Today's lesson is the verb "ESTAR" We discuss the rules When to use or not to use this verb? And if it is not used then what we say instead? Furthermore, what is the difference between the SER and ESTAR? Let's start The verb "Estar" expresses place, health, transitional properties and subjective evaluation I'm not well today Where am I? Quiet, you're in the hospital and you're operated Expression of presence or absence with definite subject My keys are not Is Roberto here? No, i'm sorry Express the location if definite subject is in the sentence Find something somehere Sit stand lie Where is Mr. Villegas? Will he be at the factory tomorrow? We also use in the following structures The boss in the office definite article + noun Post office is near names Where is this book? determinative + noun My things are not in place possessive pronoun + noun We are all here Todo + indefinite pronoun How is your father? He is still very sick although is out of danger If we talk about health condition or status change The following adjectives are always used with "Estar" full healthy alive happy satisfied occupied mature alone complete allowed empty sick dead fed up dissatisfied worried immature accompanied broken prohibited If we describe situation,position stand sit lie for example Why are you on foot? Don't you were not sleeping? With the "de" preposition describe occasional and temporary activities Julia is a waitress to make money or Jorge is a firefighter in Madrid Besides that we use with adverbs well badly so -so better worse Are you coming Andres? All right, i go If we talk about a person's behavior or we describe changes or appearances Fernando, How unfriendly you are! Is your daughter married? I have seen Luis Do you remember him? He is totally bald Personal opinion or emphasis of evaluation This shirt is too expensive dative + clothing + adjective or bien/mal adverb This skirt is a little long, do not you think? Nope It's very good for you In various phrases Wonderful! We are finally on vacation I'm in favor of travel Do you agree too? Here are some expressions Travel Visit on the way in the beginning agree in favor aware in a mess in good mood on holiday for jokes by phone in disagreement against out of humor The verb ESTAR + " a" preposition used when we talk about date or temperature It's March 19th It's -2 degrees If we talk about seasons we use ESTAR + "en" preposition it's already summer If we talk about variable prices we use with "a" preposition Prawns are half price If there is an action in progress we use with adverbs Do not make so much noise because the baby is sleeping Now let's look at the difference between verbs SER and ESTAR We use the verb 'SER' if We identify someone Who are you? We define something What is this? It's a clock Event location where certain things happen The class is in the large lounge If we talk about relationship, nationality Luis is Peruvian is my uncle if we talk about profession Tatiana is a teacher Miguel is a firefighter characteristic properties You are very thin Julia is very high about facts Marta is single If we talk about property for example Is from Juan about materials it's of leather about origin it's from here about addressee Is for tomorrow This is for you We calculate time it's one o'clock It's Monday It's night If we talk about quantity, volume, gain