"Todavía eres joven."

Question

In sentence was in Duolingo. Shouldn't it use verb "estar" (since estar is used for condition and "joven" is condition) instead of "ser"?

Daniela2041 has given you a link to her excellent explanation on Ser vs Estar. It's worth your time to give it a read and her a vote. - Jubilado, Jun 12, 2016

Mardle has a link too that should help you as well. - rac1, Jun 13, 2016

Answer 1

Ser joven is to be young and estar joven is to look young. You will spend many years working out when to use ser and when estar. Estar can be state/condition and ser is more essence, Ser makes sense here.

Ser is used much more than estar so it is probably easier to concentrate on when to use estar. Some sentences change meaning depending on verb choice.

this site has guides written by members and notes in the reference section.

This blog is excellent but it is in Spanish so you may need to translate some bits.

As you are a beginner concentrate on the basics and add more subtlety later.

ser y estar

Thanks amiga. - rac1, Jun 13, 2016

Thanks - DeepMind, Jun 13, 2016

Answer 2

In this case "joven" is a characteristic--"ser" is used. If you are stating that the actual age of the person is "young." If you're expressing an opinion then "estar" Learn the basics first then you can deal with the subtle differences later on, as Mardle has stated.

See my post on this.

Ser and Estar--my post

Hi deputy Dan, I have been looking for your post because two others asked same wuestion, I could not find it mi amor. - ray76, Jun 12, 2016

A vote from someone you could say to: "Eres tan viejo pero no pareces tu edad." - Jubilado, Jun 12, 2016

Answer 3

Until you figure it out, you can simply say, ie: Sigues joven todavía.

This is an abreiviated form of: Sigues siendo / estando joven todavía. This is a very common sentence structure and can be used in many situations with various verbs.

thank you - Mardle, Jun 12, 2016