{"id":10998,"date":"2017-12-06T18:39:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T23:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=10998"},"modified":"2017-12-06T18:39:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T23:39:39","slug":"ser-and-estar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/ser-and-estar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ser and Estar &#8211; The Spanish Verbs &#8220;To Be&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One thing that takes a little getting used to when you&#8217;re new to Spanish is the fact that there are two verbs meaning &#8220;to be.&#8221; <em>Ser<\/em> is used for permanent conditions while <em>estar<\/em> is temporary. You&#8217;ll want to <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-pronouns-and-the-verbs-to-be\/\">learn the conjugations for these verbs plus the Spanish pronouns<\/a> before continuing with this post.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10636\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/DSC03929.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSC03929\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10636\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10636\"  alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/DSC03929.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/DSC03929.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/DSC03929-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soy de Michigan, pero estoy en Peru ahora.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Watch this short video and follow along to learn some examples of how to use <em>ser<\/em> and <em>estar<\/em> &#8211; the Spanish verbs &#8220;to be.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ser and Estar - The Spanish Verbs &quot;To Be&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mlNzTIvCqU4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Here are the examples in written form for you to study.<\/p>\n<p>(Yo) soy de Estados Unidos.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>(T\u00fa) eres maestro.<br \/>\nYou are a teacher.<\/p>\n<p>Usted es casada.<br \/>\nYou are married.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9l es joven.<br \/>\nHe is young.<\/p>\n<p>Ella es bonita.<br \/>\nShe is beautiful<\/p>\n<p>Nosotros somos amigos.<br \/>\nWe are friends.<\/p>\n<p>Ustedes son estudiantes.<br \/>\nYou are students.<\/p>\n<p>Ellos son mis vecinos.<br \/>\nThey are my neighbors.<\/p>\n<p>Ellas son amigas.<br \/>\nThey are friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Yo) estoy en la casa.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m at the house.<\/p>\n<p>(T\u00fa) est\u00e1s ocupado.<br \/>\nYou are busy.<\/p>\n<p>Usted est\u00e1 en el banco.<br \/>\nYou are at the bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9l est\u00e1 de vacaciones.<br \/>\nHe is on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Ella est\u00e1 triste.<br \/>\nShe is sad.<\/p>\n<p>(Nosotros) estamos felices.<br \/>\nWe are happy.<\/p>\n<p>Ustedes est\u00e1n en la escuela.<br \/>\nYou are at the school.<\/p>\n<p>Ellos est\u00e1n enfermos.<br \/>\nThey are sick.<\/p>\n<p>Ellas est\u00e1n en el cine.<br \/>\nThey are at the cinema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/DSC03929-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/DSC03929-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/DSC03929.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>One thing that takes a little getting used to when you&#8217;re new to Spanish is the fact that there are two verbs meaning &#8220;to be.&#8221; Ser is used for permanent conditions while estar is temporary. You&#8217;ll want to learn the conjugations for these verbs plus the Spanish pronouns before continuing with this post. 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