First, let’s remind ourselves of how to conjugate Estar for all persons:<\/h4>\n
(Yo) Estoy: I am
\n(T\u00fa) Est\u00e1s: You are
\n(\u00c9l\/Ella) Est\u00e1: He\/She is
\n(Nosotros\/as) Estamos: We are
\n(Vosotros\/as) Est\u00e1is: You are
\n(Ellos\/as) Est\u00e1n: They are<\/p>\n
Describing location:<\/h4>\n
We use Estar when we wish to describe where something or someone is located.<\/p>\n
For example:<\/p>\n
\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1s ahora?: Where are you now?
\nEstoy en el museo: I am in the museum<\/p>\n
\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 tu hermano?: Where is your brother?
\nEst\u00e1 en Inglaterra: He is in England<\/p>\n
\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1n Silvia y Mar\u00eda?: Where are Silvia and Maria?
\nEst\u00e1n en la biblioteca: They are in the library<\/p>\n
With all of these examples of Descriptions with Estar<\/strong> they clearly describe temporary situations, with people in places that they are not always or usually. You should also be aware, however, that Estar is also used rather than Ser for descriptions of permanent locations. Basically, for all descriptions of locations we use Estar.<\/p>\n For example:<\/p>\n \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 Madrid?: Where is Madrid? \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 Sevilla?: Where is Sevilla? \u00bfD\u00f3nde estan Bilbao y San Sebasti\u00e1n?: Where are Bilbao and San Sebastian? We use el verbo Estar when we want to describe emotions and moods because they are generally non-permanent.<\/p>\n To practice this first we will learn some useful new adjectives (describing words):<\/strong><\/p>\n Contento\/a: Happy \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?: How are you? \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1is?: How are you? \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1 tu madre?: How is your mother? \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1 Antonio?: How is Antonio? \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1n Juan y Marta?: How are Juan and Marta? These are all descriptions of non-permanent emotions or moods. It should be pointed out that it is possible to use some of these adjectives with Ser if you specifically wish to make the point that your description is ‘permanent’.<\/p>\n For example:<\/p>\n Sandra est\u00e1 celosa ahora: Sandra is jealous now That\u2019s all for this lesson about the\u00a0Descriptions with Estar<\/strong>. We recommend that you practice what you have been learning in this course by creating your own sentences. For example, you can write sentences describing emotions and locations with Estar and physicality and personality with Ser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the nineteenth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at Spanish Descriptions with Estar. In our previous lesson we looked at descriptions with Ser. Both Ser and Estar are the verb ‘To be’ in Spanish. Ser is used for descriptions that are ‘permanent’ such as physicality and personality and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1391,1516,1652],"class_list":["post-53526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-lessons","tag-beginner-spanish-lessons","tag-learn-spanish","tag-spanish-language-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53550,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53526\/revisions\/53550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMadrid est\u00e1 en el centro de Espa\u00f1a: Madrid is in the centre of Spain<\/p>\n
\nSevilla est\u00e1 en el sur de Espa\u00f1a: Sevilla is in the south of Spain<\/p>\n
\nBilbao y San Sebasti\u00e1n est\u00e1n en el norte de Espa\u00f1a<\/p>\n![\"Descriptions](\"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Descriptions-with-Estar-emtions.png\")
<\/p>\nDescribing moods and emotions:<\/h4>\n
\nTriste: Sad
\nEnfadado\/a: Angry
\nAburrido\/a: Bored
\nCansado\/a: Tired
\nPreocupado\/a: Worried
\nSorprendido\/a: Surprised
\nCeloso\/a: Jealous
\nAsustado\/a: Scared
\nRelajado\/a: Relaxed
\nEstresado\/a: Stressed<\/p>\nLet’s practice with some example sentences:<\/h4>\n
\nEstoy muy contento: I am very happy<\/p>\n
\nEstamos enfadadas: We are angry<\/p>\n
\nMi madre est\u00e1 estresada: My mother is stressed<\/p>\n
\nAntonio est\u00e1 preocupado: Antonio is worried<\/p>\n
\nJuan y Marta est\u00e1n tristes: Juan y Marta are sad<\/p>\n
\nSandra es una persona celosa: Sandra is a jealous person<\/p>\n