Ser+vs.+Estar

 3.1.3 Ser vs. Estar __Ser__: Physical description, personality traits, nationality, race, gender __Estar__: Feeling/emotions, physical conditions, civil status(married, single, divorced, dead)

__Ser__ and __Estar__ are both adjectives meaning 'to be' in english, but in different ways, and they are both irregular verbs. if you talk about WHAT something is you use __Ser.__ if you talk about HOW something is use __Estar.__

__SER__, Is a characteristic of the person or thing you are describing such as: Él es aburrido (he is a boring person) ESTAR, Is a description of a mood or appearance Such as: Yo estoy aburrida (i am [feel] bored)

Costa's questions: 1.when should you apply __Ser__ //and// __Estar?__ answer:When you are going to use how or what in spanish.

2.what is one way to compare Ser and Estar? answer:one way is they both mean "to be" in english. 3.Out of Ser and Estar which one should you evalute when you wont to talk about What someone's appearance looks like answer:Ser.

 CREDITS


 * "The Verbs Ser and Estar." __Drlemom__. 18 June-July 2008 [|www.drlemom.net]. <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 147)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">
 * "Ser "and "Estar"" __www.studyspanish.com__. 18 June-July 2008 <www.studyspanish.com>.


 * SUMMARIES**

"THE VERBS SER AND ESTAR" "The verbs ser and estar" was about what the verbs mean and what kind of feelings they express and how they express those feelings. It also gave us some examples posted on this page. The chart was the most helpful because the words were seperated with the example they gave.This site is the first posted on our credits.

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">"SER AND ESTAR" "ser and estar"was about the differences and similarities they share. In English they both mean "to be" but in spanish one means how and one means what. The difference is very important because the words will change your scentence into a whole new scentence and change the meaning of what ypu are tring to say.This site also gives you the correct way to use these verbs. Thius should be the last one posted on our credits.