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Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\nUse the verb estar<\/em> to signify location.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Estar<\/span><\/h3>\r\nYou have already learned the verb\u00a0ser,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>and you\u2019ve used it to: introduce yourself and others, to describe physical characteristics and personality traits, to indicate place of origin or nationality, to tell time, and to give dates.\u00a0 Spanish has another verb that also means \u201cto be\u201d \u2013\u00a0estar<\/span><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0You used\u00a0estar<\/span><\/em>\u00a0at the beginning of this course to indicate how you are feeling\u00a0(\u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s? Estoy bien, gracias.)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0In addition to indicating how you and others are feeling (which we'll discuss in a future chapter),\u00a0estar<\/span><\/em>\u00a0is used to express location.\u00a0 So, if you are talking about where a person or a thing is located, you will use\u00a0estar<\/span><\/em>:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
estar <\/span>(to be)<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
<\/td>\r\nsingular<\/strong><\/td>\r\nplural<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
1a<\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>yo estoy<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>nosotros estamos<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
2a<\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>t\u00fa est\u00e1s<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>vosotros est\u00e1is<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
3a<\/sup><\/strong><\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>el ella usted est\u00e1<\/td>\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>ellos ellas ustedes est\u00e1n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nAs you should notice, estar<\/i><\/span>\u00a0has an irregular\u00a0yo<\/i><\/span>\u00a0form along with accented endings in all but the\u00a0nosotros<\/span><\/i>\u00a0form.\r\n
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Estar y\u00a0la localizaci\u00f3n<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\nTo use\u00a0estar<\/em>\u00a0to express the locations of people and things, you\u2019ll need to know some prepositions of location as well:\r\n
\r\n\"Playalrededor (around)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>al lado de\u00a0(beside)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>enfrente de\u00a0(in front of)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>a la derecha de\u00a0(to the right of)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>a la izquierda de (to the left of)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>enfrente (in front)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>debajo de (under)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>en (on, in)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>detr\u00e1s de (behind)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>cerca de (close to)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>lejos de (far from)\r\n\"Play<\/a><\/span>encima (on, above)<\/div>\r\n\"a\r\n