This document provides information about the present tense conjugation of the Spanish verb "estar" (to be) and how it is used to indicate where something or someone is located and also how something or someone is feeling physically and emotionally. It lists the conjugated forms of "estar" and examples of using it to say where things are located like "París está en Francia" (Paris is in France) or how someone is feeling like "Estoy muy cansado" (I am very tired). It provides a list of adjectives commonly used with "estar" to describe conditions.

1. The Present Tense of estar (to be)
The other “to be” verb
(El tiempo presente del verbo estar)

2. Estar
Its conjugation
estoy
estás
está
estamos
estáis
están
Estar also bears a written
accent on all but the first-
person forms.
The verb estar is irregular
in its yo form.

3. Estar is the other “to be” verb
Estar tells . . .
Where someone or something
is
How someone or something is

4. ESTAR tells where
The museum is
there to the
right.

5. ESTAR tells where
Estoy en casa.
I’m at home.
Claudio está en la cocina.
Claudio is in the kitchen.
París está en Francia.
Paris is in
France.
¿Dónde están los estudiantes?
Where are the
students?

6. ESTAR also tells how
How are you
today,
ma’am?
I’m very sick.

7. ESTAR also tells how
Here are some adjectives that describe physical, mental, and
emotional conditions that are commonly used with estar.
aburrido/a
cansado/a
casado/a
contento/a
enamorado/a
enfermo/a
bored
tired
married
happy
in love
sick
enojado/a
ocupado/a
preocupado/a
triste
angry
busy
worried
sad

8. ESTAR also tells how
Estoy muy cansado.
I am very tired.
Amelia está enojada.
Amelia is angry.
Las niñas están contentas.
The children are
happy.¿Estás ocupado?
Are you busy?

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