Learn about the Spanish neuter demonstrative pronouns "eso," "esto," and "aquello" in this article.
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On Duolingo, I translated " I throw this " as " Yo tiro este " but it was wrong; the correct translation was " Yo tiro esto ". But doesn't whether it's " este " or " esto " depend on the gender of the noun being referred to? If so, why is masculine ("esto") inferred or assumed, when the noun is unspecified?
Esto es mi hogar. That example is incorrect. Esto is, indeed, a demonstrative pronoun, but it is only used to refer to neuter, unknown or abstract concepts. (e.g. when there is no specific noun acting as its antecedent so that you would know the gender of the noun). In the example sentence the pronoun's antecedent is hogar which is masculine. The correct pronoun would, therefore, be Éste or ...
What is the difference between esto,esta and este? These are all used as demonstrative pronouns not adjectives (According to The Real Academia Española the written accent may be omitted where there is no confusion with the (demonstrative) adjective: esta ) ésto (neutral or masc) por ejemplo: ésto es lo más dificl = this one is the most ...
What is the difference between esto and este? Compare and contrast the definitions and English translations of esto and este on SpanishDictionary.com, the world's most accurate Spanish-English reference website.
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