{"id":53663,"date":"2020-02-03T06:11:53","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T05:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/?p=53663"},"modified":"2023-12-14T15:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:50:30","slug":"locations-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/blog\/locations-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Locations in Spanish: Spanish Lesson 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the tenth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at Locations in Spanish<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In the previous lesson we looked at the Spanish verb Estar<\/a> (Yo estoy: I am. T\u00fa est\u00e1s: You are. \u00c9l\/Ella est\u00e1: He\/She is) and learned that Estar rather than the Spanish verb Ser<\/a> (Yo soy: I am. T\u00fa eres: You are. \u00c9l\/Ella es: He\/She is) is used with Locations in Spanish<\/strong>. Remember that both Ser and Estar mean the same thing: I am, You are, He\/She is (the verb To Be in English) and in general Ser is used when describing permanent things and Estar when describing temporary things. An exception to the rule is that we always use Estar to describe location, even when something is located somewhere permanently.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

“\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1s ahora?” (Where are you now?). “Estoy en la biblioteca” (I am in the library). This is a temporary location.<\/p>\n

“\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la biblioteca?” (Where is the library?). “La biblioteca est\u00e1 en el centro del pueblo” (The library is in the centre of town). This is a permanent location. The library will not move from its location, but we still use Estar.<\/p>\n

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We are going to look more closely at how to ask and explain Locations in Spanish<\/strong> using Estar.<\/p>\n

First let’s see some useful vocabulary:<\/p>\n

La calle: street
\nLa estaci\u00f3n de autobuses: bus station
\nLa estaci\u00f3n de tren: train station
\nLa oficina de turismo: tourist information office
\nLa iglesia: church
\nEl cine: cinema
\nEl hotel: hotel
\nEl banco: bank
\nLa biblioteca: library
\nEl teatro: theatre
\nEl ayuntamiento: town hall
\nLa comisar\u00eda: police station
\nEl museo: museum
\nLa oficina de correos: post office
\nLa gasolinera: petrol station
\nEl polideportivo: sports centre
\nEl centro comercial: shopping centre
\nLa catedral: cathedral
\nEl castillo: castle<\/p>\n

If you would like to ask someone where, for example, the theatre is located you will say:<\/p>\n

“\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el teatro?”<\/p>\n

Here are some examples of possible locations:<\/p>\n

El teatro est\u00e1 al final de la calle: The theatre is at the end of the street
\nEl teatro est\u00e1 en la esquina: The theatre is on the corner
\nEl teatro est\u00e1 al lado de la catedral: The theatre is next to the cathedral
\nEl teatro est\u00e1 enfrente del banco : The theatre is opposite the bank
\nEl teatro est\u00e1 entre de la biblioteca y la oficina de correos: The theatre is between the library and the post office
\nEl teatro est\u00e1 detr\u00e1s del hotel: The theatre is behind the hotel<\/p>\n

In the descriptions we have used these useful prepositions of place:<\/p>\n

Al final de: At the end of
\nEn la esquina: On the corner
\nAl lado de: Next to
\nEnfrente de: Opposite
\nEntre: Between
\nDetr\u00e1s de: Behind<\/p>\n

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You may also want to describe Locations in Spanish using Norte (North), Sur (South), Este (East), Oeste (West), Noroeste (Northwest), Noreste (Northeast), Suroeste (Southwest), Sureste (Southeast), Centro (Centre).<\/p>\n

For example:<\/p>\n

Madrid est\u00e1 en el centro de Espa\u00f1a: Madrid is in the centre of Spain
\nGranada est\u00e1 en el sur de Espa\u00f1a: Granada is in the south of Spain
\nBarcelona est\u00e1 en el noreste de Espa\u00f1a: Barcelona is in the northeast of Spain
\nCadiz est\u00e1 en el suroeste de Espa\u00f1a: Cadiz is in the southwest of Spain<\/p>\n

That is all for this lesson about Locations in Spanish<\/strong>. There was lots of very useful information in this lesson which we recommend that you practice by creating your own similar sentences. The Spanish verbs Ser and Estar<\/a> are fundamental to the Spanish language and we encourage you to familiarise yourself with exactly when to use one or the other. If you have any doubts, please leave your comments below and we will try to resolve them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the tenth lesson in our beginner level Spanish course and we will look at Locations in Spanish. In the previous lesson we looked at the Spanish verb Estar (Yo estoy: I am. T\u00fa est\u00e1s: You are. \u00c9l\/Ella est\u00e1: He\/She is) and learned that Estar rather than the Spanish verb Ser (Yo soy: I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":53667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1391,1516,1652],"class_list":["post-53663","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\/53663","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=53663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53672,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53663\/revisions\/53672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogoespana.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}