"Yo soy" and "Estoy"?

Question

For an adjective, do I use "ESTOY fría" or "YO SOY fría?"

For a verb, do I use "ESTOY bailando" or "YO SOY bailando?"

Please explain...

and what does it mean if a word is temporary?

Answer 1

In fact, to say "I am cold" you would say "Tengo frio".

Contrast - Ignacio es alto Ignacio is tall - with - qué alto está Ignacio! isn’t Ignacio tall now!, hasn’t Ignacio
got(ten) tall o grown!

está cansada/furiosa/embarazada she is tired/furious/pregnant - all things that will not always apply

es inglés/rubio/católico he’s English/fair/(a) Catholic - matters less likely to change

"Estoy fría" would be used if you treated somebody coldly, gave them the brush-off, whilst ser would be used like this - es frío y calculador he’s cold and calculating.

With participles you normally use estar - estoy bailando (ahora pero hace una hora estaba dormiendo).

A state is temporary if later or tomorrow it may be different.

Answer 2

You use 'ser' with states/conditions that you see as permanent. So if you said 'soy fria' you would mean you were cold as a characteristic, meaning unfriendly. The Spanish way to say I'm cold (cos of temperature) is 'tengo frio' where 'frio' is a noun, so it doesn't change for the feminine.

You use 'estar' when you dscribe where something is, or when you describe something that is impermanent. 'Estoy en mi casa', I'm at home. This is describing a location.

You use estar + present participle to describe an action happening as you speak 'estoy bailando' 'I'm dancing' (right now)

Answer 3

Temporary vs. permanent

Yo soy = I am (permanent) Example: I am Lola. Soy Lola, soy alta, soy mujer, soy simpatica, soy mayor, soy americana.
Yo estoy = I am (temporary) Example: I'm sad. Estoy triste, estoy bailando, estoy cansada, esto pensando.

Funny that I'm thin can be Soy delgada (all the time) or estoy delgada (today, but maybe not tomorrow)

I'm cold = Tengo frio

Answer 4

As you know ser and estar both mean "to be". 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.

Here are a few 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.


In English we say that we are hungry or we are cold, using a form of "to be" although in spanish you have cold or hunger. Therefore you must use tener.

Answer 5

no ok... spanish is interesting... here's how it is

when talking about yourself as if "i'm" like "i'm cold" its "Tengo frío" (for both male end female) you saying "Estoy fría" means i'm cold as if saying you're (a) cold hearted (female) and saying "yo soy fría" is to say "i am the cold" or "i am coldness"

as a verb its ok "estoy vailando" is correct "yo soy vailando" is not valid because its is like saying that your name is bailando

you only say "yo soy" when saying your name or gender or something to describe yourself.(you do not need to say "yo" when saying "soy" because soy is already saying i am so if you say "yo soy" is like saying "I I am"

Answer 6

yo soy fria (which means im a cold person) but if u wanna say im cold: tengo frio

estoy bailando

I dont know how to explain it, I just speak it naturally hehe

Answer 7

u say estoy fria

and estoy bailando

idk how to explain , but im hispanic so i kno ..

Answer 8

"Tengo frio" means "I'm cold".

"Estoy baliando" means "I'm dancing."

Cutie!