demonstrative Pronouns= are the same as the above, with the addition of—
Neuter form Esto, eso, aquello[94] (this, that). This has no plural and is used—
1. In reference to a whole sentence, as—