son or estan

Question

elena y ernesto (estan or son) estudiantes

Please use proper capitalization and punctuation in your posts. - rac1, Sep 2, 2013

Answer 1

The word you want to use is "son" because their profession is considered to be students.

Soy abogado

Eres maestra

Es banquera

Somos cancionistas

Son estudiantes

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

I think it is "son" as it is an essential characteristic of the two. While not permanent I still think "son".

Yes. Totally "son". - 003492fc, Sep 2, 2013

Answer 3

Ser - intrinsic state of being. It isn't something that is going to go away easily.

Estar - State of being temporary and state of location, to be located/situated at a place or in a situation.

Would the second explanation be OK and understandable?

Answer 4

It is son, look here ser estar to learn more.

Answer 5

Ser, which means "to be", is used to express the identity of the subject.

Yo soy médico. I am a doctor.

¿Ustedes son ingleses? Are you English?

Elena and Ernesto son estudiantes.

Here is an example using estar:

Elena y Ernesto están estudiando. Elena and Ernesto are studying.