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Ok, so I know 'there' in Spanish, but what is "that" "this" and "those"?
My teacher taught us 'there' which is 'hay' but not the other ones! So what are they?
Mar 22, 2013 1:25 AM
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"Hay" means "there are" or "there exist". It's an impersonal verb - not a pronoun or a demonstrative. Hay manzanas = There are apples
Here's a list of demonstratives with an example and translation in English:
- este libro (this book)
- estos libros (these books)
- esta mesa (this table)
- estas mesas (these tables)
- ese libro (that book)
- esos libros (those books)
- esa mesa (that table)
- esas mesas (those tables)
- aquel libro (that book over there)
- aquellos libros (those books over there)
- aquella mesa (that table over there)
- aquellas mesas (those tables over there)
You can even mix in "hay" if you like.
Hay esos días malos = There are those bad days
March 22, 2013
Buenas.
La respuesta de abajo lo dice prácticamente todo, sólo faltaría añadir que "there" sin el verbo to be significa "ahí" (sería el objeto o persona que se encuentra a una distancia intermedia del hablante)
"There is" a table --> Hay una mesa.
"There" is the table // The table is "there" --> Ahí está la mesa // La mesa está ahí.
Un saludo.
March 22, 2013
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