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'Ser' is used to describe the permanent state of something, aka what something is. These are qualities which aren't going to change any time soon, and are the qualities which define a person or obj...

In most cases, the preterite tense refers to completed actions, which are actions that have definite beginning and end points. Whereas the imperfect refers to actions which ...

Preterit to express an action completed at a definite moment in the past Eg. Yo estuve en su casa por tres horasto express actions that because of their nature are not us...

In Spanish there are two main future tenses. The first being the Informal Future which in English would be 'I am going', and the other being the Simple Future which in English would be '...

both 'estar' and 'set' mean 'to be', however they are not used interchangeably. Estar is used to describe a feeling or location. For example: Estoy en su casa OR estoy muy triste. But ser is used when som...