78 What is that this? What’s that? Whenever you’re a newbie in a brand new language, you’re going to be brimming with questions on stuff you don’t know. In case you don’t have a bilingual dictionary available, odds are you’ll have to ask kore wa nan desu ka (What is that this?) to get your…
27 When you’re studying Spanish, you’ve doubtless observed that some English phrases have a number of Spanish translations. For instance, the English demonstrative adjective “that,” which factors out a particular noun and signifies its location relative to the speaker, interprets to ese or aquel in Spanish, relying on the thing’s proximity. The Spanish demonstrative adjectives…
40 Perhaps you keep in mind studying the mnemonic machine “‘This’ and ‘these’ have Ts, whereas ‘that’ and ‘these’ don’t” in Spanish class. Or maybe you’ve simply watched the Spanish movie Ésta es mi vida (This Is My Life) to follow your listening expertise. Both method, demonstrative pronouns are probably acquainted if you happen to’ve…