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How do you say you- are in Spanish?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

depending on context, you can either say estas or eres.

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(i) tu eres OR tu estas

(ii) vosotros sois OR vosotros estais

(iii) Vd (= usted) es OR Vd (=usted) esta

(iv) Vds (= ustedes) son OR Vds (= ustedes) estan

In order these are

(i)singular and/or informal;

(ii)plural informal;

(iii)singular polite;

(iv)plural polite.

The difference between ser (whence eres/es/sois/son) and estar (whence estas/estais/esta/estan) is that the former describes more permanent states or qualities, the latter temporary states. (e.g. in English - You are English, you are a man - as against You are happy (if you used 'ser' it would mean you are happy by nature, as against happy at the moment))

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