{"id":314,"date":"2020-03-11T02:59:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T02:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductoryspanish1\/?post_type=chapter&p=314"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:22:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:22:37","slug":"introduction-to-donde-esta-el-gato","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish1-2\/chapter\/introduction-to-donde-esta-el-gato\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el gato?","rendered":"Introduction to \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el gato?"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"attachment_1171\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]\"Cat \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el gato?[\/caption]\r\n\r\nDo you remember when you learned the question\u00a0\u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<\/em>: \"How are you?\" Once you learned the conjugations of\u00a0ser<\/em>, you may have been puzzled. How\u00a0are\u00a0<\/strong>you? Shouldn't that use eres<\/em>? As you may have figured out then, there are two ways to say \"to be\":\u00a0ser <\/em>and\u00a0estar. <\/em>While\u00a0ser\u00a0<\/em>is used\u00a0to describe physical characteristics and personality traits and to indicate place of origin\u00a0(\u00bfDe d\u00f3nde eres?<\/em>), among other things,\u00a0estar\u00a0<\/em>is used to indicate how someone is feeling (thus\u00a0\u00bfc\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<\/em>) and to indicate location<\/strong>, among other things. We'll get to\u00a0estar\u00a0<\/em>with emotions in a future section. Here, we'll be exploring\u00a0estar<\/em> with locations. So when we ask\u00a0\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el gato?<\/em>, we're asking \"Where is the cat (located)?\" (using\u00a0estar<\/em>).\r\n\r\nIn order to answer that question, we'll need to use a preposition of place. The cat is\u00a0under<\/strong> the blankets.\u00a0Prepositions are relation words; they can indicate location, time, or other more abstract relationships. The words \"under,\" \"on,\" \"around,\" and \"at\" are all prepositions. (Click here to learn more about prepositions in English<\/a>.) In this section we'll learn some of the prepositions of place in Spanish.","rendered":"
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Do you remember when you learned the question\u00a0\u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<\/em>: “How are you?” Once you learned the conjugations of\u00a0ser<\/em>, you may have been puzzled. How\u00a0are\u00a0<\/strong>you? Shouldn’t that use eres<\/em>? As you may have figured out then, there are two ways to say “to be”:\u00a0ser <\/em>and\u00a0estar. <\/em>While\u00a0ser\u00a0<\/em>is used\u00a0to describe physical characteristics and personality traits and to indicate place of origin\u00a0(\u00bfDe d\u00f3nde eres?<\/em>), among other things,\u00a0estar\u00a0<\/em>is used to indicate how someone is feeling (thus\u00a0\u00bfc\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<\/em>) and to indicate location<\/strong>, among other things. We’ll get to\u00a0estar\u00a0<\/em>with emotions in a future section. Here, we’ll be exploring\u00a0estar<\/em> with locations. So when we ask\u00a0\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 el gato?<\/em>, we’re asking “Where is the cat (located)?” (using\u00a0estar<\/em>).<\/p>\n

In order to answer that question, we’ll need to use a preposition of place. The cat is\u00a0under<\/strong> the blankets.\u00a0Prepositions are relation words; they can indicate location, time, or other more abstract relationships. The words “under,” “on,” “around,” and “at” are all prepositions. (Click here to learn more about prepositions in English<\/a>.) In this section we’ll learn some of the prepositions of place in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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