Question

Pilar and Marta are at the mall trying to get a new outfit for a special occasion. Write the conversation in which they talk about different clothing. Use at least six expressions from the list:


Pilar: ¿Cuánto cuesta esta falda?
Marta: No sé, pregúntale a aquel vendedor.

aquel vendedor aquellas botas esa camisa ese precio
esos colores esos zapatos esta falda este vestido

Answer 1

Marta: Me gustan esos zapatos pero no estoy segura cuanto cuestan.
Pilar: Si, se verian muy buenas con esa falda o ese vestido.
Marta: Si, los colores son muy similares.
Pilar: Debes preguntarle al vendedor.

Answer 2

Pilar and Marta are at the mall trying to get a new outfit for a special occasion. We have the following list of expressions:

aquel vendedor - esa camisa - esos colores - esa falda

aquellas botas - ese precio - esos zapatos - ese vestido

This could be a conversation of them talking about different clothing:

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Pilar: ¿Cuánto cuesta esa falda?

Marta: ¿Cuesta $100? Pero yo prefiero ese vestido

Pilar: Me gustaría llevarle esa camisa a mi esposo.

Marta: Pero esos colores de camisas no son bonitos.

Pilar: Quizá pueda llevarle esos zapatos mejor.

Marta: Esos me gustan. A mi esposo le encantarían aquellas botas

Pilar: Ese precio es exagerado por unas botas.

Marta: Puede haber un error, llamemos a aquel vendedor

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Let's explain each option:

1. Esa falda

In this sentence we use the concept of demonstrative adjectives. The demonstrative pronouns, such as este, ese and aquel can act as demonstrative adjectives when placed before a noun. So these adjectives demonstrate a quality about the noun they modify. Here that quality is the location in respect to the speaker or the listener. Esa is the feminine singular form of ese and indicates something more distant, that is, nouns that are further from the speaker but they can be close to the listener. We use esa because the noun falda is feminine singular. Here Pilar wants to know how much the skirt costs.

2. Ese vestido

Since vestido is a masculine singular noun, we need to use the demonstrative adjective ese that also matches the masculine singular form. It is important to say here that that Spanish adjectives must match the noun they describe in both gender and number. So Marta prefers the dress.

3. Esa camisa

Since camisa is a feminine singular noun, we need to use the demonstrative adjective esa that also matches the feminine singular form. We haven't mentioned the definition of a noun, so a noun is a word or group of words that is the name of a person, a place, a thing, or activity or a quality or idea. So here Pilar would like to buy a shirt for her husband.

4. Esos colores

Since colores is a masculine plural noun, we need to use the demonstrative adjective esos. So esos comes from ese being its masculine plural form. As in the previous exercises, here this demonstrative adjective is used to indicate distance in space. So Marta thinks that those shirt colors aren't pretty

5. Esos zapatos

Since zapatos is a masculine plural noun, we also need to use the demonstrative adjective esos. As in the previous exercises, here this demonstrative adjective is used indicating distance in space. So Pilar thinks it's better to buy those shoes for her husband.

6. Aquellas botas

Aquellas comes from aquel and is a demonstrative adjectives used to indicate something that is far away from both the speaker and the listener. So the botas that translates into boots and these are far away from both Pilar and Marta. So Marta thinks her husband would like those boots over there.

7. Ese precio

Since precio is a masculine singular noun, we need to use ese. So ese points out the price. Here ese is being used as demonstrative determiner. Recall that determiners identify or indicate the type of reference of a noun, telling us whether it is general or specific, or whether it is known about or is new. So Pilar thinks the boots are expensive.

8. Aquel vendedor

We use aquel here to indicate that the salesman is far away from both Marta who is the speaker and Pilar who is the listener. So Marta thinks it is possible that there is a mistake in the price of the boots and wants to talk to the salesman. Recall that the quality that demonstrative adjectives refer is the location in respect to the speaker or the listener.