Hi, Why do you say: “Como es usted” instead of: “Como esta usted”!? Gracias, Arabelle
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This question relates to:Spanish lesson "How to say I work/You work/What do you do? in Spanish with the verb trabajar"
Asked 4 years ago
InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher
Hola Arabelle,
I can see this question is not related to this lesson where we talk about the verb "trabajar" (to work).
But, you can say both:
1. "¿Cómo es usted?" and 2."¿Cómo está usted?
They have different meanings. Sentence 1 with "es" means "What are you like?", as in what sort of person are you? e.g. amable, serio...; and sentence 2 with "está" means "How are you?" as in I am OK thanks.
I hope this clarified it for you.
Saludos
Inma
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