ser/estar (be)
soy
(I) am
-a, -e, -e
he, she, it
Soy de España.
I'm from Spain.
casa – house
noun
What is enferma?
Está muy enferma. – She's very sick.
nominative predicate (square)
son
(they) are
-o
I
¿Dónde están?
Where are they?
ahora – now
adverb
What is muy?
Está muy enferma. – She's very sick.
adverb (underline)
estás
(you) are
-amos, -emos, -imos
we
No hablamos inglés.
We don't speak English.
(hablar – speak, talk)
bonito – nice, pretty
adjective
What is yo?
Soy de Guatemala. – I'm from Guatemala.
nominative subject (square)
estoy
(I) am
-as, -es, -es
you
¿Por qué no estudias?
Why aren't you studying?
(estudiar – study)
hablar – speak
verb
What is estás?
¿Dónde estás? – Where are you?
es
(he/she/it) is
-an, -en, -en
they
¿Qué comes?
What are you eating?
nosotros – we
pronoun
What is en?
Las llaves están en el carro. – The keys are in the car.
preposition (triangle)
están
(they) are
What is the only conjugation where -er and -ir differ?
nosotros (we)
No vivimos aquí.
We don't live here.
en – in, on, at
preposition
What is el carro?
Las llaves están en el carro. – The keys are in the car.
Prepositional object (spikey)