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Lesson 5 -  Definite and Indefinite Articles and Demonstratives

 

  Masc. Singular Fem. Singular Masc. Plural Fem. Plural
the el (ail) la (lah) the los (lohs) las (lahs)
a, an un (oon) una (oon-ah) some unos (oon-ohs) unas (oon-ahs)
this este esta these estos estas
that ese esa those esos esas
that aquel aquella those aquellos aquellas

 

 

 

Note: El is also used with feminine nouns beginning with a or ha when the accent is on the first syllable. Use the ese froms to mean that when what you are talking about is near the person you are addressing. Use the aquel forms when what you are talking about is far from both you and the person you are addressing. Esto and eso are the neuter forms of this and that. They can be used in general and abstract ways.

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