Demonstrative Pronouns

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Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative or adjectives pronouns are used to refer a thing or person particularly. The demonstrative pronouns can be masculine, feminine or neither masculine or feminine. The demonstrative pronouns correspond to this, that, these and those.

Masculine		Feminine		English
Singular	Plural	Singular	Plural	English
este	estes	esta	estas	this/these
esse	esses	essa	essas	that/those
aquele	aqueles	aquela	aquellas	that/those(over there)

Neither masc./fem. These words are never followed by nouns:	English
isto	this
isso	that
aquilo	that

Remark:

The pronouns este(s)/esta(s)/isto (this) usually followed by aqui (here) are used to refer things or people close to the speaker.
The pronouns esse(s)/essa(s)/isso (this) usually followed by aí (there with you) are used to refer things or people close to the person the speaker is talking to.
The pronouns aquele(s)/aquela(s)/aquilo (that) generally followed by ali/lá (there/over there) are used to refer things or people far from the speaker and the person the speaker is talking to.

Example:

Essa é minha irmã. (That (there, near you) is my sister.)
Aquela é minha avó. (That (over there, far from us) is my grandmother.)
Este livro é seu? (Is this book yours?)
que é isto? (What is this?)

Demonstrative pronouns can be contracted with the preposition em and de:

Demonstrative Pronouns and Preposition “em”

Masculine		Feminine		Neither masc./fem.		English
+	em	+	em	+	em
este(s)	neste(s)	esta(s)	nesta(s)	isto	nisto	in/on/at this
esse(s)	nesse(s)	essa(s)	nessa(s)	isso	nisso	in/on/at this
aquele(s)	naquele(s)	aquela(s)	naquela(s)	aquilo	naquilo	in/on/at that

Example:

Você também estudo neste escola? (Do you also study in this school?)
Ela não trabalha mais naquela empresa. (She no longer works in that company.)

Demonstrative Pronouns and Preposition “de”

Masculine		Feminine		Neither masc./fem.		English
+	de	+	de	+	de
este(s)	deste(s)	esta(s)	desta(s)	isto	disto	this
esse(s)/	desse(s)	essa(s)	dessa(s)	isso	disso	this
aquele(s)	daquele(s)	aquela(s)	daquela(s)	aquilo	daquilo	that

Example:

Não gosto desta escola. (I don't like this school.)
que você acha deste carro? (What do you think of this car?)

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