4th Edition Spanish Ch. 6 Flashcards
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Numbers 101 and higher
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Numbers 101 and higher
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Spanish uses a period, rather than a comma, to indicate thousands and millions.
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True
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Ciento uno
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101
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Doscientos/as
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200
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Trescientos/as
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300
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Cuatrocientos
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400
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Quinientos/as
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500
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Seiscientos/as
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600
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Setecientos/as
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700
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Ochocientos/as
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800
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Novecientos/as
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900
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1.000
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Mil
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1.100
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Mil cien
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2.000
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Dos mil
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5.000
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Cinco mil
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100.000
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Cien mil
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200.000
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Doscientos mil
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550.000
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Quinietos cincuenta mil
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1.000.000
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Un millón (de)
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8.000.000
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Ocho millones (de)
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Use ciento uno if used for counting. Use ciento un(a) when describing quanity.
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True
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The numbers 200 through 999 agree in gender with the nouns they modify.
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True
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324 tiendas
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Trescientas veinticuatro tiendas.
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873 habitaciones
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Ochocientas setenta y tres habitaciones
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500 mujeres
Quinietas mujeres
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605 clientes
Seiscientos cinco clientes
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990 euros
Novecientos noventa euros
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257 estudiantes
Doscientos cincuenta y siete estudiantes.
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Mil can mean a thousand or one thousand. The plural form of un millón (a million or one million) is millones, which has no accent.
True
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1.000 dólares
Mil dólares
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5.000 bicicletas
Cinco mil bicicletas
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2.000.000 de pesos
Dos millones de pesos.
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1.000.000 de aficionados
Un millón de aficionados
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The plural forms cientos and miles (de) refer to hundreds or thousands of (people or things).
True
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Cientos de personas
Hundreds of people
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Miles de dólares
Thousands of dollars
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In Spanish, years are never expressed as pairs of 2-digit numbers as they sometimes are in English (1979, nineteen seventy-nine).
True
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1945
Mil novecientos cuarenta y cinco
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1898
Mil ochocientos noventa y ocho
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2005
Dos mil cinco
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In Spanish, street numbers follow the same pattern.
True
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¿Cuál es tu dirección?
What's your address?
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Mi dirección es Balcarce mil doscientos ochenta y tres.
My address is Balcarce twelve hundred eighty-three.
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When millión or millones are used before a noun, place de between the two.
True
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1.000.000 de hombres
Un millón de hombres
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12.000.000 de aviones
Doce millones de aviones.
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15.000.000 de personas
Quince millones de personas
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Mil millones
A billion (1.000.000.000)
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Un billón
A trillion (1.000.000.000.000)
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Hay mil millones de personas en China.
There are a billion people in China.
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Hay un billón de planetas en el universo.
There are a trillion planets in the universe.
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The preterite tense of regular verbs.
The preterite tense of regular verbs
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In order to talk about events in the past, Spanish Uses two simple tenses; the preterite and the imperfect.
True
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The preterite is used to talk about actions or states completed in the past.
True
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Comprar-to buy
Compré, conpraste, compró, compramos, comprasteis, compraron.
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Vender- to sale
Vendí, vendiste, vendió, vendimos, vendisteis, vendieron
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Escribir- to write
Escribí, escribiste, escribió, escribimos, escribisteis, escribieron.
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The preterite endings for regular -er and -ir verbs are identical. Also, the yo and Ud./él/ella forms of all three conjugations have written accents on the last syllable.
True
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The nosotros/as forms of regular -ar and -ir verbs in the preterite are identical to the present-tense forms.
True
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El invierno compramos suéteres.
In the winter we buy sweaters.
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Anoche compramos unas sandalias.
Last night we bought some sanda.s.
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Escribimos poemas en clase.
We write poems in class.
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Ya escribimos dos veces al presidente.
We already wrote to the president twice.
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-Ar and -er verbs that have a stem change in the present tense do not have a stem change in the preterite.
True
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Cerrar- close
Ana cierra la puerta- Ana cerró la puerta.
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Volver- to return
Juan vuelve a las dos
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Él juega al fútbol.
Él jugó al futbol.
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Pensar- Pienso mucho
Pensé mucho.
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Verbs that end in -car, -gar, and -zar have a spelling change in the yo form of the preterite. All the other forms are regular.
True
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Buscar
Busqué
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Llegar
Llegué
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Empezar
Empecé
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Creer, leer, and oir have a spelling changes in the preterite.
True
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Creer
Creí, creíste, creyó, creímos, creísteis, creyeron
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Leer
Leí, leíste, leyó, leímos, leísteis, leyeron
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Oír
Oí, oíste, oyó, oímos, oísteis, oyeron
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Ver is regular in the preterite, but none of its forms has an accent.
True
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Ver
Vi, viste, vio, vimos, visteis, vieron.
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Anoche
Last night
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Anteayer
The day before yesterday.
