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{
"chapter_id": "07",
"slug": "the-verb-estar",
"title": "The Verb Estar",
"time_range_sec": [1568, 1948],
"summary": "Estar is the Spanish 'to be' for things happening right now: present progressive, location/spatial relationships, and conditions/emotions/health that change over time. Contrast with ser (factual identity).",
"suggested_grammar_note_id": "ser-vs-estar",
"rules": [
{
"title": "When to use estar",
"bullets": [
"Present progressive (Yo estoy hablando).",
"Location and spatial relationships (Estoy en casa; Estoy al lado de la mesa).",
"Health, conditions, and emotions that change over time (Estoy feliz; Estás ocupado; Las puertas están abiertas).",
"Weather expressions like 'Está nublado'."
]
},
{
"title": "Mental model: estar = right now",
"bullets": [
"Estar describes a current state likely to change.",
"Ser describes factual identity that doesn't change.",
"Él está alto = he's feeling/looking tall (rare); Él es alto = he's tall (normal)."
]
},
{
"title": "Spelling traps",
"bullets": [
"estoy (I am) vs esto (this).",
"estás (you are) vs estas (these).",
"está (he/she is) vs esta (this, fem.).",
"Always write the accents on estás / está / están."
]
},
{
"title": "Estar with adjectives",
"bullets": [
"Emotions: feliz, triste, enojado, cansado, contento → estar.",
"Conditions: ocupado, enfermo, abierto, cerrado, listo → estar.",
"Physical traits: alto, bajo, guapo, joven, viejo → ser."
]
}
],
"examples": [
{"es": "Él está corriendo.", "en": "He is running.", "tags": ["estar", "progressive"]},
{"es": "Tú estás pensando.", "en": "You are thinking.", "tags": ["estar", "progressive"]},
{"es": "¿Dónde estás?", "en": "Where are you?", "tags": ["estar", "location"]},
{"es": "Yo estoy en la casa.", "en": "I am in the house.", "tags": ["estar", "location"]},
{"es": "Yo estoy al lado de la casa.", "en": "I am next to the house.", "tags": ["estar", "location"]},
{"es": "Yo estoy bien.", "en": "I am good / fine.", "tags": ["estar", "condition"]},
{"es": "Tú estás ocupado.", "en": "You are busy.", "tags": ["estar", "condition"]},
{"es": "Las puertas están abiertas.", "en": "The doors are open.", "tags": ["estar", "condition"]},
{"es": "Yo estoy feliz.", "en": "I am happy (right now).", "tags": ["estar", "emotion"]},
{"es": "Está nublado.", "en": "It is cloudy.", "tags": ["estar", "weather"]}
],
"vocab": [
{"es": "estar", "en": "to be (location / condition / progressive)", "pos": "verb"},
{"es": "feliz", "en": "happy", "pos": "adjective"},
{"es": "ocupado/a", "en": "busy", "pos": "adjective"},
{"es": "abierto/a", "en": "open", "pos": "adjective"},
{"es": "cerrado/a", "en": "closed", "pos": "adjective"},
{"es": "cansado/a", "en": "tired", "pos": "adjective"},
{"es": "enfermo/a", "en": "sick", "pos": "adjective"},
{"es": "nublado", "en": "cloudy", "pos": "adjective"}
],
"conjugation_tables": [
{
"verb": "estar",
"tense_id": "ind_presente",
"forms": {"yo": "estoy", "tu": "estás", "el": "está", "nosotros": "estamos", "vosotros": "estáis", "ellos": "están"}
}
],
"exercises": [
{"sentence": "Yo _____ feliz hoy.", "correct": "estoy", "distractor": "soy", "explanation": "Emotion that changes over time → estar."},
{"sentence": "¿Dónde _____ tú?", "correct": "estás", "distractor": "eres", "explanation": "Location → estar."},
{"sentence": "Las puertas _____ abiertas.", "correct": "están", "distractor": "son", "explanation": "Current condition → estar."},
{"sentence": "Él _____ alto.", "correct": "es", "distractor": "está", "explanation": "Physical trait → factual → ser."},
{"sentence": "Nosotros _____ en el parque.", "correct": "estamos", "distractor": "somos", "explanation": "Location → estar."},
{"sentence": "Tú _____ ocupado ahora.", "correct": "estás", "distractor": "eres", "explanation": "Temporary condition right now → estar."},
{"sentence": "Hoy _____ nublado.", "correct": "está", "distractor": "es", "explanation": "Weather adjective → estar."}
],
"caveats": "OCR slightly garbled spellings like 'corriendo' (rendered cleanly above)."
}