Spanish Learning Centre Blackpool

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Ser

Origin - soy de Blackpool
        - de donde eres
Relationship - ( 2 Types)
Familial (blood relations)
Selected (friends/enimies,
            spouses, vecinos,
            Employers)
        - somos vecinos
Physical Attributes -
   Aspects of ones body
      - Yo soy alto
Personal Charactesistics
                    (not mood)
     - Ella es amable / Eres corté
Possession what's yours is yours          - La casa es mia
      - todo aquí es tuyo

Profession - Él es periodista
                   - son estudiantes
Identification – anything, animal vegetable of mineral
     - este es un frase
     - él señor Ed es un caballo
Date & Time -
Although fleeting, now is always now
   - mañana es sabado
   - son las tres de la mañana
Nationality – similar to origin
Nationalities are not capitalised
Natural Colour -
    - La nieve es blanca
    - Él cielo es azul
but in contrast – Él cielo está gris

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Estar

Unnatural colour or condition -
When you are very sick your face turns green. Bananas go black, paper turns yellow.
- Las manos están sucio
Going from the General to the Specific -
If you like coffee, you may say
- Él café es la bebida de los Dioses (general statement)
- Esta café está muy bueno
(specific statement)
- Estas papas fritas están riquisimas ( specific statement)

Location -
both temporary and permanent
- Estoy en el salon
- Paris está en francia
Mood - (not personality)
Physical Condition -
- Estamos enfermo
- Ella está bien
Result of Action -
Refers to what you are doing, if you are sat down, you are seated, you will soon be standing. If you are studying this in church, you may be kneeling, and then stand up. Even being dead is a result of having lived, an so takes estar.