3.24: Gramática- Ser y Estar II
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- Erica Brown, Alejandra Escudero, María Cristina Montoya, & Elizabeth Small
- SUNY Oneonta via OER SUNY
Objetivos
- Distinguish ser and estar in their unique uses (time, definition, origin, location, present progressive)
- Review the contrasting use of ser and estar with adjectives
In a previous section you studied the difference in usage and meaning between ser and estar when followed by adjectives:
- ¿Cómo es él? Es aburrido. ( What’s he like? He’s boring. )
- ¿Cómo está él? Está aburrido. ( How’s he doing? He’s bored. )
Now let’s further review and contrast ser and estar by also remembering the ways we can use them that are unique to each one:
SER
- definitions and identifications (ser + noun)
- origins and materials (ser + de + noun)
- telling time (son las # / es la # )
- essential characteristics (ser + adjective)
ESTAR
- location (estar + [preposition of place] + noun)
- present progressive tense (estar + gerund)
- conditions and emotions (estar + adjective)
Ejemplos:
- ¿Qué es eso? Es un pastel de chocolate. ( What is that? It’s a chocolate cake. —identification, material)
- ¿De dónde es tu profesora? Ella es de Venezuela. ( Where is your professor from? She is from Venezuela. —origin)
- ¿Qué hora es en España? Son las nueve y media de la noche, unas seis horas antes de los Estados Unidos. ( What time is it in Spain? It’s 9:30 pm, some six hours ahead of the US. —telling time)
- ¿Dónde está mi diccionario? Es importante para la clase de español. ( Where is my dictionary? It’s important for Spanish class. —location, essential characteristic)
- ¿Dónde está Juanito? Ya son las ocho y estoy preocupada. ( Where’s Johnny? It’s eight o’clock already and I’m worried. —location, telling time, condition/emotion)
- Está entrando en casa ahora, y está avergonzado por preocuparte. ( He’s coming in the house now, and he’s embarrassed for having worried you. —present progressive, condition/emotion)
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- Gramática: Ser y Estar II. Authored by : SUNY Oneonta with Lumen Learning. Provided by : SUNY Oneonta. License : CC BY: Attribution