Ser commonly describes identity, origin, characteristics, or professions. Estar is used, among other things, for states and locations.
Examples
- Soy estudiante.
- Madrid está en España.
- Hoy estoy cansado.
Exercises
Exercise 1 of 1
Find and correct the error
Correct the sentence.
Yo soy cansado hoy.
Why?
cansado describes a state here, which is why estar is used. With yo, the form is estoy: Yo estoy cansado hoy. In Spanish, the subject pronoun yo can be omitted, so Estoy cansado hoy. is also correct.Correct.Not quite.