ser vs estar 23 pt3

Question

which correct form of ser or estar would best fit this sentence mi familia _ católica

Answer 1

I agree with Ken. You use "ser" because you are speaking of a religion, which is taken to be an intrinsic characteristic of yourself, much like your profession.

Answer 2

Mi familia es católica. Ser third person/object and familia is singular, on the other hand you could say Todos en mi familia son católicas. Everyone in my familey are cathlics.

Answer 3

Exactly, if it's an intrinsic invariable (or at least very unlikely to change) characteristic, then it will require a form of SER. (even though it could hypothetically change)

Things that come to mind are religion, nationality, as already said, profession, or personal charcateristics such as intelligence (one could take a knock on the head, but normally, once intelligent, always intelligent) or appearance (soy Rubio, o Moreno, or gordo etc etc)

hth roger