Ser VS Estar ?

Question

I am confused completley on ser and estar. I know that they both mean "to be" and also that we use Ser for permante things and Estar for temp. I do not when we uses it and the conjucations like es, eres, estan, estoy, estamos, and so on. Please Help

Answer 1

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Yes, in general, ser is for more permanent things.

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Ser is conjugated as: yo soy, tú eres, usted es, nosotros somos, vosotros sois, ustedes son.

Estar is conjugated as: yo estoy, tú estás, usted está, nosotros estamos, vosotros estáis, ustedes están.

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Ser is used with:

Description, Occupation, Characteristic, Time, Origin, and Relationship.

Estar is used with:

Position, Location, Action, Condition, and Emotion.

Answer 2

Ser vs Estar

When you need to go further in our lessons and Reference Articles to understand the differences between ser and estar:

1st - See lesson 1.11 found here

Lesson 1.11

2nd - See Paralee's Reference Material Entry found here:

Paralee's Reference Posting and then,

3rd - See a different view of all the same stuff at Lazarus1907's Reference Material entry found here

Lazarus Reference material

I hope this will be a big help to you and I wish you well in studying and learning this topic.

Recuerdos/Regards,

Moe