Gramática 2.2 Uses of ESTAR Prepositions with ESTAR el 4/7 de noviembre

Notes You will copy the following notes on page 73 of your INB. The title for this section will be: Uses of ESTAR Prepositions with ESTAR If you run out of room, get a loose leaf-paper and continue your notes there.

‘to be’ In Spanish, we have two ‘to be’ verbs: – SER – ESTAR We will be focusing on ESTAR today.

Estar (to be) Estar has an irregular ‘yo’ form. There are 5 different uses for ESTAR. What are they? estar (to be) estoyestamos estásestáis estáestán

Uses of ESTAR P – position L – location A – action C – condition E – emotion

P – position Position stands for where an object is placed. -¿Dónde está el lápiz? -El lápiz está encima del escritorio y a la derecha de la manzana.

L – location Location refers to where a building, city, state, etc. is. -¿Dónde está la escuela? -Está en Cedar Park.

A – action Action refers to the present progressive. – The present progressive is what someone is currently doing. -¿Qué están haciendo? -Están escuchando música.

C – condition Condition refers to how something is. Is it new? Old? Broken? Fixed? Clean? Dirty? -¿Cómo está tu habitación? -Está sucia.

E – emotion Emotion refers to one’s feelings. Are you happy? Sad? Nervous? Excited? -¿Cómo están hoy? -Estamos muy alegre.

Prepositions with Estar When using estar, you will naturally use prepositions to tell the position or location of someone or something. Our prepositions are: Prepositions IzquierdaAbajo DerechaArriba DelanteEnfrente DetrasEncima CercaEntre LejosAdentro Afuera

Una rima de preposiciones Izquierda, Derecha, Delante, Detras. Cerca, Lejos, y algo mas. Abajo, Arriba, Enfrente, Encima, Y ahora muchachos, se acaba la rima.

Practica, pg 72 Write a complete sentence in Spanish using the noun listed with estar and the preposition listed to describe where the first item listed is in relation to another item. Example: reloj / encima de El reloj está encima del lavaplatos. 1.El inodoro / entre 2.La lámpara/a la derecha de 3.La lavadora/a la izquierda de 4.La cómoda/lejos de 5.El televisor/adentro de 6.La alfombra/debajo de 7.La persona/afuera de

Practica, pg 72 Write a complete sentence in Spanish using the noun listed with estar and the preposition listed to describe where the first item listed is in relation to another item. El reloj está encima del lavaplatos. 1.El inodoro está entre el lavabo y la ducha. 2.La lámpara está a la derecha de la cama. 3.La lavadora está a la izquierda de la secadora. 4.La cómoda está lejos de la cama. 5.El televisor está adentro de la sala. 6.La alfombra está debajo del sillon. 7.La persona está afuera de la casa.

Present Progressive In Spanish, the present Progressive is formed by using a conjugated form of estar followed by the present participle. The present participles in Spanish are: estar + -ando/-iendo Present Participles -ar-er-ir -ando-iendo