{"id":53552,"date":"2020-05-27T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53552"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:29","slug":"descriptions-with-ser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/descriptions-with-ser\/","title":{"rendered":"Descriptions with Ser: Spanish Lesson 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the eighteenth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at Spanish descriptions with Ser.<\/h4>\n

We first looked at the Spanish verb Ser<\/a> in Lesson 4 of this course and learned that Ser (To be) is a fundamental verb (action\/doing word) that is generally used for describing permanent things such as name and nationality. In Lesson 11 we compared Ser and Estar<\/a>, which are both the verb To be<\/em>, and learned that Estar is generally used for describing non-permanent things such as location and feelings. In this lesson we will practice making Spanish Descriptions with Ser <\/strong>that are considered ‘permanent’.<\/p>\n

Describing physicality<\/h4>\n

We use El verbo Ser when we want to describe physical appearance because physicality is generally non-changing.<\/p>\n

To practice this first we will learn some useful new adjectives (describing words):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alto\/a: Tall
\nBajo\/a: Short
\nGordo\/a: Fat
\nDelgado\/a: Slim
\nFlaco\/a: Thin
\nFuerte: Strong
\nD\u00e9bil: Weak
\nPeque\u00f1o\/a: Small
\nGrande: Big<\/p>\n

\"descriptions<\/p>\n

Let’s practice now with some example sentences:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soy alto: I am tall
\nNo, eres bajo: No, you are short<\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo es Antonio?: How is Antonio?
\n\u00c9l es alto y delgado: He is tall and slim<\/p>\n

Tu madre es gorda: Your mother is fat
\nNo, ella no es gorda. Es fuerte: No, she is not fat. She is strong<\/p>\n

Vosotros sois fuertes: You are strong
\nGracias. S\u00ed, somos muy fuertes: Thanks. Yes, we are very strong<\/p>\n

Los noruegos son altos: Norwegians are tall
\nLos peruanos son bajos: Peruvians are short<\/p>\n

You can see that these are all Spanish Descriptions with Ser<\/strong>. (soy, eres, es, somos, sois, son). It should be pointed out that it is also possible to make similar descriptions with Estar<\/a> if you specifically wish to make the point that your description is temporary.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

Hola hijo. Est\u00e1s muy alto: Hi son. You are very tall (Est\u00e1s<\/em> rather than Es<\/em> could be used here to emphasise that the child is growing. Once someone has stopped growing the description would have to be with Es<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Roberto est\u00e1 gordo: Roberto is fat (Est\u00e1 rather than Es could be used here to emphasise that Roberto is currently fat but isn’t usually)<\/p>\n

Describing personality<\/h4>\n

We use El verbo Ser when we want to describe personality because personality is generally non-changing.<\/p>\n

To practice this first we will learn some more useful new adjectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tranquilo\/a: Calm
\nNervioso\/a: Anxious
\nAmable: Kind
\nCruel: Unkind
\nSimp\u00e1tico\/a: Friendly
\nAntip\u00e1tico\/a: Unfriendly
\nOrdenado\/a: Tidy
\nDesordenado\/a: Untidy
\nTrabajador\/a: Hard-working
\nVago\/a: Lazy
\nOrganizado\/a: Organised
\nDesorganizado\/a: Disorganised<\/p>\n

Let’s practice now with some example sentences:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soy ordenada: I am tidy
\nNo, eres desordenada: No, you are untidy<\/p>\n

\u00bfSebasti\u00e1n es tranquilo?: Is Sebasti\u00e1n calm?
\nS\u00ed, \u00e9l es tranquilo: Yes, he is calm<\/p>\n

\u00bfSon amables?: Are they friendly?
\nS\u00ed, ellos son muy amables: Yes, they are very friendly<\/p>\n

Somos organizadas: We are organised
\n\u00a1Qu\u00e9! No, sois organizadas. Sois muy desorganizadas: What! No, you are not organised. You are very disorganised<\/p>\n

Again, it is also possible to make similar descriptions with Estar if you specifically want to emphasise that the thing you are describing is temporary.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

Est\u00e1s tranquilo ahora: You are calm now (Est\u00e1s<\/em> rather than Eres<\/em> could be used here to emphasise that the person is unusually calm in that moment)<\/p>\n

\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 est\u00e1s tan simp\u00e1tica?: Why are you so friendly? (Est\u00e1s rather than Eres could be used here to emphasise that the person is being unusually friendly)<\/p>\n

That’s all for this lesson about the Descriptions with Ser<\/strong>. In our next lesson we will look at descriptions with Estar so that we understand better the concept of temporary and permanent descriptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the eighteenth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at Spanish descriptions with Ser. We first looked at the Spanish verb Ser in Lesson 4 of this course and learned that Ser (To be) is a fundamental verb (action\/doing word) that is generally used for describing permanent things such […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53561,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1391,1516,1652],"class_list":["post-53552","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\/53552","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=53552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53566,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53552\/revisions\/53566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}