Difference between Ser and Estar?

Question

What is the difference between ser and estar?
What are there conjugations?!?
And lastly..pleae give me an exmaple of when to use estar and when to use ser?!?!
♥please and thank yous♥

Answer 1

Ser and estar both mean to be. They are different though. Estar is used when something isn't permanant, something that changes like moods. Ser is for things that are more permanant. For example Yo soy americana. Nacionality doesn't really change. Ser's conjgation is Yo soy, tu eres, el/ella/ud es, Nost. somos, ellos/ellas/uds son. Estar's is Yo estoy, tu estas, el/ella/ud esta, Nost. estamos, ellos/ellas/uds estan.I hope this helps.

Answer 2

Ser and estar are :to be.

Yo estoy aqui.- I am here
Yo estoy contenta. I- I am happy
El esta triste.- He is sad

Yo soy buena estudiante- I am a good student.
El es mi hermano.- He is my brother
Nosotros somos los nuevos vecinos.- We are the new neighbors.

I hope it helps you

Answer 3

i believe the ser means to be, but as unchanging
estar means to be, but as a location and condition
conjugations for ser:
I: soy
You: eres
He/She: es
We: somos
You third person: sois (accent over i)
They: son

conjugations for estar:
I: estoy
You: estás
He/She: está
We: estamos
You third person: estais (accent over the i)
They: están

example use of estar:
¿cómo estás? meaning how are you?

example use of ser:
soy un estudiante meaning I am a student

Answer 4

Verb Conjugation
As in English, verbs are conjugated, or take various forms, in Spanish. In the present tense, there are 6 verb forms, depending on who the subject of the verb is. Here are the conjugations for ser and estar:
ser - to be
yo soy ("I am")
tú eres ("you are")
usted/él/ella es ("you (formal)/he/she is")
nosotros somos ("we are")
*vosotros sois ("you (familiar plural) are")
ustedes/ellos/ellas son ("you (formal plural)/they (male)/they (female) are")
estar - to be
yo estoy ("I am")
tú estás ("you are")
usted/él/ella está ("you (formal)/he/she is")
nosotros estamos ("we are")
*vosotros estáis ("you (familiar plural) are")
ustedes/ellos/ellas están ("you (formal plural)/they (male)/they (female) are")

Answer 5

Here are some more examples:

Soy de los Estados Unidos. (I am from the United States.)
Ellos son muy altos. (They are very tall)
Nosotros somos muy inteligentes. (We are smart)
Son las seis y media. (It's 6:30.)
Es el diecisiete de septiembre. (It's the seventeenth of September.)
Mi lápiz está encima de la mesa. (My pencil is on top of the table)
¿Dónde están mis amigos? (Where are my friends?)