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El año pasado
Last year
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Ayer
Yesterday
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De repente
Suddenly
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Desde... Hasta...
From... Until...
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Pasado/a
(Adj.) last; past
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La semana pasada
Last week
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Una vez
Once; one time
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Dos veces
Twice; two times
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Ya
Already
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Acabo de comprar un sueter.
I just bought a sweater.
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Acabas de ir de compras
You just went shopping.
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Indirect object pronouns
Indirect object pronouns
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An indirect object is the noun or pronoun that answers the question to whom or for whom an action is done. In this example, the indirect object answers this question: ¿A quién le prestó Roberto cien pesos? To whom did Roberto loan 100 pesos?
True
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Roberto le prestó cien pesos a Luisa.
Roberto loaned 100 pesos to Luisa.
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Me
(To, for) me
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Te
(To, for) you (fam.)
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Le
(To, for) you (form) (to, for) him; (to, for) her
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Nos
(To, for) us
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Os
(To, for) you (fam)
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Les
(To, for) you (form); (to, for) them
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Spanish speakers often use the object pronoun and the noun to which it refers in the same sentence to emphasize or clarify to whom the pronoun refers. The indirect object pronoun is often used without the indirect noun when the person for whom the action is being done or known.
True
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Iván lev prestó un lápiz a Juan.
Iván loaned a pencil to Juan.
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También le prestó papel.
He also loaned him paper.
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Sabrina le compró un café a Valeria.
Sabrina bought Valeria a coffee.
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Tambien le compró un sándwich.
She also bought her a sandwich.
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Since le and les have multiple meanings, a + [noun] or a + [pronoun] is often used to clarify to whom the pronouns refer.
True
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Ella les vendió ropa.
She sold clothing (to them or to you all).
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Ella les vendió ropa a ellos.
She sold clothing to them.
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Yo le presté una camisa a Luis.
Yo le presté una camisa a Luis.
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Indirect object pronouns usually precede the conjugated verb. In negative sentences, place the pronoun between no and the conjugated verb.
True
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Te compré un abrigo.
I bought you a coat.
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No te ne compré nada.
I didn't buy you anything.
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When an infinitive or present participle is used, there are two options for indirect object pronoun placement: before the conjugated verb, or attached to the infinitive or present participle. When a pronoun is attached to a present participle, an accent mark is added.
True
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¿Vas a comprarle un regalo a Carla? ¿Le vas a comprar un regalo a Carla?
Are you going to buy a gift for Carla?
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Estoy mostrándoles las fotos a ellos. Les estoy mostrando las fotos a ellos.
I'm showing them the photos.
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The irregular verbs dar (to give) and decir (to say; to tell) are often used with indirect object pronouns.
True
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Dar
Doy, das, da, damos, daís, dan, dando
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Decir
Digo, dices, dice, decimos, decis, dicen, diciendo
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Mi abuela me da muchos regalos.
My grandmother gives me lots of gives.
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Te digo la verdad.
I'm telling you the truth.
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Voy a darle un beso.
I'm going to give her a kiss.
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Te digo la verdad.
I'm telling you the truth.
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No les estoy diciendo mentiras a mis padres.
I am not telling lies to my parents.
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Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns.
Demonstratives adjectives and pronouns.
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Demonstrative adjectives demonstrate or point out nouns. They precede the nouns they modify and agree with them in gender and number.
True
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Este vestido
This dress
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Esos zapatos
Those shoes
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Aquella tienda
That store (over there)
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Masculine
Este, ese, aquel
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Feminine
Esta, esa, aquella
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Masculine
Estos, esos, aquellos
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Feminine
Estas, esas, aquellas
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Esto/esta
This
134
Estos/estas
These
135
Ese/esa
That
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Esos/esas
Those
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Aquel/aquella
That
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Aquellos/aquellas
Those (over there)
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The demonstrative adjectives este, esta, estos, and estas are used to point out nouns that are close to the speaker and the listener.
True
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The demonstrative adjectives aquel, aquella, aquellos, and aquellas are used to point out nouns that are far away from the speaker and the listener.
True
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Demonstrative pronouns are identical to demonstrative adjectives except that they traditionally carry an accent mark on the stressed vowel. They agree in number and gender with the corresponding noun.
True
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No me gusta este sueter. Prefiero ese.
I don't like this sweater. I prefer that one.
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No voy a comprar estos zapatos. Quiero aquellos.
I'm not going to buy these shoes. I want those ones over there.
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Ella quiere comprar esa bolsa no aquella.
She wants to buy that purse, not that one over there.
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Que precio tienen esos pantalones? Esos cuestan quince dolares.
How much do those pants cost? Those cost fifteen dollars.
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There are three neuter forms: esto, eso, and aquello. These forms refer to unidentified or unspecified nouns, situations, and ideas. They do not change in gender or number and never carry an accent mark.
True
