La pandemia: pronouns 'esto/eso', read aloud and transcription
Learning outcomes
I can understand the demonstrative pronouns 'esto' and 'eso' in an interview with a scientist.
I can recognise, spell and pronounce 'cu' + vowel.
La pandemia: pronouns 'esto/eso', read aloud and transcription
Learning outcomes
I can understand the demonstrative pronouns 'esto' and 'eso' in an interview with a scientist.
I can recognise, spell and pronounce 'cu' + vowel.
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Key learning points
- The demonstrative pronouns 'esto' and 'eso' mean 'this' and 'that'.
- Unlike 'este', 'esta', 'ese' and 'esa', 'esto' and 'eso' cannot appear before a noun.
- 'Eramos' means 'we were', 'erais' means 'you all were' and 'eran' means 'they were'.
- 'Cue' is pronounced as in 'cuerpo', 'cua' as in 'cuatro' and 'cui' as in 'cuidar'.
Keywords
Demonstrative pronoun - a type of pronoun; in English this includes the words 'this', 'that', 'these' and 'those'
Esto - Spanish pronoun meaning 'this' for something unspecific or a general idea
Eso - Spanish pronoun meaning 'that' for something unspecific or a general idea
Common misconception
'Eso' and 'esto' can appear before a noun.
'Eso' and 'esto' cannot appear before a noun because they are pronouns. Instead it is necessary to use 'este' and 'esta' (to mean 'this') and 'ese' and 'esa' (to mean 'that').
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
I hear
I say
break (at school)
alive
with you
unemployment
to turn off, turning off
to fight, struggle
to respect, respecting
to rob, to steal
to hand in, handing in
to finish, finishing
Exit quiz
6 Questions
danger
account
brain
progress
although
obvious
this (before a singular or uncountable masculine noun)
that (pronoun)
that (before a singular or uncountable feminine noun)
this (before a singular or uncountable feminine noun)
this (pronoun)
that (before a singular or uncountable masculine noun)