
Originally Posted by
CorazonInquieto
Hello! Maybe this will help!
"Este" is masculine singular. Ex: "
Este libr
o no me gusta." or "
Éste es mi
hermano"
"Esta" is feminine singular. Ex: "
Ésta es mi
casa"
"Estas is feminine plural
In all the above the Object is actually stated in the sentence i.e "libro" or "casa".
"Esto" and "Estos" are used when the object is not literally stated in the sentence, either you don't know what it is called or you are trying not to be repetetive. Such as, "
Ésto que ves acá son mis pinturas" (What you see here are my paintings). You would be pointing to the object so the other person knows what you are talking about. You wouldn't actually say "
Estas pinturas que ves acá son mis pinturas" because that would be redundant. Estos (plural b/c "pinturas" is plural) takes the place of "Estas pinturas". Another example is "¿Qué es ésto?" (what is this?). You don't know what the object is and cant reffer to it by a name so you use "Esto".
I hope this isn't confusing

Maybe others can give some input.