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how do you know when to use soy, son, eres, es and somos?

how do you know when to use soy, son, eres, es and somos?

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My daughter is learning grammar in 8th grade and we are having a hard time distinguishing between when to use which form of ser.

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updated Oct 2, 2011
posted by sweetpea333jk

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Ser is an irregular verb meaning 'to be'. Soy, eres, es, somos, and son are all conjugations of it. Soy= I am Eres= You (familiar) are Es= He/She is, You (formal) are Somos= We are. Son= They/You (plural) are

A full list of conjugation can be found at: http://www.spanishdict.com/conjugate/ser

updated Oct 2, 2011
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posted by bwf8398
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Tell her we all feel the same, if I ever get it right I cheer smile

There is a good article in the resource section. link text

updated Oct 2, 2011
posted by MaryMcc