Learn the uses of the demonstrative adjectives
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: And I’m Jessie - Be seen at a fashionable Spanish restaurant. In this lesson, you learn more about demonstrative adjectives focusing on those as in, those kids. |
| Javier: Esos chicos. Where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place at an apartment. |
| Javier: Who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Maria and Pedro, two friends studying from university. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. MARIA: Tengo hambre, ¿cenamos fuera? |
| 2. PEDRO: Sí, podemos ir a unos de esos restaurantes modernos del centro. |
| 3. MARIA: ¿Vamos a ese que está al lado del teatro? |
| 4. PEDRO: A cualquiera de esos estará bien. |
| Jessie: Now let’s listen to it one time slowly. |
| 1. MARIA: Tengo hambre, ¿cenamos fuera? |
| 2. PEDRO: Sí, podemos ir a unos de esos restaurantes modernos del centro. |
| 3. MARIA: ¿Vamos a ese que está al lado del teatro? |
| 4. PEDRO: A cualquiera de esos estará bien. |
| Jessie: And now with the English translation. |
| 1. MARIA: Tengo hambre, ¿cenamos fuera? |
| 1. MARIA: I'm hungry; shall we go out for dinner? |
| 2. PEDRO: Sí, podemos ir a unos de esos restaurantes modernos del centro. |
| 2. PEDRO: Yeah, we can go to one of those fashionable restaurants downtown. |
| 3. MARIA: ¿Vamos a ese que está al lado del teatro? |
| 3. MARIA: Shall we go to the one next to the theater? |
| 4. PEDRO: A cualquiera de esos estará bien. |
| 4. PEDRO: Any of them will be fine. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Jessie: I read that Spain has one of the most famous chefs in the world. |
| Javier: Yes, Ferràn Adrià right? |
| Jessie: Yes, that’s him. |
| Javier: He owns a restaurant called El Bulli, located in North Catalonia. |
| Jessie: I have heard it’s been named the best restaurant in the world five years in a row. |
| Javier: That’s right. It also has Three Michelin stars. |
| Jessie: That’s pretty amazing. |
| Javier: Yes he is famous for his creativity and his technique. |
| Jessie: Apparently, he is also considered one of the 100 most influential people by Times magazine. |
| Javier: That’s right. He has also put out many good books. |
| Jessie: So it sounds like he is a big influence in the culinary world. |
| Javier: Definitely. He is always doing something interesting and creative. |
| Jessie: All right. Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word is |
| Javier: tener hambre |
| Jessie: To be hungry. |
| Javier: te-ner ham-bre, tener hambre |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: cenar |
| Jessie: To have dinner |
| Javier: ce-nar, cenar |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: fuera |
| Jessie: Outside, out |
| Javier: fue-ra, fuera |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: moderno |
| Jessie: Modern, fashionable |
| Javier: mo-der-no, moderno |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: centro |
| Jessie: Downtown, center |
| Javier: cen-tro, centro |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: cualquiera |
| Jessie: Any |
| Javier: cual-quie-ra, cualquiera |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: al lado |
| Jessie: Next to |
| Javier: al la-do, al lado |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: teatro |
| Jessie: Theater |
| Javier: tea-tro, teatro |
| Jessie: And last is |
| Javier: esos |
| Jessie: Those |
| Javier: e-sos, esos |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Jessie: Let’s take a look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is |
| Javier: cenar fuera |
| Jessie: To go out for dinner like at a restaurant. It’s made up of the words |
| Javier: cenar |
| Jessie: To have dinner, and the adverb |
| Javier: fuera |
| Jessie: Out or outside. Example please. |
| Javier: ¿Cenamos fuera? |
| Jessie: Shall we go out for dinner. The next one is |
| Javier: centro de la ciudad |
| Jessie: Downtown. If we translate each word, we get |
| Javier: centro |
| Jessie: Center and |
| Javier: ciudad |
| Jessie: City. So altogether the Center of the city or downtown. |
| Javier: In Spanish, we sometimes just say - el centro - or downtown. So we could say - Vamos al centro de la ciudad, or just - Vamos al centro. |
| Jessie: And both mean, let’s go downtown and one last one. |
| Javier: moderno |
| Jessie: Modern or fashionable. This is another adjective. It means something new or recent and it can be an object, a trend or anything. For example |
| Javier: Es un estilo moderno. |
| Jessie: It’s a modern style. |
| Javier: Tu camiseta es muy moderna. |
| Jessie: Your T-Shirt is very fashionable. Alright, on to the Grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: The focus of this lesson is the demonstrative adjective those as in those shops. |
| Javier: Esas tiendas. |
| Jessie: We’ve already learned about the other types of demonstrative adjectives and now this is the last set. |
| Javier: Till now we have seen - este, esta |
| Jessie: This |
| Javier: ese, esa |
| Jessie: That |
| Javier: And estos, estas |
| Jessie: These. |
| Javier: And today we will see the last one. Esos, esas |
| Jessie: Meaning those. So as we saw when we studied the use of - ese, esa, these adjectives refer to something distant from the speaker. As we can see in the dialogue Pedro says, |
| Javier: Podemos ir a uno de esos restaurantes modernos del centro. |
| Jessie: We can go to one of those fashionable restaurants downtown which means that those restaurants downtown are a bit far from the speaker’s location. If we want to talk about restaurants near where we are, we would say |
| Javier: Podemos ir a uno de estos restaurantes de por aquí. |
| Jessie: We can go to one of these restaurants around here. Like the other ones we learned, this demonstrative adjective can also be used with time expressions. For example |
| Javier: Esos días - Those days |
| Jessie: Here it refers to days that are in the past but the exact time is indefinite. |
| Javier: As in - Esos días hizo mucho frío. |
| Jessie: Those days were very cold. So the word those in Spanish has two versions. The masculine |
| Javier: esos as in - Esos restaurantes. |
| Jessie: Those restaurants and the feminine form |
| Javier: esas as in - Esas camisas. |
| Jessie: Those shirts. All right. Let’s see one more example of each. |
| Javier: Esos bocadillos. |
| Jessie: Those sandwiches. |
| Javier: Esas sillas. |
| Jessie: Those chairs and now it’s time to practice. Listeners, listen and repeat. Those papers. |
| Javier: Esos papeles |
| Jessie: Those things |
| Javier: Esas cosas |
| Jessie: Those rings |
| Javier: Esos anillos |
| Jessie: Those hamburgers |
| Javier: Esas hamburguesas |
| Jessie: Let’s recap this lesson. We continue looking at demonstrative adjectives in Spanish and focused in particular on the use of those. |
| Javier: esos, esas as in - Esos chicos. |
| Jessie: Those kids, and with this, we finished with the demonstrative adjectives. |
Outro |
| Jessie: Alright, well that’s all for this lesson. |
| Javier: Please, leave us a comment if you have any question. |
| Jessie: Thanks for listening everyone. |
| Javier: Muchas gracias, hasta pronto. |
| Jessie: See you next time! |
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