Learning Spanish - This and That

The spanish words for this and that are confusing. Here’s a rhyming mnemonic to help you out:

This and these have t’s

That and those have so’s

t’s and so’s have english long vowel form pronunciations, tees and soes.

English	Español Masculine	Español Feminine
this (singlular)	este	esta
these (plural)	estes	estas
that	ese	esa
those	esos	esas

When referring to an idea, use the neutral pronoun eso. It’s roughly translated to that one thing/.

Eso es inteligente (that [idea/thinking] is smart)