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@onfy @wallhackio @vaporeon_

The "essence/state" distinction between the two verbs is often misinterpreted as a "permanent/temporary" distinction. In most contexts these distinctions are practically synonymous (including all of the above examples) but there exist cases in which they are not, and using the latter distinction can lead one to choosing the incorrect verb. For example:

  • Mi abuelito está muerto. ― My grandad is dead. (Here está is used instead of es because death is a state, even though it is permanent.)
  • ¡Todavía somos jóvenes! ― We are still young! (Here somos is used instead of estamos because a person's age is seen as a defining characteristic rather than a state, even if it is not permanent.)

Also, when stating the location of an object (but not an event), estar is used, regardless of whether the location is permanent or not:

  • Madrid está en el centro de España. ― Madrid is in central Spain.

not confusing at all

@onfy @wallhackio @vaporeon_ it gets confusing though because i’m pretty sure the current weather is ser, which feels like an exception to that rule

:P re: caps, nonsense 

@compufox is this a euphemism fur weight gain

@Lady @wallhackio i think cute aggression is the closest way to explain the way this toot just made me feel

@coriander time-to-jug-this-band-director / you’ll have a brand new saxophone

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