Estar in the present tense

Question 1

What does estar mean?

Answer 1

Estar means to be in English.

Question 2

Is estar a regular verb?

Answer 2

No, estar is not a regular verb.

Estar is an irregular verb.

Question 3

Why is estar irregular?

Answer 3

Estar is irregular

because its conjugations are

different in many ways.

Question 4

What are the conjugations

for estar?

Answer 4

yo estoy

tú estás

usted, él, ella está

nosotros, nosotros estamos

ustedes, ellos, ellas están

Question 5

Did you notice the irregularities

of the estar conjugations?

Answer 5

Yo ends in “y”

Did you notice estás, está & están have accents on the “a”?

Question 6

So, what are the estar conjugations equivalent in English?

Answer 6

I am

You are

He, she, it is

We are

You (all) are

They are

Question 7

What are the uses of estar in Spanish?

Answer 7

estar is used to describe location, health,

feelings or a condition that is only temporary.

Question 8

Whenever you’re in doubt, there is a song that you can sing to help you remember the uses for estar.

Answer 8

• for how you feel*
• and*

where you are

• you always use*
• the verb estar*