Mental confusion help: Spanish Help…

Lifesadance88

Spanish Help…

I am really struggling with which verb to use when it comes to Ser and Estar. They are soo confusing, and I keep getting them switched up. Can anyone help clarify? I have my second exam tomorrow, and this is one of my areas of struggle. Thanks:)

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reamsmen 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (18 minutes after post)

estar is used for location or temporary situations. ser is used when describing yourself with adjectives that arent temporary. I should be able to explain it better since im in honors spanish, but Im not the best teacher

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Lifesadance88 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (22 minutes after post)

So if I am saying Madrid is the capitol of Spain would I say, Madrid estan la capital de Espaina…lol ok so I dont actually know how to say that, but would it be ser? Because my book says, Ser is origens, and estar is locations, and I get them confused…I mean I know ser is for like telling where someone is from…right? I dont know lol. Thanks for your help!:)Your a great teacher:)

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reamsmen 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (24 minutes after post)

Madrid estan la capital estan de Espana is right. Ser would be if you were saying Lifesadance es un espana.

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Lifesadance88 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (26 minutes after post)

es un espana? I thought it was…. Lifesadance es de espana…wow boy am I starting to get confused haha. I did alright on my first test, I got a B+, but this one is going to be a lot harder!:) Thanks though for clarifying!

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baseballguy149 1 #
Durham, NC, US | 2 years, 2 months ago (29 minutes after post)

“Madrid estan la capital estan de Espana is right.” not right
Madrid es la capital de España. right

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Lifesadance88 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (31 minutes after post)

Ahhh ok, so your saying to use the ser form. See this is why I am getting confused haha.. Could you explain the reasoning its es not estan?

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baseballguy149 1 #
Durham, NC, US | 2 years, 2 months ago (35 minutes after post)

Madrid es la capital de España = Madrid is the capital of Spain.

Madrid esta en España = Madrid is in Spain.

im not really good at explaining
see if this helps
http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/s…

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Lifesadance88 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (38 minutes after post)

Ok thanks!:) Well I am going to get off here and study some more. The test is in the morning…so yeah Thanks everyone!:)

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mndztm 1 #
New York, NY, US | 2 years, 2 months ago (4 hours, 32 minutes after post)

Good luck on you exam!

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An Undisclosed Location | 2 years, 2 months ago (10 hours, 42 minutes after post)

Thanks, its not til noon today, but I got up earlier so I can study. I kind of threw in the towell last night, I was way to tired and staying up was not helping me learn anything. I’m nervous, thats for sure!

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