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Demonstrative Adjectives
a) Demonstrative adjectives are used to show, demonstrate or pinpoint out nouns (people, places, or things) (whatever is being referred to)
b) Since they refer to nouns, they agree in number and gender with the nouns they modify. That is, there are masculine and feminine, singular and plural forms to match the nouns they modify
c) Este and all its forms mean this or these, and indicate proximity to the speaker
d) Ese and all its forms mean that or those, and often indicate proximity to the listener.
e) Aquel and all its forms mean that or those and often indicate distance from both the speaker and listener or long distance from the speaker.
f) The masculine singular forms este and ese end in -e but the plural forms end in -os.
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