what is the difference? que/eso??

Question

Hola mis amigos. I look in the dictionary for the word That and found many words *ése, ésa, eso - que *. Could anyone explain to me the difference? Gracias

Answer 1

First you should look in an English dictionary for the word That. You will see that it serves as several different parts of speech. In Spanish sometimes when it is serving as a different part of speech it has a different name.

por ejemplo

ése= when that is a masculine, singular demonstrative pronoun

ese=when that is a masculine, singular demonstrative adjective

que==when that is a relative pronoun or conjunction

It is the same as with any other English word. In one context it may have one Spanish translation, but in a different context, it will be equivalent to a different Spanish word.

for example:

dive=salto de cabeza (when you do it off a diving board)

dive=timba (a low class bar)

Even when it is used in the same context different words will be used to show more subtle differences:

for example:

ese= demonstrative adjective that modifying a masculine, singular noun

esa= demonstrative adjective that modifying a feminine, singular noun

aquella= demonstrative adjective that modifying a feminine, singular noun at greater distance from the speaker

and so on.