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I'm taking a spanish class in college and i'm reveiwing ser and estar. Does anyone know the difference between the two and when to use each I know this is probably a really stupid question but there it is.

Thanks everyone all your answers helped alot

Answer 1

"Ser" is used for permanent situations and "estar" is used in temporary situations, as in "Soy mujer" (I´m a woman) and "Estoy triste" (I´m sad).

Answer 2

Here's a quick way to remember it:

"For how you feel and where you are, always use the verb estar."

That's the basic gist of it; if it doesn't follow that rule, use ser.

Answer 3

No, it's important in order to know when to use each one.

The uses of SER (mostly considered for permanent things) are:
1) Identification: Yo soy Luisa. Tú eres William. (I'm Luisa. You're William).
2) Origin/Nationality: Yo soy de Estados Unidos. Ellos son franceses. (I'm from the United States. You're French).
3) Occupation: Ustedes son cantantes. (You're singers).
4) Possession: El carro blanco es de Marta. (The white car is Martha's).
5) Religion/lifestyle: Madonna es judía. / Madonna es vegetariana. (Madonna is jewish / Madonna is vegetarian).
6) When talking about the place an event is held: La clase es en el salón 43. (The class is in room 43).
7) Permanent psychologic/physical characteristics: Martín es inteligente./ Martín es alto. (Martin is intelligent / Martin is tall).
8) When talking about the materials things are made of: La silla es de plástico. (The chair is made of plastic).
9) Amount/hour: Son 50 dólares./ Son las cinco de la tarde. (It's/ It costs $50./ It's five pm).

There are only three uses for ESTAR (generally used for temporary things), namely:
1) Location/Distance: Tu casa está en la colina./ Tu casa está lejos de aquí. (Your house is in the hill/ Your house is far from here).
2) Temporary conditions/states: Estoy alegre, estás cansado, estamos enojados, están aburridas, estamos enfermos. (I'm happy, you're tired, we're angry, they're bored, we're sick).
3) To form progressive tenses: Yo estoy hablando. (I'm speaking).

Hope this could be usefuland easier to understand .

Answer 4

Two Verbs Are Used for 'To Be'
There are few things more confusing for beginning Spanish students, at least those who have English as their first language, than learning the differences between ser and estar. After all, they both mean "to be" in English.
And since both verbs are frequently used, they are as irregular as can be. Who would think that fue would be the third-person preterite of ser? (On the other hand, you've got to have sympathy with those learning English. Who would think "am," "is," "was," and "are" are all forms of "to be"?)

In this lesson, we'll concern ourselves only with the present tense. After all, by the time you're learning other tenses you'll have the two verbs mastered. They really aren't that difficult.



What you need to do is remember when learning a foreign language is that we don't translate words from one language to another, we translate meanings. And many of our English verbs, "to be" among them, have a multitude of meanings.
When I think of the differences between ser and estar, I like to think of ser as the passive verb and estar as the active one. (I'm not using the terms in a grammatical sense here.) Ser tells you what something is, the nature of its being, while estar refers more to what something does. I might use soy (the first-person present of ser) to tell you what I am, but I'd use estoy (the first-person present of estar) to tell you what I am being.

Now that's probably as clear as a politician's equivocation, but let me give you a few examples. I might say, "Estoy enfermo." That would tell you that I am being sick, that I am sick at the moment. But it doesn't tell you what I am. Now if I were to say, "Soy enfermo," that would have a different meaning entirely. That would refer to who I am, to the nature of my being. We might translate that as "I am a sick person" or "I am sickly."

Note similar differences in these examples:

Estoy cansado, I am tired. Soy cansado, I am a tired person.
Estoy feliz, I'm happy now. Soy feliz, I am happy by nature.
Está callada, she's being quiet. Es callada, she's introverted.
No soy listo, I'm not a quick thinker. Estoy listo, I'm ready.
One way of thinking about it is to think of ser as being roughly equivalent to "equals." Another way of thinking about it is that estar often refers to a temporary condition, while ser frequently refers to a permanent condition. But there are some exceptions.
Among the major exceptions to the above way of thinking is that ser is used in expressions of time, such as "Son las dos de la tarde" for "It's 2 p.m." Also, we use estar to indicate someone has died — quite a permanent condition: Está muerto, he is dead.

Along that line, estar is used to indicate location. Estoy en casa, I am at home. But, soy de México, I am from Mexico.

There are also a few idiomatic expressions that simply need to be learned, although that comes naturally with time: La manzana es verde, the apple is green. La manzana está verde, the apple is unripe. Está muy bien la comida, the meal tastes very good.

Note that sometimes estar is modified by an adverb such as bien rather than being followed by an adjective. Estoy bien, I'm fine.

As I mentioned earlier, both ser and estar are irregularly conjugated. Here's a chart of the present tense:


Pronombre Ser Estar
Yo soy estoy
Tú eres estás
Él, ella, usted es está
Nosotros somos estamos
Ellos, ellas, ustedes son están

Answer 5

ser is permanent, like personality traits and where you come from
Ex: Soy de Puerto Rico
(I am from Puerto Rico)

estar is changeable and variable
(except for a few exceptions like position and location)
Ex: Estoy cansada
(I am tired)

Answer 6

Yo soy alta- I am tall
Yo estoy en mi casa- I am at home
Yo estoy enferma- I am sick
Yo soy hija unica- I am an only child

Hope these examples help!!!

Answer 7

I think that Ser is (to be) and Estar is ( here)

Answer 8

ola espanola? bonjour?

i dont really know

sry

google "babel fish translator"

it translates every language out there :-)

Answer 9

i know a little