Ser+and+Estar

= Ser and Estar = Parts I, II, and III

= __Lets start: Part I__ =

Ser and Estar can both be translated to mean "to be". Notice this two sentences in English mean the same thing. Ex. //**The apple is green.**//

//(Meaning the apple is not ripe.)// //**The apple is green.**//  //(Meaning the color of the apple is green.)//

In English, the verb "to be" can be used to tell**how**something is (the condition) and**what**something is (the essence).

**How** is the apple?  It __is__ unripe. **What** color is the apple?  It __is__ green In Spanish, a different verb is used to express "to be" depending on whether the speaker intends to address a condition or an essential quality.

//**La manzana __está__ verde.**//  //The apple is green. (condition)// //**La manzana __es__ verde.**//  //The apple is green. (essence// // Note how the adjective "verde" actually changes meaning, depending upon whether it is used with ser or estar. //

//**La manzana está verde.**// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //(condition: verde = unripe)// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//**La manzana es verde.**// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //(essential characteristic: verde = color green)//

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">To address condition, use estar. Estar is an irregular verb. It does not follow the standard rules of conjugation for regular -ar verbs. Therefore, you must memorize it.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**estar** <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">estoy <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> estás <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> está <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> estamos <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> estáis <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> están <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">To address an essential quality, use ser. Ser is also irregular and must be memorized.

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//**ser**// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//soy// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //eres// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //es// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //somos// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //sois// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //son//

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">If you are talking about **what** something is, use ser; if you are talking about **how** something is, use estar.

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//What is she like?// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //She is quiet.// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //Use ser:// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //**Ella __es__ callada.**// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//How is she acting?// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //She is being quiet.// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //Use estar:// <span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //**Ella __está__ callada.**//

==<span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: 1.2em; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> __Part II__ ==

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Ser is used to express the hour, day, and date.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//¿Qué hora **es**?// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //What time is it?// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//**Son** las dos.// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //It's two o'clock.// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//¿Qué día **es** hoy?// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //What day is today?// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//Hoy **es** lunes.// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //Today's Monday.// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//¿Qué fecha **es** hoy?// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //What's the date today?// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//**Es** el cinco de mayo.// <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> //It's May fifth.//

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Ser is used to express place of origin.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿De dónde **eres** tú? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Where are you from? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Soy** de Colombia. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> I'm from Colombia.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Ser is used to express occupation //.//

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿Cuál **es** tu trabajo? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> What do you do? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Soy** carpintero <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> I'm a carpenter

<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Ser is used to express nationality.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿**Es** ella puertorriqueña? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Is she Puerto Rican? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">No, **es** guatemalteca. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> No, she's Guatemalan.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Ser is used to express religious or political affiliation. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿**Son** los García bautistas? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Are the Garcias Baptists? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">No, **son** católicos. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> No, they're Catholics. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿**Es** el gobierno socialista? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Is the government socialist? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">No, **es** comunista. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> No, it's communist.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Ser is used to express the material something is made of. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">//¿De qué material **es** la mesa?//

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">What's the table made of? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Es** de madera. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> It's made of wood.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Ser is used to express possession. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿De quién **es** la pluma? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Whose pen is it? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Es** de Emilio. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> It's Emilio's.

<span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Ser is used to express the relationship of one person to another.

<span style="display: inline !important; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**¿Quién**

<span style="display: inline !important; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**es** Rogelio?

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Who is Roger? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Es** el esposo de Marta.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">He's Martha's husband.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Ser is used with certain impersonal expressions. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Es** importante practicar cada día. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> It's important to practice every day. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Es** necesario hablar mucho. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> It's necessary to speak a lot.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Ser is used to tell where an event is taking place. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">La película **es** en el cine. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> The movie is at the theatre. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">La fiesta **es** en el club Fantástico. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> The party is in the Fantastic Club.

<span style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Ser is used with adjectives to express inherent, or essential qualities.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Miguel **es** un hombre sincero. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Mike is a sincere man. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">También **es** guapo. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> He's also handsome.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Let's review. Ser is used to express: <span style="display: block; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> __ Part III __
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">the hour, day, and date
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">place of origin
 * 3) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">occupation
 * 4) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">nationality
 * 5) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">religious or political affiliation
 * 6) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">the material something is made of
 * 7) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">possession
 * 8) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">relationship of one person to another
 * 9) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">certain impersonal expressions
 * 10) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">where an event is taking place
 * 11) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">essential qualities

<span style="color: #2f2f2f; font-family: ArialMT,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Estar is used to express geographic or physical locations.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿Dónde **estás**? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Where are you? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Estoy** en el laboratorio. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> I'm in the laboratory. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿Dónde **está** Chile? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Where's Chile? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Chile **está** en América del Sur. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> Chile is in South America.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Note:** The one exception to this rule is that ser is used to tell where an event is __taking place__. (La fiesta __es__ en mi casa.)

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Estar is used with adjectives to express a state or condition ("how" something is).

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿Cómo **está** la sopa? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> How's the soup? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">La sopa **está** fría. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> The soup is cold. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿Cómo **estás** tú? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> How are you? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Estoy** muy bien, gracias. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> I am very well, thanks.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Estar is used with many idiomatic expressions. These are just a few. <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.75em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.35em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">estar de acuerdo <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.75em; padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to be in agreement <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.35em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">estar de pie <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.75em; padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to be standing <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.35em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">estar en camino <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.75em; padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to be on the way <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.35em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">estar en las nubes <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; margin: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.75em; padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to daydream

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Estar is used with the progressive tenses. You will learn more about this usage later. We present it now simply because it is an important use of the verb estar.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">¿Qué **estás** comiendo? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> What are you eating? <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">**Estoy** comiendo arroz y frijoles. <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;"> I am eating rice and beans.

<span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">Let's review. Estar is used to express: <span style="display: block; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">geographic or physical location
 * 2) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">state or condition
 * 3) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">many idiomatic expressions
 * 4) <span style="font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.1em; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding: 0px;">progressive tenses