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Andrés

#17959 Sun, 24 Jun 07 04:57 AM

Okay, I was taking a spanish class and when they taught "this" (eso, ese, este, esta, and whichever ones I forgot) I was totally confused. I'm no longer taking that class anymore and am now teaching myself. Could someone explain this to me?

Oh and also about aquí, allí, allá, ahí, acá?

aquí - here
allí - there
allá - over there

Then what about ahí and acá? They both also mean "here", right? I asked a native speaker the difference in aquí and acá and she said it's the same thing so I guess I'll take her word on it unless someone here says different.

Andrés

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Syl

#17961 Sun, 24 Jun 07 12:18 PM

take a look at this;

este (this one - masculine)
estos (these ones - masculine)
esta (this one - feminine)
estas (these ones - feminine)

ese (that one - masculine)
esos (those ones - masculine)
esa (that one - feminine)
esas (those ones - feminine)

aquel (that one over there - masc.)
aquellos (those ones over there - masc.)
aquella (that one over there - fem.)
aquellas (those ones over there - fem.)

the othe ris something like this;

aquí/ acá = here

allí /allá there

and ahí..hmm. hard to explain. Take a look here where those words have been brought up.

Syl

Joined on 22-02-2006

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¡Siempre son bienvenidas sus correcciones!

Pucca

#17967 Mon, 25 Jun 07 04:05 AM

A lo mejor esto os interesa:). [link]

Personalmente, "ahí" lo utilizo muy poco por no decir nunca.

Pucca

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¿Alguna vez has tenido un sueño tan real que al despertarte no sabías qué creer?

Kenny

#18023 Tue, 03 Jul 07 02:47 PM

Syl
take a look at this;

este (this one - masculine)
estos (these ones - masculine)
esta (this one - feminine)
estas (these ones - feminine)

ese (that one - masculine)
esos (those ones - masculine)
esa (that one - feminine)
esas (those ones - feminine)

aquel (that one over there - masc.)
aquellos (those ones over there - masc.)
aquella (that one over there - fem.)
aquellas (those ones over there - fem.)

the othe ris something like this;

aquí/ acá = here

allí /allá there

and ahí..hmm. hard to explain. Take a look here where those words have been brought up.

Don't forget the stress at the start of these words or they'll easily be confused with similar words!

Also this little set of words in my opinion are the hardest to understand in Southern Spain as they don't pronounce any 'S's' So Estos is Eto etc.

Kenny

Joined on 09-05-2007

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