{"id":83,"date":"2023-06-15T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lanzaworx.com\/dele\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:01:10","slug":"ser-vs-estar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lanzaworx.com\/dele\/spanish-grammar\/ser-vs-estar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ser vs Estar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deciding whether to use&nbsp;<strong>ser&nbsp;<\/strong>or&nbsp;<strong>estar<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; both meaning &#8220;to be&#8221; in English &#8211; is an issue that often causes quite a bit of confusion for people learning Spanish. After all, both of them translate into English as roughly the same thing, but they are used in different ways to express different things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Estar + aburrido.<\/td><td>I am bored.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ser + aburrido.<\/td><td>I am boring.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When to use &#8220;SER&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, &#8220;ser&#8221; is used if the adjective following is an unchanging characteristic of the person, thing or place that you are describing. It is used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>to express physical description, personality traits, profession, nationality, race, gender, etc.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Es<\/strong>&nbsp;muy delgada. (She is very thin.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Son<\/strong>&nbsp;profesores en la universidad. (They are professors at the university.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Es<\/strong>&nbsp;inteligente. (He is intelligent.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Somos<\/strong>&nbsp;muy altos. (We are very tall.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Es<\/strong>&nbsp;espa\u00f1ola. (She is Spanish.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Son<\/strong>&nbsp;de Espa\u00f1a. (They are from Spain.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Es<\/strong>&nbsp;mujer. (She is a woman.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>to express dates, days, seasons, time, when events &#8220;take place&#8221;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hoy&nbsp;<strong>es<\/strong>&nbsp;lunes. (Today is Monday.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Es<\/strong>&nbsp;verano. (It is summer.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Son<\/strong>&nbsp;las 4 de la tarde. (It is 4:00 in the afternoon.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El concierto&nbsp;<strong>fue<\/strong>&nbsp;ayer. (The concert was yesterday.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>to express what something is made of<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mi camisa&nbsp;<strong>es<\/strong>&nbsp;de algod\u00f3n. (My shirt is made of cotton.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La casa&nbsp;<strong>es<\/strong>&nbsp;de madera. (The house is made of wood.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>to express possession<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>El libro&nbsp;<strong>es<\/strong>&nbsp;de mi padre. (The book is my father&#8217;s.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>El perro&nbsp;<strong>es<\/strong>&nbsp;m\u00edo. (The dog is mine.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Son<\/strong>&nbsp;de la misma familia. (They are of the same family.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When to use &#8220;ESTAR&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, we use &#8220;estar&#8221; to describe a mood, appearance or state of being. It is used:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>to express feelings\/emotions, physical conditions, civil status<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Estoy<\/strong>&nbsp;aburrido en el trabajo. (I am bored at work.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hoy&nbsp;<strong>est\u00e1n<\/strong>&nbsp;muy tristes. (Today they are very sad.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La mosca&nbsp;<strong>est\u00e1<\/strong>&nbsp;muerta. (The fly is dead.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mi t\u00ed&nbsp;<strong>est\u00e1<\/strong>&nbsp;embarazada. (My aunt is pregnant.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mi hermano&nbsp;<strong>est\u00e1<\/strong>&nbsp;casado. (My brother is married.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>to express the location of people or things (not events)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>La revista&nbsp;<strong>est\u00e1<\/strong>&nbsp;en de la mesa. (The magazine is on the table.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>La fuente&nbsp;<strong>est\u00e1<\/strong>&nbsp;en el parque. (The fountain is in the park.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ahora mismo&nbsp;<strong>est\u00e1n<\/strong>&nbsp;en California. (Right now they are in California.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Estamos<\/strong>&nbsp;en el coche. (We are in the car.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enforex.com\/language\/spanish-progressive-tense.html\">Spanish progressive tenses&nbsp;<\/a>(in English, &#8220;to be&#8221; + verb-ing)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Estamos<\/strong>&nbsp;bajando las escaleras. (We are going down the stairs.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Est\u00e1n<\/strong>&nbsp;intentando estudiar. (They are trying to study.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Est\u00e1<\/strong>\u00a0conduciendo. (She is driving.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"myBackButton\" onclick=\"history.go(-1)\">Back<\/button>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deciding whether to use&nbsp;ser&nbsp;or&nbsp;estar&nbsp;&#8211; both meaning &#8220;to be&#8221; in English &#8211; is an issue that often causes quite a bit of confusion for people learning Spanish. After all, both of them translate into English as roughly the same thing, but they are used in different ways to express different things. 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