{"id":5179,"date":"2012-06-19T06:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2014-07-15T13:58:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:58:39","slug":"review-ser-or-estar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/review-ser-or-estar\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Ser or Estar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ser<\/strong> and <strong>estar<\/strong> both mean &#8220;to be&#8221; and sometimes it&#8217;s not very easy to know when to use or the other.<\/p>\n<p>So here&#8217;s a little exercise for you: choose the correct verb, <strong>ser<\/strong> or <strong>estar<\/strong>, in the sentences below. The translation will help you and the answers will come later this week, ok?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s go for it!<\/p>\n<p>1. (Es \/ Est\u00e1) una pena que no vengas con nosotros. lo pasar\u00edas estupendamente.<br \/>\n2. Estas no (son \/ est\u00e1n) horas de llegar a casa.<br \/>\n3. El mueble que me (eres \/ est\u00e1s) haciendo (es \/ est\u00e1) de madera prensada.<br \/>\n4. Eso que cuentas (fue \/ estuvo) en diciembre del a\u00f1o pasado, \u00bfno?<br \/>\n5. En cuento termine, (soy \/ estoy) a su disposici\u00f3n para lo que Ud. necesite.<br \/>\n6. (Son \/ Est\u00e1n) cosas muy corrientes y por eso no (soy \/ estoy) assombrada.<br \/>\n7. Hoy (somos \/ estamos) a 27 de abril, (es \/ est\u00e1) su cumplea\u00f1os.<br \/>\n8. (Es \/ Est\u00e1) seguro que vendr\u00e1, siempre cumple sus promesas.<br \/>\n9. Nosotros (somos \/ estamos) seguros de lo que decimos, lo hemos comprobado.<br \/>\n10. La habitaci\u00f3n (es \/ est\u00e1) oscura, por favor descorre las cortinas.<br \/>\n11. La habitaci\u00f3n (es \/ est\u00e1) oscura, (es \/ est\u00e1) orientada al norte.<br \/>\n12. No (es \/ est\u00e1) bien que le digas esas cosas, (es \/ est\u00e1) demasiado joven para entenderte.<br \/>\n13. Cuando llegamos ya (era \/ estaba) de noche.<br \/>\n14. \u00a1Mira! eso (es \/ estar) bailar y no lo que t\u00fa haces.<br \/>\n15. Esa actitud (es \/ est\u00e1) t\u00edpica de Pepe, (es \/ est\u00e1) para mandarlo a la porra.<br \/>\n16. No recojas la ropa, (es \/ est\u00e1) h\u00fameda todav\u00eda.<br \/>\n17. El clima de esta zona (es \/ est\u00e1) muy h\u00famedo.<br \/>\n18. Busca de nuevo y no me preguntes. Tus zapatos (son \/ est\u00e1n) en el armario.<br \/>\n19. Hacer las cosas as\u00ed no (es \/ est\u00e1) necesario.<br \/>\n20. Siempre (eres \/ est\u00e1s) aburrido, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 no buscas algo que hacer?<br \/>\n21. \u00a1Qu\u00e9 aburrido (eres \/ est\u00e1s)! Vengo con ganas de divertirme y t\u00fa me las quitas.<br \/>\n22. Este ni\u00f1o no se (es \/ est\u00e1) nunca quieto, (es \/ est\u00e1) un manojo de nervios.<br \/>\n23. Cuando le cuente eso a mi padre (ser\u00e1 \/ estar\u00e1) orgulloso de m\u00ed.<br \/>\n24. Como (es \/ est\u00e1) tan orgulloso no me atrevo a ofrecerle el dinero.<br \/>\n25. El servicio militar (es \/ est\u00e1) obligatorio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more free resources to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a>? Check out the other goodies we offer to help make your language learning efforts a daily habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/dicionario-education1-350x262.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\/2012\/06\/dicionario-education1-350x262.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/06\/dicionario-education1.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Ser and estar both mean &#8220;to be&#8221; and sometimes it&#8217;s not very easy to know when to use or the other. So here&#8217;s a little exercise for you: choose the correct verb, ser or estar, in the sentences below. The translation will help you and the answers will come later this week, ok? 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