Difference of esto, esta, and este I know a lot of vocabulary in Spanish but I have never really knew the difference. Same goes for eso, esa, and ese. Does it differ in gender? Is esto used for mascul

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Difference of esto, esta, and este I know a lot of vocabulary in Spanish but I have never really knew the difference. Same goes for eso, esa, and ese. Does it differ in gender? Is esto used for masculine and esta for feminine and este for neutral or unknown? Please do answer me. It would be very appreciated :)

Jul 8, 2014 12:53 AM

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Esta(s) is feminine, este/estos is masculine, and esto is unknown/neutral I believe.

July 8, 2014

It can be a little confusing, I know. First of all, esto/eso/aquello can only be used as pronouns, that is, without a noun. When you say, "what's this?" --> "¿qué es esto?" Este/esta/eso/esa/aquel/aquella can be used without a noun when in English you would add "one"... for instance: "- Which is the book you want? - This one" --> "- ¿Cuál es el libro que quieres? - Este". (the tricky part is that you have to use the -e version when one replaces a masculine object, the -a version when feminine) When you use them with a noun, then the same rule of masculine/feminine applies, and you use este/ese/aquel or esta/esa/aquella. Hope that helps.

July 8, 2014

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