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Verbo ser/estar II (verb to be)




     We use SER when we want to describe the essence of something, or how a thing is always; and we use ESTAR when we want to describe something's status, or how a thing is at the moment.

  Maria é bonita
  Maria is beautiful – Maria is really beautiful, maybe since her birthday.
 
  Maria está bonita
  Maria is beautiful – In this moment Maria is beautiful, but maybe she is not always like this.


       SER                                                ESTAR

  O céu é azul.                              A cerveja está gelada.
  The sky is blue.                         The beer is cold.

  Meu nome é Ana.                      Eu estou doente.
  My name is Ana.                        I am sick.








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