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Speaking Spanish for Beginners

26. Ser and Estar for Beginners

Speaking Spanish for Beginners

Latin ELE

Education, Language Learning

4.8901 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

"Ser" or "Estar"? That's the question... And a BIG QUESTION for Spanish students who normally wonder why there are two verbs in Spanish that mean "to be".

In this episode you will learn more about them using a short dialogue to illustrate some basic rules of "ser" and "estar" followed by a detailed explanation. Enjoy!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Ser or

0:08.0

To be or wait?

0:10.0

To be again?

0:14.0

Why are there two verbs that mean to be in Spanish?

0:19.0

Well, let's find out in this new episode of speaking Spanish for beginners.

0:24.1

Let's go.

0:28.8

What do, my dear listener?

0:31.9

How'stas?

0:33.5

All bien?

0:34.9

I really hope so.

0:36.6

Welcome to a new episode of speaking Spanish for beginners.

0:40.2

Me Yama Marco.

0:41.9

I'm of Chile.

0:43.7

And I'm the creator of this podcast.

0:47.6

And in this episode, you'll learn some of the uses of the verbs,

0:51.4

Ser and Estar.

0:54.0

Have you heard

0:54.7

about these two verbs before?

0:56.7

Yes, they are a pain

0:57.9

in the ass.

0:59.1

They seem to be a headache

1:00.4

for many students,

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