Hi, there are two questions on the quiz that I don't understand: (1) "Esos chicles son mentolados pero ____ no tienen sabor" and (2) "Esos estudiantes van a viajar a Asia pero ________ no tienen dinero." Kwiziq is saying that the correct demonstrative pronoun in both cases is "estos." However, my understanding was that demonstrative pronouns should vary in gender with the noun they refer to, unless it isn't known or we are referring to statement, idea, or situation. In 1, the noun being referred to is "chicles," which is a masculine plural noun, so the demonstrative pronoun should be "estes," not estos, correct? With 2, I understand that we may not know the gender of the group, so we use esto. Can you explain?
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Lukas V.Kwiziq community member
Esto issues
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Using esto, este, esta, estos, estas to say "this", "this one" and "these ones" (demonstrative pronouns)"
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Hola Lukas
Many thanks for contacting us. In sentence 1, "estos" is used because "chicles" is a masculine plural noun.
In sentence 2, "estos" is used because "estudiantes" is treated as a masculine plural noun in a general context.
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