Spanish Present Tense Help?

Question

I figured out the first few but now that i'm down to these problems i'm starting to have some problems.

¿Cómo_____ tú? (estar)

Vosotros ______muy amables. (ser)

Yo ______mecánico. (ser)

¿Qué hora_____ ? (ser)

Tú _____mi mejor amigo. (ser)

Los niños ______cansados. (estar)

Ellos ______simpáticos. (ser)

Answer 1

Hi and welcome to the forum.

What you need is a good lesson on the difference between "ser" and "estar."

Answer 2

Hi Tiones and welcome to the SpanishDict forum.

It looks to me as though you are unfamiliar with the conjugations (simple present tense - indicative) of the two verbs "ser" and "estar."

In your examples, the verbs are already given to you in parenthesis, and the person (1st, 2nd or 3rd person) and number (singular or plural) are indicated by the corresponding subject pronouns (Yo, tú, vosotros, ellos) or the noun which acts as the subject of the sentence (Los niños - 3rd person plural, hora - 3rd person singular).

If you are unfamiliar with the subject pronouns, here is a link that might be helpful to you. personal (subject) pronouns

If you are unfamiliar with the verb conjugations, I would recommend that you spend a few minutes familiarizing yourself with them. Here is a link to a verb conjugation trainer that should help you to familiarize yourself with the various conjugations of the two verbs in question. Just click the check box for both "ser" and "estar," and after about 5 or 10 minutes of practice on this site, you should have no problem answering these questions for yourself

Verb Conjugation Trainer

Once you have familiarized yourself with the conjugation of these verbs come back here and post what you feel should be the correct answers to your questions, and I am sure that someone will be happy to let you know if you are on the right track or not. Hopefully this answered your question, and I hope that we see you around more in the future.

Answer 3

These are two extremely common verbs, and they are truly irregular. I recommend you use the dictionary here to look up the conjugations, write them out, and practice them until they come naturally. You will use these two verbs more than any others in the language.

Answer 4

I agree with Marianne. Study up on ser/estar and you should be fine. Good luck!

Answer 5

As the questions apparently tell you which verb to use, choice is somewhat trivial. To get the right part of the verb is then straightforward look up from the Translation box above.

Or the "conjugation" tool, which would also be very helpful. - danrivera, May 14, 2010