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The Spanish language uses determiners in a similar way to English. The main difference is that they agree with the noun that they modify in terms of both number (singular/plural) and gender (masculine/feminine). ==Demonstrative determiners== The Spanish has three kinds of demonstrative, whose use depends on the distance between the speaker and the described thing/person. English also used to have a three-way system: "this hill (here)", "that hill (there)" or "yon hill (yonder)" — in Spanish, "esta colina", "esa colina", "aquella colina". Standard English lost the third level, so that the "that, there" series covers the ground of "yon, yonder". ''Este'' usually refers to something near the speaker (the first person). ''Ese'' usually refers to something nearer the hearer (the second person). ''Aquel'' usually refers to something away from both the speaker and the hearer. The demonstrative determiners can also be used as pronouns, with the addition of the neutral singular forms ''esto'', ''eso'', ''aquello''. A similar three-way system of demonstratives is found in Portuguese, as well as in Slavic languages, Japanese and Turkish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spanish determiners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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