coorect form of ser and estar

Question

i am taking spanish courses in school and the instructor has gave us an 75 page packet full of worksheets to do and complete by next friday and im stuck on this correct form of ser and estar and i dont know how to do that at all can someone tell me or teach me? example:mario y yo __________francés yo__________bajo ana___________estudiante maria___________la mama de jorge

Answer 1

'Ser" and 'Estar" both mean "to be" in the English. My teacher, forty years ago, taught us that "ser" is more permanent than "estar".
So, in examples such as this, I like to use "drunk". "Soy borracho", is "I am a drunk". "Estoy borracho." es "I am drunk". Tomorrow I will be sober.

"Soy casado" is "I am married." "Estoy casado", means that I am married, but not for long. Over the years this has provided me with much merriment.

"¿De dónde eres?" vs "¿En dónde esás?" is "Where are you from?" vs "Where are you?". I hate ending a sentence in Englsh with a preposition. It is not correct English, but it is the way people speak. And languages change over time. Winston Churchill once said, "Ending a sentence with a propoistion is somethng of which I will not put". No grammarian was he, but he said it correctly, according to English grammar.

Ai laf espanich.

Thats much better!!!!!!!!!!!! - moriah12, May 7, 2013

Answer 2

All of these seem to be ser.

And they all seem to be in the indicative.

Look for a conjugation sheet (there is one on this site) for the indicative.

Soy eres es sois son somos

These are the only there you need for this four blanks. somos = we are soy = I am es = she/he/it/you(formal) are

where can i find find the conjugation sheet - moriah12, May 7, 2013

the conjugation sheet: http://www.spanishdict.com/conjugate/ser - AlyssaLTerry, May 7, 2013

Answer 3

These all use ser. You can use the verb conjugator here to determine which person to use for each statement.

Answer 4

what if it has two people then would i use estar

the number of people does not matter when deciding whether to use "ser" or "estar". - AlyssaLTerry, May 7, 2013

im confused - moriah12, May 7, 2013

Click on the link I provided you for an in-depth explanation of when to use "Ser" and when to use "Estar" - AlyssaLTerry, May 7, 2013

Welcome to SpanishDict! - 0080b918, May 7, 2013

Answer 5

All of these appear to use "ser".

"Mario y yo somos francés" "Yo soy bajo" "Ana es estudiante" "Maria es la mama de jorge"

Here's a great and fast explanation of when to use ser and when to use estar: http://www.drlemon.com/Grammar/servsestar.html#.UYk574KVjgs

http://www.drlemon.com/Grammar/servsestar.html#.UYk574KVjgs