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What is the difference between este and esto ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between este and esto ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Different uses of this
This place = este lugar
Put this = pone esto
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Both refer to the same thing only as to ESTO later you can not add a name, for example: ESTO es rojo (THIS is red). On the other hand, a name can be added to ESTE later, for example: ESTE JARRO es mio (THIS JUG is red)
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examples :
Este: "Este chico es malo"
Esto: "Esta blusa va perfecto para mi cita"
Esto: utiliza para nombrar cosas y personas en plural
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Este (singular) and estos (plural) are a kind of adjective that tell you the approximate distance the noun is located in, for masculine nouns (for femenine nouns use esta for singular and estas for plural).
Example. This cat = este gato. This car = este auto. These knives = estos cuchillos.
Esto (estos for plural) is a pronoun, it also refers to the proximity of the object it replaces, it's used for things that are near.
Example: I ate this = yo comí esto. I made these = yo hice estos (or yo los hice).
The big difference is that Este can be used as a pronoun too (for example I want this one = quiero este, it is more specific than esto), so it can replace the noun; or it can be an adjective. Esto can never be an adjecticve, meaning it's never right to put it next to a noun.
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