Past perfect - estar and ser.....It has been......

Question

Why do we say 'el tiempo ha sido mejor' instead of 'el tiempo ha estado mejor que en Inglaterra' or 'Ha sido fantástico en no trabajar' instead of 'ha estado fantástico no trabajando'?

Thanks

Victoria

Answer 1

My guess would be that in the Present tense, in spanish, you would say: El tiempo es bueno/ El tiemplo es malo. Therefore, when you convert that in Present Perfect tense you still use the auxilary verb "ser" and not "estar".

Same goes for the second question: Es fantástico no trabajar./ Es fantástico viajar. / Es fantástico no trabajar. When you convert that it goes again with "ser" -> He sido fantástico./...etc.

Hope that helps. Greetings