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Neil

Oct 4, 2002, 11:49 AM

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Help a Russian student!

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Could you tell, which is better to say:
"El cafe es muy cargado" or "El cafe esta muy cargado"
and "El cafe es muy dulce" or "El cafe esta muy dulce"?
What is correct, and what is not?
What does it depend from?

oro

Oct 4, 2002, 7:56 PM

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SER OR ESTAR? To be or to be?

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: Could you tell, which is better to say:
: "El cafe es muy cargado" or "El cafe esta muy cargado"
: and "El cafe es muy dulce" or "El cafe esta muy dulce"?
: What is correct, and what is not?
: What does it depend from?<p>If it is what it is by it's very nature it is SER. El azucar es dulce.<p>If it is unusually or temporarily what it is, it is then ESTAR. El cafe esta dulce.<p>Good luck<p>

Jon

Oct 4, 2002, 7:59 PM

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El cafe esta muy cargado

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Both of the answers would use the form of estar instead of ser.<p>Estar means "to be" when you are talking about the temporary state of something, such as your café, it is not always strong. Also, use estar when you are talking about the location of something as in "La taza de café está en la mesa."<p>Ser means "to be" when you are talking about the permanent state of something as in "Esta taza de café es mio." Also, use ser when talking about time, as in "Son las dos en la tarde."<p>Memorize these rules and then try to think about them when you hear the two verbs used by others. Soon it will come natural and you won't be thinking about it at all.<p>Jon

Jim en Cancún

Oct 5, 2002, 5:27 AM

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&quot;Esta taza de café es miA&quot;. y &quot;Son las dos DE la tarde&quot;.

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: Both of the answers would use the form of estar instead of ser.<p>: Estar means "to be" when you are talking about the temporary state of something, such as your café, it is not always strong. Also, use estar when you are talking about the location of something as in "La taza de café está en la mesa."<p>: Ser means "to be" when you are talking about the permanent state of something as in "Esta taza de café es mio." Also, use ser when talking about time, as in "Son las dos en la tarde."<p>: Memorize these rules and then try to think about them when you hear the two verbs used by others. Soon it will come natural and you won't be thinking about it at all.<p>: Jon<p>
 
 
 
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