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Today's lesson is the verb "ESTAR"

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We discuss the rules

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When to use or not to use this verb?

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And if it is not used then what we say instead?

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Furthermore, what is the difference between the SER and ESTAR?

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Let's start

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The verb "Estar" expresses place, health,

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transitional properties and subjective evaluation

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I'm not well today

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Where am I?

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Quiet, you're in the hospital and you're operated

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Expression of presence or absence with definite subject

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My keys are not

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Is Roberto here?

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No, i'm sorry

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Express the location if definite subject is in the sentence

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Find something somehere

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Sit

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stand

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lie

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Where is Mr. Villegas?

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Will he be at the factory tomorrow?

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We also use in the following structures

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The boss in the office

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definite article + noun

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Post office is near

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names

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Where is this book?

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determinative + noun

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My things are not in place

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possessive pronoun + noun

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We are all here

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Todo + indefinite pronoun

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How is your father?

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He is still very sick although is out of danger

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If we talk about health condition or status change

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The following adjectives are always used with "Estar"

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full

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healthy

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alive

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happy

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satisfied

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occupied

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mature

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alone

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complete

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allowed

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empty

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sick

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dead

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fed up

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dissatisfied

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worried

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immature

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accompanied

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broken

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prohibited

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If we describe situation,position

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stand

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sit

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lie

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for example

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Why are you on foot?

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Don't you were not sleeping?

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With the "de" preposition describe occasional and temporary activities

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Julia is a waitress to make money

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or

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Jorge is a firefighter in Madrid

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Besides that we use with adverbs

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well

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badly

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so -so

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better

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worse

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Are you coming Andres?

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All right, i go

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If we talk about a person's behavior

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or we describe changes

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or appearances

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Fernando, How unfriendly you are!

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Is your daughter married?

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I have seen Luis

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Do you remember him?

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He is totally bald

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Personal opinion or emphasis of evaluation

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This shirt is too expensive

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dative + clothing + adjective or bien/mal adverb

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This skirt is a little long, do not you think?

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Nope

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It's very good for you

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In various phrases

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Wonderful!

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We are finally on vacation

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I'm in favor of travel

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Do you agree too?

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Here are some expressions

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Travel

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Visit

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on the way

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in the beginning

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agree

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in favor

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aware

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in a mess

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in good mood

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on holiday

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for jokes

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by phone

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in disagreement

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against

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out of humor

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The verb ESTAR + " a" preposition used when we talk about date or temperature

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It's March 19th

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It's -2 degrees

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If we talk about seasons we use ESTAR + "en" preposition

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it's already summer

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If we talk about variable prices we use with "a" preposition

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Prawns are half price

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If there is an action in progress we use with adverbs

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Do not make so much noise because the baby is sleeping

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Now let's look at the difference between verbs SER and ESTAR

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We use the verb 'SER' if

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We identify someone

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Who are you?

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We define something

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What is this?

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It's a clock

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Event location

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where certain things happen

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The class is in the large lounge

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If we talk about relationship, nationality

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Luis is Peruvian

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is my uncle

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if we talk about profession

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Tatiana is a teacher

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Miguel is a firefighter

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characteristic properties

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You are very thin

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Julia is very high

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about facts

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Marta is single

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If we talk about property

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for example

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Is from Juan

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about materials

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it's of leather

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about origin

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it's from here

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about addressee

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Is for tomorrow

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This is for you

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We calculate time

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it's one o'clock

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It's Monday

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It's night

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If we talk about quantity, volume, gain