Ser vs Estar

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HOW TO PLAY:

 

1.   Take the adjective left for you by the last player, choose whether you should it with ‘ser’ or ‘estar’.

 

2.   Form a simple sentence. 

NB:  Each time you play try to use a variety of subjects, eg. estoy, somos, ellos están etc.

 

3.   Write it in English and Spanish.

 

4.   Give the reason why you chose ‘ser’ or ‘estar’.

 

4.   Then choose another adjective from the list below or choose one of your own and leave it for the next player.

 

5.   Feel free to add a picture to your post.

 

(you do that by finding the picture that you want on the web, right click it and choose ‘copy image location’.  Then come to your post and click on the little picture of the tree on the editor bar above.  Right click in the ‘image url’ box and paste the code there.  Click ‘insert’ and your picture should appear.

 

 

I’ll start us off ….

 

 

 

Adjective:   cansado (tired)

My sentence in Spanish and English:        El chico está cansado.      The boy is tired.

Reason:  Being tired is a state so I used ‘estar’.

New adjective for the next person:  contento/a

 

 

ADJECTIVE LIST

English	Spanish
ambitious	ambicioso
annoying	pesado, necio
argumentative, quarrelsome	discutidor
bad-tempered	malhumorado
big-headed	creído, engreído
cranky	de mala leche, venenoso;
brave	valiente
cantankerous	cascarrabias
carefree	despreocupado
careless	descuidado, poco cuidadoso
cautious	prudente, cauteloso, cauto;
conceited, full of oneself	presumido
conservative	conservador
conventional	convencional
cowardly	cobarde
crazy, nuts	loco, chiflado
cruel (as in mean)	cruel
charming	encantador
cheerful	alegre, jovial;
dull, boring	soso, aburrido
flirtatious	coqueta
friendly	amigable, simpático, agradable
generous	generoso
hard-working	trabajador
honest	honesto
kind	amable
laid-back	tranquilo, relajado
lazy	perezoso, vago
loyal	fiel
mean (as in stingy)	tacaño
modest	modesto
moody	de humor cambiante
naive	ingenuo, inocentón
naughty (children)	malo, travieso (niños)
open-minded: narrow-minded:	de actitud abierta, sin prejuicios de mentalidad cerrada, intolerante;
polite	cortés, educado
proud	orgulloso
reliable: he’s a very reliable person	fiable, confiable: es una persona en la que se puede confiar
self-confident: to be self-confident	seguro de sí mismo: tener confianza en sí mismo
selfish	egoísta
sensible	sensato, prudente;
sensitive	sensible
shy – introverted	tímido, vergonzoso – introvertido
strict	estricto, severo, riguroso
stubborn	terco, testarudo, tozudo
sympathetic (understanding)	comprensivo
talkative	conversador, hablador
trustworthy	digno de confianza
two-faced	falso
weird	raro, extraño

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Adjective: Contento/a (happy)

My sentence: Estoy contenta (I am happy)

Reason: Being happy is a emotion or state so I chose estar

New adjective: valiente 

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Adjective: valiente (brave)

My sentence:   Los niños son valientes.

Reason:   Usually, in Spanish at least, being brave is considered a characteristic Which makes sense really because if you don’t already have that characteristic then you are unlikely to react with bravery when under pressure.

New adjective:  bajo/a. (short)

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