Thread: Рассказ о Сарe из Принстонa

Originally Posted by tohca

Originally Posted by Оля

Originally Posted by tohca

When do you use этот и когда это?

Этот = "this" for nouns, which are male (i.e. фотоаппарат).
Эта = "this" for nouns, which are female (i.e. книга).
Это = "this" for nouns, which are neuter (i.e. окно) and in case "this is...."

So why not этот другой фотоаппарат?

Этот другой фотоаппарат. Saying this you mean the camera among other cameras (pointing at one).
Это другой фотоаппарат. Saying this you mean a camera among other cameras (simple existence of one camera).

Hope my 2 copecks are worth explaining.