This document provides examples of using the verbs "ser" and "estar" in Spanish to describe characteristics of people and things. It lists examples of affirmative and negative statements using these verbs, as well as questions asking about characteristics using "ser" and "estar". The examples cover subjects like age, color, location, relationships between people and objects.

1. Be = ser / estar I am … You are … He is … She is … It is … We are … You are … They are …

2. affirmative a boy a girl a pencil white eight years old friends cats in my class in the forest flowers He She It You We They I am are is

3. No soy… / No estoy… I am not … You aren’t … He isn’t … She isn’t … It isn’t … We aren’t … You aren’t … They aren’t …

4. negative a boy twenty years old friends my partners my father in my house in the park my mother María John He She It You We They I am not aren’t isn’t

5. ¿Yo soy…? / ¿Tú estás…? Am I …? Are you …? Is he …? Is she …? Is it …? Are we …? Are you …? Are they …?

6. ¿Yo soy …? / ¿Tú estás …? a girl ? my friend ? my cat ? five trees ? partners? a present ? Bella ? nine years old ? black? in the class ? he she it you we they I Am Are Is