The four words
| Singular | Plural |
|---|
| Near (here) | this book | these books |
| Far (there) | that book | those books |
Use
- Point to things or people: This is my pen. Those are my friends over there.
- With a noun: these flowers, that house.
- Alone (pronoun): What's that? Are these yours?
Other uses
- Introductions and phone: This is Anna. (Hello, this is Pedro.) · Who is that?
- Time: this evening (today) · these days (nowadays) · those days (in the past).
Watch out
- The word must agree with the noun:
this books → these books; those boy → that boy. - that is → that's; this is is not contracted.
En español
This / these = este, esta, estos, estas (cerca). That / those = ese, aquel… (lejos). This / that con singular, these / those con plural.
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