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Do i use estoy or soy in this sentence?

Do i use estoy or soy in this sentence?

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yo soy miembro el club de _____. or estoy miembro el club de ______.

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updated Oct 24, 2013
posted by bangtan

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Your homework question has been answered correctly many times here, but in this case it is not a question of permanent, temporary, or hesitant - ser must be used. Even if you are only temporary, you must still discribe your current nature of being and not your state of being, ie: Soy miembro provisional/temporal del club.

The only way to use estar would be to provide context that you are at this club at the moment of speaking, but you would still need to indicate permanent or temporary as your status, ie: Estoy (aquí) de miembro/miembro temporal del club.

To indicate being hesitant you would still use ser, ie: Quizás sea miembro del club.

updated Oct 24, 2013
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
:) - Kiwi-Girl, Oct 24, 2013
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You would normally use ' ser', but if you were just a temporary member, or hesitant about your membership, you could use 'estar'.

updated Oct 24, 2013
posted by annierats
This sounds good to me. - ian-hill, Oct 24, 2013
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yo soy is correct as you are permanently part of the club
soy--used in permanent things like occupation and nationality estoy-- used in temporary things like place and time

updated Oct 24, 2013
posted by andypawar123
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Es soy and you need a "de" after miembro

  • Soy miembro del club de...
updated Oct 24, 2013
edited by caiser
posted by caiser
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Ser I beleive, Yo soy. Because it is describing something you are doing, and not a state you are in.

updated Oct 24, 2013
posted by adnane_h
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that i believe would be soy.

updated Oct 24, 2013
posted by kenpg67
yo soy is correct as you are permanently part of th club - andypawar123, Oct 24, 2013
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Soy

updated Oct 24, 2013
posted by michelle7656
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Soy would be more appropriate because ''soy" means like "I am" and "estoy" means like "I am being".

updated Oct 24, 2013
posted by hatalaro