grammar.adjectives.demonstratives
Este, ese, aquel before nouns
Three distances agreeing with the noun: este libro, esa mesa, aquellos años. Ese also covers 'near you' and the recently mentioned.
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Explanation
Forms: este/esta/estos/estas (near speaker), ese/esa/esos/esas (near listener or context), aquel/aquella/aquellos/aquellas (distant in space or time).
Postposed demonstratives can sound dismissive: el tipo ese ('that guy'). Time use: esta semana, ese día (the day in question), aquella época (back then).
Examples
¿Cuánto cuesta ese modelo?
How much does that model cost?
How much does that model cost?
Region: global
Aquellos años fueron difíciles.
Those years (back then) were hard.
Those years (back then) were hard.
Region: global