estoy vs soy

Question

What is the difference between estoy and soy?

Answer 1

Estoy and Soy are the 1st person present forms of the infinitive verbs Estar and Ser.

The short answer to your question is that Estoy means "I am" when talking about where one is located, one's state of being, or to conjugate the present progressive tense. Soy also means "I am" but in the sense of things that you are "equal to".

You can read an article about there differences here: http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/100040/ser-and-estar

Answer 2

"Ser" es un verbo ‘esencial’. Ser define el sujeto, es decir, señala una característica que puede ser permanente o accidental, ya que eso no es de mayor importancia. Ser identifica el sujeto y el atributo. Estar, en cambio, es un verbo de ‘estado’ que señala cómo se encuentra en un momento determinado o siempre – no tiene mucha importancia- el sujeto. Además, los verbos españoles ser y estar a pesar de ser verbos tan distintos a veces se ‘neutralizan’, es decir, esta diferencia desaparece. Este fenómeno ocurre con determinados adjetivos como: ciego, viudo, casado, tonto, etc.

" ** Ser ** " is a verb esencial'. ** Ser ** defines the subject, that is to say, indicates a characteristic that can be permanent or accidental, since that is not of greater importance. ** Ser ** identifies the subject and the attribute. ** Estar **, however, is a verb ofestado' that indicates how it is certain in a while or always - the subject does not have much importance. In addition, the Spanish verbs **ser ** and ** estar ** in spite of being so different verbs sometimes `neutralizan', es decir, this difference disappears. This phenomenon happens with certain adjectives like: blind person, widower, married, silly, etc.

Answer 3

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