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25 Responses to “Learn Spanish. 3. The Verb “Estar” ( To Be )”

1. kaosmiau on July 2nd, 2009 at 2:14 pm

   That’s an easy explanation.. but.. There are lots of cases.. you can use “ser” and “estar” It isn’t always like that..

   In general it’s like that..

   Good job anyway cuz it’s the best I saw.. hehe

2. formica8 on July 18th, 2009 at 11:55 am

   hi people, i m italian i trying to learn spanish. my first question is: in spanish, are we obliged to write “Yo” with the Y big or we can alzo write “yo”. and another question: when i say “i am a student” we use the article “a”. does we have to use the article also in spanish or not?
   thank you

3. twintak on August 17th, 2009 at 2:39 am

   Nop. Write it as you want, “Yo” or “yo”, no problem.
   The article “a” in spanish means: Un/una:
   I´m A student = Yo soy UN estudiante.
   I´m student = Soy estudiante.

4. lazzie9949 on August 24th, 2009 at 7:54 pm

   You are a VERRRYYY good teacher!
   Tnx. for all the videos you make …
   I understand everythink!
   I learn from you! <3

5. thelordthering on August 30th, 2009 at 3:54 am

   escrives casi perfecto el español solo que asi devio quedar tu oracion:
   EL español es muy dificil, pero estoy tratando DE HACER mi mejor ESFUERZO, gracias por estA leccion

6. hillbillyjo on September 17th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

   gracias por instruccion! pequenio y pequenio yo…umm learn..

7. erinmammi on October 7th, 2009 at 4:04 am

   Maybe Im just stupid…but is this stuff gettin harder or is it just me?

8. stitoa on October 11th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

   why is he rolling all of his R’s?????????????

9. rosaf19 on October 12th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

   But you don’t actually say “I’m student” in English. Ever.

   It’s ALWAYS “I’m a student.”

   So when would you say “Yo soy un estudiante”?

10. tolhouse1609 on October 14th, 2009 at 10:02 pm

    only the rr letter is rolled

11. moicest on October 17th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    escrives? querrás decir escribes, devio? debió! oracion u oración, escribes casi perfecto el español

12. cwj94000123 on November 7th, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    this is dumb just get a tutor

13. vulgay on November 12th, 2009 at 7:54 am

    help! i dont get it!

    1. what is ser and estar? is ser like: am, are, is while estar is: i am being, she is being, they are being? (in a place)

    2. why are the verbs shown in lesson 1 different from lesson 2?

    3. is there no spanish word to say ‘a’? like ‘i am a student’.. it is translated into ” Yo soy estudiante” in spanish but in actual English, it is ‘i am student’ which is wrong..

14. vulgay on November 12th, 2009 at 8:07 am

    sorry another question!

    ‘you are good’ in spanish is ‘Tu estas bien’ but can it be ‘Tu eres bien’ ? arent they the same? like they are both ‘ you are’ ?
    whats the difference between ‘estas’ and eres’, ‘esta’ and ‘es’, ‘somos’ and ‘estamos’, ‘son’ and ‘estan’ please help! i’m really confused!

15. luisfern777 on November 20th, 2009 at 1:30 am

    hey, my friend… the difference is that “ser” refeers, for exampe, who are you, or what is your occupation… “I am a doctor” in spanish “Yo soy doctor”. And “estar” refeers, for example, a place: “I am in New York” in Spanish “Yo ESTOY en Nueva York” or it can refeer, also, how are you… “I am fine”… “Yo ESTOY bien”
    And to answer your question, you can NEVER say “Tú eres bien”, you must say “Tú estás bien” and so with the pronouns and their respective conjugations…

16. shambayati195 on November 20th, 2009 at 1:50 am

    once again u said that the vosotros form of estar is the same as the Uds.

    its not. its vosotros estáis

17. g62501 on January 6th, 2010 at 9:05 pm

    Ser is for permanent conditions and estoy is for transient conditions.

    I am Sam is pretty permanent. I am hot or happy are transient conditions Use ser in the first situation and estoy in the second situation.

18. macroeconomia77 on February 23rd, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    @vulgay its ok if you say tu estás bien but not tu eres bien. The sentence tu estas bien you can sue to answer ¿how am I? (if some person asks to you) But the sentence tu eres bien its not ok, in any case is tu eres bueno to refer if its a good person

19. macroeconomia77 on February 23rd, 2010 at 6:15 pm

    @vulgay in Spanish the verve to be have two signification, the conjugation to the verve estar is refers to some place ¿where are you?-Yo estoy, and conjugation to the verve ser Is to refers to the be the person, ¿who are yo?-yo soy

20. gabo262 on March 6th, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    Yes, it exists a word to say ”a” it is ”un”
    Example:
    I am a student – Yo soy un estudiante

    But if you’re a girl you must say ”una”
    Example:
    I am a student (female student) – Yo soy una estudiante

21. luinkazofeifa on April 2nd, 2010 at 4:39 am

    Hi, the translation for IT, is Eso, right?

22. mauronaranjo on April 3rd, 2010 at 6:15 am

    @vulgay Its kind of confusing that for english speakers, but it’s easy to understand: ser, ( soy, es, somos,son) its when you are reffering to “Who you are as a person”. For “Estar (estoy,está, estamos, están) its used when you are reffering to places or mood. For ex. Where are you? ¿dónde estás? answer: Yo estoy en Bogotá. How are you? ¿cómo estás? Yo estoy feliz. I am happy. Remember: Estar for places or mood, feelings etc, and Ser: For being or become.

23. viethoang1962 on May 7th, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    r u perfect teacher

24. Mooory43 on June 14th, 2010 at 10:02 am

    what is the difference between soy and estoy….
    when can i use soy and estoy…????

25. XXXDokiCupcakesXXXX on June 30th, 2010 at 8:33 am

    @nogoodgyrl Muy Gracias mi amigo! <3 <3 Ur Muy Muy Bien at esponal!

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