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Ser and estar can be confusing to many Spanish students because they both mean "to be". But with 2 past tenses in Spanish, they can get even tricker. Do you use ser or estar? Do you use the preterite or the imperfect tense? Sometimes, you can use either! Think of what you want to express. Remember, ser is permanant states or characteristics and estar is for temporary states, feelings and location. Ser in the imperfect is used to describe people and objects whereas ser in the preterite is used to describe events. Estar in the imperfect is used to talk about emotions, locations, or actions without a specific time frame or when an action is interrupted whereas estar in the preterite expresses a completed action in a specific time frame or a final decision about how we felt about something.
Follow along with us as we learn the conjugations, reasons why we use each verb, and plenty of examples to dominate them.
***UPDATE***
We have two new updated videos on this topic where we listened to all the feedback of leaving examples on the screen longer and explaining things a little more clearly. You can check them out here. Don't forget to like, leave a comment, and donate to the channel for more Spanish videos like these! ¡Muchas gracias!
Estaba o Estuvo
https://youtu.be/ed_InWdT9OE
Era o Fue
https://youtu.be/SVJW62UtClI
Link to beginner video of Ser and Estar (Present Tense):
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