Spanish language Q&A Forum

Since The main differences between ser and estar include that ser is used for permanent qualities, like your name, your place of origin, and your physical appearance, while estar is used to talk about temporary situations, such as how you’re feeling right now or your location.

So why is SER used in this sentence:  Tú eras muy bueno.  - the person that you are talking to is not always good so it is not a permant state.

Ditto in the following sentence.  You are not always rich so why use SER in the following:  Vosotros erais ricos.

I had searched for “Subjunctive” and came across something entitled “It’s complicated explaining the Subjunctive”. It seemed to be what I was looking for, so I clicked on it. However, I was taken to a lesson on facíl/difícil. Can you correct the link? Basically, I’m trying to mover beyond the long list of situations requiring the mood, and understand the underlying principle(s). Somewhere I saw an article making a distinction between the informational and the intentional. Would you have any references covering this question?   Thanks very much.  John Nolan

In this quiz question - you cannot hear the "el" being pronounced. But the answer is correct with "el"

Voy a visitar a mi amiga el lunas.

Hello, I'm slightly confused with the following:

As you can see from the previous examples, when we use deber with this nuance of assumption/wondering, we can optionally use the preposition "de" after deber.

So you are saying that "de" is truly optional and has the same meaning whether "de" is used or not?

Thank you,
Dave

en el texto..

.. Si nunca visitaste México, hacelo en estas fechas. Creo que la vas a pasar muy bien...

questions

1.  hacelo .. here does ´lo´  refer to ´viaje´ or something else ? 

2. Shouldn´t it be ´hazlo´ instead of ´hacelo´

3. .. la vas a pasar..    what is ´la´ referring to?   Don´t we usually say ´lo pasar bien´?

gracias como siempre