Spanish · CEFR Band 1 (A1) · Chapter 6
Esta es mi familiaThis is my family
The possessives mi/tu/su and the demonstratives este/ese. Possessives agree in number (mi hermano, mis hermanos). Demonstratives agree in gender and number: este/esta (this), ese/esa (that) — "esta es mi familia" (familia is feminine). New vocabulary: family, father, mother, child, big, small.
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Esta es mi familia— This Is My Family
- CarlosEsta es mi familia. Este es mi padre.This is my family. This is my father.
- MikeEl familia es grande. ¿Esa es tu madre?The family is big. Is that your mother? (slip: el familia, should be la)
- CarlosEs "la familia", es femenina. Esa es mi madre.It's "la familia", it's feminine. That is my mother.
- MikeAh, la familia. Tu familia es grande.Ah, la familia. Your family is big.
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¿Esta o esa?— This One or That One?
- LucíaMike, esta es mi madre y ese es mi padre.Mike, this is my mother and that is my father.
- MikeTu familia es pequeño.Your family is small. (slip: pequeño, should be pequeña)
- LucíaEs "pequeña", femenina. Sí, mi familia es pequeña.It's "pequeña", feminine (to match familia). Yes, my family is small.
- MikeMi familia también es pequeña. Este es mi padre.My family is also small. This is my father.
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- familia
n.f.family (f)
- padre
n.m.father (m)
- madre
n.f.mother (f)
- este / esta
det.this (m / f)
- ese / esa
det.that (m / f)
- mi
det.my
- tu
det.your
- su
det.his/her/your (formal)
- niño / niña
nounchild (m / f)
- grande
adjectivebig
- pequeño / pequeña
adjectivesmall (m / f)
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Possessives + demonstratives (este/ese)
Explanation
The possessives mi/tu/su agree in NUMBER with the thing owned, not the owner: mi hermano, mis hermanos (they don't change by gender in the singular). The demonstratives agree in GENDER and NUMBER: este/esta (this), ese/esa (that). So we say "Esta es mi familia" — familia is feminine, hence esta. And "Este es mi padre" — padre is masculine.
Examples
- Esta es mi familia.This is my family. (familia is feminine → esta)
- Este es mi padre y esta es mi madre.This is my father and this is my mother.
- Ese niño es mi amigo.That child is my friend.
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