Question

Match the pairs.

1. Este café con leche es rico. demonstrative adjectives
2. Estas arepas están recién hechas, aquéllas no. demonstrative pronouns
3. Mi hermana es Sophie. regular possessive adjectives
4. Sophie está comiendo una arepa. present progressive tense

Answer 1

Give me a second. I'm reading an article on demonstratives as a refresher.

Answer 2

Okay... :) Thanks so much for taking time to help me.

Answer 3

Okay.

Let me explain this in English.

Demonstrative adjectives are words that describe WHICH item we're talking about.

THIS book.
THAT book.
THESE books.
THOSE books.

Do you get it?

Answer 4

So Este cafe.... would be the demonstrative pronoun?

Answer 5

So let's look at the first sentence.

"Este café con leche es rico."

We want to find the Demonstrative Adjective, right?
Not the Pronoun.

Answer 6

(Although they're pretty much the same.)

It would just be "Este."

"Este" means "this."

It's describing which coffee we're talking about.
THIS coffee.

Answer 7

You have to match...

Answer 8

We're only supposed to match one number for every category?

Answer 9

Yes.

Answer 10

I'm looking at the second sentence,
and it has both a Demonstrative Adjective and a Demonstrative Pronoun.

Answer 11

And I'll tell you something....
what's funny is that they all match straight across.

Sentence #1 has a demonstrative adjective.
Sentence #2 has both a demonstrative adjective and a demonstrative pronoun.
Sentence #3 uses a regular possessive pronoun.
Sentence #4 is the only sentence that uses a present progressive tense.

Answer 12

I'll explain all of those grammar structures for you, if you like.

Answer 13

Haha! I'm good, but thank you so so so SO much!