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