Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved As you learned in Lecciones 1 and 2, the verb estar is used to talk about how you feel and to say where people, places, and things are located. Estar is also used with adjectives to talk about certain emotional and physical conditions.
Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved Use estar with adjectives to describe the physical condition of places and things.
Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved Use estar with adjectives to describe how people feel, both mentally and physically.
Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved ¡Atención! Two important expressions with estar that you can use to talk about conditions and emotions are estar de buen humor (to be in a good mood) and estar de mal humor (to be in a bad mood).
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Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved Provide the present tense forms of estar, and choose which adjective best completes the sentence. The first item has been done for you. 1.La biblioteca _____ (cerrada / nerviosa) los domingos por la noche. 2.Nosotros _____ muy (ocupados / equivocados) todos los lunes. 3.Ellas _____ (alegres / confundidas) porque tienen vacaciones. 4.Javier _____ (enamorado / ordenado) de Maribel. 5.Diana _____ (enojada / limpia) con su novio. 6.Yo _____ (nerviosa / abierta) por el viaje. 7.La habitación siempre _____ (ordenada / segura) cuando vienen sus padres. 8.Ustedes no comprenden; _____ (equivocados / tristes). estácerrada
Copyright © 2008 Vista Higher Learning. All rights reserved P. 165 – Ejercicio 1 Write the correct form of the verb ‘estar’ Write the correct form of an emotion or condition 2. P. 165 – Ejercicio 2 Describe the people in a sentence using the correct form of ‘estar’ and an emotion or condition 3.P. 165 – Ejercicio 3 Finish the sentence using “estoy” with an emotion or condition fitting of the situation. CUANDO = WHEN