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SER or ESTAR Flashcards

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5 main uses of SER

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Description
Occupation
Time
Nationality
Relationship
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3 main uses of ESTAR

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Location
Action (present continuous)
Temporary condition

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Description

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Essential qualities that define a person and probably won’t change. They can be a name or a physical description

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Description - I am tall, dark-skinned and thin.

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Yo soy alta, morena y delgada

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Description - Amelia is intelligent, daring and friendly

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Amalia es inteligente, atrevida y amable

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Description - My husband is romantic and caring

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Mi esposo es romantico y carinoso

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Occupation

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Seen as life-long careers and are therefore seen as more “permanent” than many people would think in the United States

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Occupation - I am a spanish teacher

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Soy profesora del espanol

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Occupation - they are students

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ellos son estudiantes

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Occupation - My father was a gardener

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Mi padre era jardinero

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Time

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Includes days, dates and hours. For hours, use es for one o’clock and son for all other hours

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Time - today is wednesday

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Hoy es miercoles

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Time - Yesterday was my birthday

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Ayer fue mi cumpleanos

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Time - Right now it’s one thirty

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Ahora es la una y media

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Time - It’s five twenty five

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Son las cinco y veintecinco

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Nationality

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As the place a person is from or the material somethings is made from is not going to change we use SER or origin

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Nationality - Celia is from Spain

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Celia was de Espana

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Nationality - Adela is Peruvian

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Adela es peruana

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Nationality - My ring is gold

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My anillo es de oro

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Relationship

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Even after someone dies or someone breaks up, relationships are described using SER
Religion is a relationship

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Relationship - Lynne is my mother

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Lynne es mi madre

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Relationship - Marcos is my ex-boyfriend

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Marcos es mi ex-novio

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Relationship - Andres is Catholic

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Andres es catolico

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General ESTAR rule

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Used to indicate temporary states and locations. If the general rule doesn’t suffice, think of the acronym PLACE (position, location, action, condition, and emotion)

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Location

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Location of someone or something describes where it is permanently, temporarily, actually or cenceptually

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Location - The bathroom is to the right of the living room

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El bano esta a la derecha de la sala

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Location - We are at the cafe right now and we will be at the movie theatre in 20 minutes

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Estamos en el cafe ahore y estaremos en el cine en 20 minutos

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Location - My grandfather is out of it / lost

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Mi abuelo esta en la luna

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Action (present continuous)

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ESTAR is used to describe an ongoing action using the present progressive tense

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Action - I am washing the dirty dishes

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Estoy lavando los platos sucios

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Action - We are reading the newspapers

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Estamos leyendo los periodicos

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Action - My great-grandfather is dead

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Mi bisabuelo esta muerto

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Temporary condition

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Physical and mental conditions are described using ESTAR

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Temporary condition - I am so tired this morning

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Estoy tan cansada esta manana

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Temporary condition - My children are sick today

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Mis ninos estan enfemos hoy

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Temporary condition - My mother is acting a little crazy

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Mi madre esta un poca loca

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Temporary condition - I am sad

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Estoy triste

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Temporary condition - She is happy because she received some flowers from her boyfriend

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Ella esta contenta porque recibio una flores de su novio

Spanish A - Level Grammar (29 decks)

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