"Eu gosto dessas cores."

Translation: I like those colors.

[paulconsul]

I thought dessas meant those, not these. Wouldn~t these be destas?

[Paulenrique]

ohhh...frustrating!!

[JCMcGee]

Dessa = that...so Dessas = those
Desta = This so Destas = these.

Does "Eu gosto dessas cores" =
"I like those colours over there" / "I like those colours you have"
or
"I like these colours here" / "I like these colours I have"

Or does/can it mean both???

I imagine that a real person wold understand and that it's only on DUO that it matter?

The jump from level 10 to level 11 is SOOOOOO hard!

[Paulenrique]

Yes...many times they are interchangeable!

[pepsy2016]

i have your same problem but i am at level 12 almost 13 but it is hard to master the basis

[verinapk]

Colours with the " u" is not incorrect it is British

[RebeccaKemper]

So this implies more of a conversation with someone vs. a straight declarative sentence ... I like these colors that you have on.... which implies those colors that you have. Right? Otherwise if I am saying I like the colors that I have (these colors here by/on me), I would use destas.... Is this close to right?

[asherbennaphtali]

In spoken Brazilian Portuguese, "este" and its variants are rarely used nowadays.

"Esse" and its variants are used instead in situations where an English speaker would say "this" or "these".

https://www.duolingo.com/comment/342862.

[Arvedui89]

Now it makes sense. While I try to learn rather European Portuguese , Duo makes it only harder. Ow, Braziw ;)

[jmapurunga]

"Esses" is the masculine for these. "Essas" is the feminine for these. You use "aquelas" as the feminine for those and "aqueles" as masculine for those

[Scutigera]

It is my understanding that "estes" and "estas" with a "t" in the middle mean "these" (near me, the speaker), while "esses" and "essas" with the double "s" mean "those" as in those near you (to whom I am speaking). Then, "aqueles" and "aquelas" mean "those" (over there, or even someplace else like at the mall, not near either the speaker or listener), though apparently in spoken Brazilian they are mixed up a bit just to make it more confusing.

[pepsy2016]

I am glad you had the same problems than me. Anyway thank you, your explanation held me. I am going to practise some more and see if eventually i will succeed!

[pepsy2016]

who could help me, i just do not understand the difference between those and these in Portuguese

[pepsy2016]

no, it was '' Eu gosto dessas cores" de + essas= dessas

[mamorim1]

What's wrong with "I like these colors"?

[Paulenrique]

= Eu gosto destas cores.

[Enoch_is_edrees]

So is cores feminine or masculine? Shouldn't it be coros or coras? Or is that the nature of the word?

[pfeil]

cor is feminine. a cor / as cores.