el uso de "esta" y "este"
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Quiero decir
"En esta película......" o "En este papel...."
son estos dos correctos? me confusan mucho los tildes..... está...ésta...esta
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updated Oct 25, 2010
posted by maggiemayday
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Yes, those two sentences are correct.
Este, esta, estos and estas are called demonstratives, and they mean this. Like adjectives, they have to match the noun in gender and number. If you put an accent mark over the first syllable the pronunciation stays the same, but you've turned them into a sort of noun, mean "this one" or "these (ones)". It's the same idea as turning an adjective into a noun: Verde = green, El verde = the green one.
Está is completely different. It's a present tense conjugation of the verb estar, and means "he/she/it/you (formal) is".
updated Oct 25, 2010
edited by KevinB
posted by KevinB
Traditionally, the former are "demosntrative adjectives" and the latter "demonstrative pronouns". - samdie, Oct 25, 2010
