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Part 1: To be, Ser, and Estar tips from a former Spanish teacherImage by author.Years of thinking about language and attempting to simplify concepts to put them into terms teenagers could understand have helped me understand them and explain them better. Below, you will find my concise (as possible) explanation of how to understand ser and estarContinueContinue reading “To Ser or To Estar? That is the Real Question”

Part 2: Ser and Estar tips from a former Spanish teacherImage by author.The present progressive and perfect tense are two somewhat more complex sentences using Ser and Estar for many native English speakers. That’s because these sentences use “to be” as gerunds and participles in addition to simple verbs. Although we often use these sentences in English,ContinueContinue reading “Ser and Estar in the Present Progressive and Perfect Tense”