Expressing "To Be" in Spanish Using Ser, Estar and Haber

[schmidt2616]

I am having difficulty using the correct form of the verb and cant seem to find the conjugations for the specific sentences.

For example, what form of ser do you use for nosotros, or Ustedes?

Is it possible for you to do the complete list of Estar/Haber/Ser? Thanks

[maritoretamal]

@schmidt2616 nosotros SOMOS estudiantes (we are studients), ustedes SON profesores (you are teachers)

[MsBrownpenny]

Ser and Estar (ES) I am confused is Es the same as either or????

[maritoretamal]

@MsBrownpenny ES is a form used with el, ella, ud o eso (he, she, you, it) - brian es alto (brian is tall) - mary es una enfermera (mary is a nurse) - (tu) eres encantador (you are charming) - mi guitarra es blanca (my guitar is white)

[MendicinoB]

DUDE! Thank you! I've been bugging out over an exam I have later, and this video helped me finally get this. Thumbs up.

[MrVideocontent]

I greatly appreciate your help and teaching method.

May you please make a video explaining how to use QUE with two SUBJETOS, and comparatives and superlatives? :)

[superfashion666]

Muy buena explicación. Te felicito!!

[JuliaEE86]

I'm confused over which one ser word to use.

[plym0uth2]

@JuliaEE86 how is your spanish now. 7 months later from this comment ? because i cant get my head around this

[ksand1994]

This helped a LOT! I thank you so much. :)

[hugstablebear]

A web site listed the following as one of the top 10 errors in learning Spanish:

Use "ser" to tell where an event is taking place.

Early in your studies, you probably learned that "estar" is always used to denote location. When it comes to events, this can be confusing. "Ser" is always used to tell where an event is taking place. "El perro está en la casa," but "La fiesta es en la casa."

I'd never heard this before and you didn't mention it. Is that correct?

[languagenow]

@hugstablebear Yes, that is correct, but check 2:48. I definitely cover it.

[hugstablebear]

@languagenow So you did. Sorry, my brainfart. Thanks for the reply.

[ofsendur]

Thanks  a lot from Türkiye Prof jayson

[2clien2]

i really appreciate your lessons they are very helpful

[e5k4t3]

Prof. Jason, you're the man. This will help me so much with my ser, estar, y haber test tomorrow.

[MsIvorykeys88]

I have been working on understanding "ser" and "estar" for a few weeks. When I encounter exercises of each I can answer correctly in the present tense if each is presented in an isolated category. However, when "ser" and "estar" exercises do not begin with a pronoun it takes me quite a while to decide which form to use. Is this normal? Do I just keep going and add new vocabulary to create new sentences? Not sure what to do next. Thanks for the help.

[vilma51kerney97]

Awesome

[Da5thProject]

Thank you, this will help me out with finals

[52dalibor]

professor jason is cool.

[connoisseurin]

thanks prof. Jason

[LemonZeppelin]

Thanks for this, I had a class on ser/estar but I was ill and missed it. Your video helped loads. Muchas gracias. El video mi ayudará, yo tengo hoy un examen.

[dhaddox]

Thanks for this video. I was having trouble with the impersonal haber and this helped explain it some.

[galsheb]

Muy bueno video! Gracias!

[barsorrro]

I'm a long way yet from thinking about taking up Spanish seriously, but your lessons are just a pleasure to watch, Professor Jason :))

I'd like to remark on the sound volume -- I believe it would have been better if you could perhaps make it a bit higher. It's nothing serious, but I think this video was a bit quiet.

[beatfreakn]

@barsorrro Turn your sound up

[seiferzion]

Another awesome video.

I think that it would be overwhelming for some who didn't have a basic grasp on the differences...but this is great just to review and love the multiple examples and tenses used.

[albeanmagz19]

Thanks, I am from manila and planning to study in Insituto Cervandets de Manila, your lessons are helpful

[elg021407]

Gracias.

[ikamoj]

Thanks for another lesson. Unless I missed it, it would be great if you could also create a video for the various expressions with the verb tener. Many of them tend to fall under the "to be" category. There is a trivial typo in the last sentence on the haber slide (nao s/b no).

Saludos, Jon

[juliecranford]

I like the way the uses of ser and estar are presented in this video. It's much better than what the typical presentation is.

[Mindpetals]

Thanks a lot. Just curious as to why you didn't list the preterite for estar?

[languagenow]

well, with estar it seems that the imperfect is used more often, but the preterite forms (estuve, estuviste, estuvo, etc.) can be used if you are refering to something in the past as a completed action, e.g. Estuve enfermo la semana pasada.

[Mindpetals]

Claro, muchas gracias. Ahora, estudio castellano en Buenos Aires.

[languagenow]

qué suerte la tuya! que te vaya bien con tus estudios!

[tanpeke]

@languagenow una correccion en el minuto 2:13 no debe decirce el 13 de septiembre.Tendria que ser hoy es domingo,13 de septiembre.

[daglug1]

Muchas gracias, me encantan estos videos me ayudan mucho

[MrTentaclerape]

Shouldn't "Mis tíos eran comunistas." be changed to Mis tíos fueron comunistas."? I think it makes more sense.

[languagenow]

It depends... fueron might work if you made it clear you were referring to a specific block of time: fueron comunistas durante la segunda guerra mudial, use of the preterite emphasizes narration of a completed act vs. description of someone in the past

[Felipenietosachica]

@languagenow that is correct "fueron" and "eran" both apply apply to an action in the past that is over...what makes them different is the time frame and context its hard to understand ...

[Felipenietosachica]

@languagenow I do have to say that although "argentina esta en buenos aires" is grammatically correct it is not usually how native speakers refer to that specific case... they would often use something like: "buenos aires -queda- en argerntina" responding to the question: "donde queda buenos aires?" since it is also odd to say: "donde esta buenos aires?"... its a very specific case but because buenos aires cant change locations its better to use "quedar"...