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Ser vs. Estar- pgs 47-50

Ser


 * Identifies people, places, or things.
 * Describes color, size, shape, nationality, religion, and profession
 * Expresses time and date
 * Where an event is taking place
 * Indicates origin, relationship, and possession with the use of “de.”
 * Used in impersonal expressions
 * With “para,” indicates for whom or what something is destined
 * Present: soy, eres, es, somos, son
 * Preterit: fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fueron
 * Imperfect: era, eras, era, eramos, eran
 * Present Subjunctive: sea, seas, sea, seamos, sean
 * Future: Seré, serás, será, serémos, serán

Estar
 * Estar is used to indicate location of a person, place, or thing.
 * With adjectives, it shows a current condition or state.
 * It describes what is perceived through the senses.
 * With the past participle it indicates the state or condition resulting from a previous action.
 * To be alive or to be dead.
 * Used with present participle forms.
 * Used in idiomatic expressions.