'Estar'
Spanish: KS3, topic 20.2.7
Estar
Estar
- Place
- Location
- Action
- Condition
- Emotion
Estar examples
- Madrid está en España y es la capital del país.
- Madrid is in Spain and is the capital of the country.
- Features both location and description.
- Mi lápiz está en la mesa de mi dormitorio.
- My pencil is on the table in my bedroom.
- Los niños están corriendo en el jardín con los perros.
- The children are running in the garden with the dogs.
Estar examples (cont.)
- La abuela estaba enferma durante la noche.
- The grandmother was ill during the night.
- Estoy muy enfadada con mi perro porque intentó escapar en el parque.
- I’m very angry with my dog because he tried to escape in the park.
Test yourself on 'Estar'
In which FIVE contexts do we use 'estar'?
'Madrid está en España y es la capital del país'.
Which 'to be' verbs does this sentence use?The word 'estaban' comes from which of the following verbs?