this/that, these/those

The words like 'this', 'that', 'these' or 'those' tell us if something is near or far from us. They are also called demonstratives.

We use 'this' and 'these' for things near us. We use 'this' for singular and 'these' for plural nouns.
This is Ann.
These are my friends.

We use 'that' and 'those' for things far from us. We use 'that' for singular and 'those' for plural nouns.
That is your pencil.
Those are their shoes.

These words can function both as adjectives (in front of nouns) and pronouns (in front of verbs).
This is our school. (pronoun)
That building is our school. (adjective)

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Reči kao što su "ovaj, ova", "onaj, ona", "ovi, ove" ili "oni, one" govore nam da li je nešto blizu ili daleko od nas. Još se zovu pokazne reči.

Koristimo reči "ovaj, ova" i "ovi, ove" za sve što je blizu nas, i to "ova, ova" za jedninu, a "ovi, ove" za imenice u množini.
Ovo je Ana.
Ovo su moji drugari.

Koristimo "onaj, ona" i "oni, one" za sve što je daleko od nas, i to "onaj, ona" za jedninu, a "oni, one" za imenice u množini.
Ono je tvoja olovka.
Ono su njihove cipele.

Ove reči mogu imati funkciju prideva (ispred imenica) i zamenice (ispred glagola).
Ovo je naša škola. (zamenica)
Ona zgrada je naša škola. (pridev)

Ask a friend to identify some classroom objects:
A: What's this?
B: It's a crayon.
A: What's that?
B: It's a wastepaper-basket.

Turn into plural:

1 This is a chair.

2 That is an eraser.

3 This is a desk.

4 That is a picture.

5 This is  a pencil.

6 That is a window.
7 That desk is white.
8 This boy is eleven.
9 This basket is on the floor.
10 That window is big.