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Ctms Ch02 Ser Vs Estar
Ser Vs Estar
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 4
02/13/2012

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ser
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identifies people, places, or things
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ser
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with adjectives, it describes essential qualities such as color, size, shape, nationality, religion, and profession or trade:
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ser
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with the preposition "de", it indicates origin, possession, relationship, and the material that things are made of
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ser
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it is used to express the time and the date
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ser
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it is used in impersonal expressions (No, es mejor tener la reunión mañana)
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ser
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with the preposition "para", it indicates for whom or what something is destined (Este libro es para aprender inglés.)
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ser
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it is used to indicate where an event is taking place, when "to be"is the equivalent of "to take place"
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estar
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is used to indicate location of a person, place, or thing
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estar
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with adjectives, it indicates a current condition or state
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estar
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with personal reactions, it describes what is perceived through the senses-that is, how a person or thing seems, looks, tastes, or feels (The Instructor used the word "opinions"
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estar
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with the past participle, it indicates the state or condition resulting from a previous action. In this case, the past participle is used as an adjective and agrees with the subject in gender and number.
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estar
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to be alive or to be dead are considered states or conditions that are expressed using it
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estar
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it is used with the present participle forms -ando and -iendo in the progressive tenses
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estar
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it is also used in many idiomatic expressions
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estar
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_____ de acuerdo (to agree)
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estar
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_____ de buen (mal) humor (to be in a good/bad mood)
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estar
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______ de vacaciones (to be on vacation)
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estar
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______ en cama (to be sick in bed)
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estar
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______ de viaje (to be (away) on a trip)
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estar
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_______ de vuelta (to be back)
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