What is a trick to remembering the difference between Ser and Estar? (closed)
I always have trouble with this!
4 Answers
Join the club lol hehehe Seriously, many many students of Spanish encounter difficulties in deciding when to use Ser in preference to Estar. This is one of the most common problems along with knowing when to use the subjunctive mood and the imperfect or the preterite /simple past indicative. You are not alone in this! 
I would say that there are no tricks as such because there are no ''quick fixes'' or easy ''one size fits all'' approaches or rules but Paralee our online qualified Spanish teacher mentions some useful guidelines in her videos and that is all they are Guilelines not rules!. Please follow the link to watch her video on Ser v Estar lesson 1:11; link text
There is a wonderful reference section here at SpanishDict and excellent learning resources have been written by Paralee, Heidi Lazarus and others to help you understand the Spanish grammar more accurately. and more clearly. Here is a direct link to the grammar reference section: link text
After years of practice many people develop an intuitive feel for the language they are studying which will be of great help in knowing when to use one verb or the other but the only thing that will guarantee to help you in the mean time and beyond is;
Practice, practice and more practice! 
By practice I mean practising using the verbs in sentences getting it wrong and being corrected and learning from your mistakes as we all do here
I hope this helps
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