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How are you feeling? 'Estar' singular persons

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I can use 'estoy', 'estás' and 'está' to describe moods and states.

I can recognise, write and pronounce [e].

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How are you feeling? 'Estar' singular persons

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I can use 'estoy', 'estás' and 'está' to describe moods and states.

I can recognise, write and pronounce [e].

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Key learning points

  1. The SSC [e] is pronounced as in 'elefante'.
  2. '¿Cómo se dice ...?' means 'How do you say ...?' and can be used to ask for meaning.
  3. The verb 'estar' means 'to be, being' and is used for moods and states.
  4. 'Estoy', 'estás' and 'está' are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person singular forms of 'estar'.

Keywords

  • [e] - pronounced as in 'elefante'

  • Estar - verb 'to be, being' for location and state

  • Estoy - part of 'to be, being', meaning 'I am'

  • Estás - part of 'to be, being', meaning 'you are'

  • Está - part of 'to be, being', meaning 'she, he, it is'

Common misconception

'Raro' means 'rare'.

'Raro' is a false friend and means 'strange'.


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6 Questions

Q1.
What does 'estar' mean?
I am
he is
it is
Correct answer: to be, being
Q2.
True or false? The verb 'estar' is used to describe location.
Correct Answer: true
Q3.
What is 'I am' in Spanish?
Correct Answer: estoy, 'estoy'
Q4.
What is the 2nd person singular form of 'estar'?
estoy
Correct answer: estás
está
Q5.
Put the following letters in the correct order to spell out 'she, he, it is' in Spanish.
1 - e
2 - s
3 - t
4 - á
Q6.
Put the following parts of the sentence 'I am in England, you are in Spain' in Spanish into the correct order.
1 - estoy
2 - en Inglaterra
3 - estás
4 - en España

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6 Questions

Q1.
True or false? [e] in Spanish is pronounced as in 'eel'.
true
Correct answer: false
Q2.
Complete the following question phrase: '¿ se dice ...?' (how do you say ...?).
Correct Answer: cómo, Cómo
Q3.
Select the correct uses of the verb 'estar'.
describing personality traits
Correct answer: describing location
Correct answer: describing moods and states.
Q4.
Match these Spanish words to their English translations.
Correct Answer:listo,ready

ready

Correct Answer:serio,serious

serious

Correct Answer:blanco,pale

pale

Correct Answer:tonto,silly

silly

Correct Answer:tranquilo,calm

calm

Q5.
What is the English meaning of 'raro'?
rare
Correct answer: strange
real
Q6.
Select the correct translation of 'He is calm today.'.
Estoy tranquilo hoy.
Estás tranquilo hoy.
Correct answer: Está tranquilo hoy.

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