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I've just noticed this peculiar statement.
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Gracias Rusty & Perikles por su ayuda.
A veces se dice que Ser es para características permanentes. ¿Pero que' pasa con joven y viejo? No sé es joven para siempre (¡Ojalá!) ¿Cómo podría explicar eso? |
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Como característica es permanente y "cambia" gradualmente, tampoco es algo "temporal" como cuando uno dice "te ves/está joven hoy" donde se subentiende que la persona es mayor pero hoy se ve particularmente "joven"
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@Becky: Make a little effort in reading... that answer is just two or three pages behind.
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Great tutorial, thanks so much, it really cleared up a lot of confusion
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When ser and estar are used with a past participle, you use ESTAR when you want to emphasize the result of an action and SER when you want to emphasize the action itself.
Las mesas fueron hechas en nuestra casa. The tables were made in our house. Las mesas están hechas de madera. The tables are made of word. La estatua está dedicada al antiguo director. The state is dedicated to the former director. La estatua fue enviada a Brazil. The statue was sent to Brazil. |
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It does work, but I'd just like to underline a little thing: although both structures seem to be equivalent, the one with "ser" it's passive voice, which cannot be constructed with "estar".
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This is very useful, thank you.
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