When do you use ser?

Question

When do you use ser?

Welcome to the forum George, I just fixed your title. - Yeser007, Nov 22, 2010

Answer 1

How you feel and where you are, always use the verb estar. Heehee That's how i learned it. For everything else, you use ser. For example:

"Yo estoy en la tienda." I am in the store. "Yo estoy enfermo." I am sick.

"Son las cinco." It is five o' clock.

You use ser when you are talking about: Time/Days/Dates Possession Origin To describe a person; "Ana ES inteligente." Ana is intelligent. And for just about everything else. I hope this helps!

Answer 2

You use ser in the following conditions:

I put the form of ser in bold in each example.

D: Description (Ellos son altos)

O: Occupation (Ellos son estudiantes)

C: Characteristic (El es alto)

T: Time (Son las tres y media)

O: Origin: To Clear this up, what something is made of or where somebody or something comes from (Ella anillo es de plata)

R: Relationship (Ellla es mi amiga)

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Put it all together, and you get DOCTOR!

Wow this is really good way to remember it. I also like to think of Ser being used for permanent states and estar for non permanent states. - HotChickCD, Nov 22, 2010

Well, you could say that, but ser is used for time, which is always changing..... - espanol5555, Nov 23, 2010

Answer 3

Ser is the infinitive form of "to be". This verb is used to describe permanent characteristics: to be tall, to be short, to be fat, to be American, to be Christian. Try talking an elementary Spanish course. That should be in lesson 1.

Yes, but ser is also used for time, too. - espanol5555, Nov 23, 2010

Answer 4

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