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LOS VERBOS SER Y ESTAR TRADUCIDOS AL INGLÉS © 2005 Prof. John Ellis EL INGLÉS NO DISTINGUE ENTRE LOS VERBOS SER Y ESTAR. ESTOS DOS VERBOS DEL ESPAÑOL SE TRADUCEN Y SE CONJUGAN COMO UN MISMO VERBO EN EL IDIOMA INGLÉS: “TO BE” SER=TO BE. (TIEMPO PRESENTE) soy=I am somos=we are eres=you are sois=you are ud. es=you are uds. son=you are él/ella es=he/she/it is ellos son=they are (he=varón; she=mujer; it=él o ella, no-persona) ESTAR=TO BE. (TIEMPO PRESENTE) estoy=I am estamos=we are estás=you are estáis=you are ud. está=you are uds. están=you are él/ella está=he/she/it is ellos están=they are ÉSTE ES EL CASO NO SÓLO EN EL TIEMPO PRESENTE, SINO TAMBIÉN EN LOS OTROS TIEMPOS DE DICHOS VERBOS— Por ejemplo, el pretérito indefinido (Yo estuve allí ayer y hablé con ella) . . . (I was there yesterday and talked with her.) y el pretérito imperfecto (Cuando yo estaba enfermo, hablaba a menudo con ella.) (When I was sick, I talked with her frequently.) SER=TO BE (pretérito indefinido=PAST TENSE) ESTAR=TO BE (pretérito indefinido=PAST TENSE) yo fui agente=I was an agent. fuiste agente=you were an agent. ud. fue agente=you were an agent. él/ella fue agente=he/she/it was an agent. yo estuve allí=I was there. estuviste allí=you were there. ud. estuvo allí=you were there. él/ella estuvo allí=he/she/it was there. fuimos agentes=we were agents. fuisteis agentes=you were agents. uds. fueron agentes=you were agents. ellos fueron agentes=they were agents. estuvimos allí=we were there. estuvisteis allí=you were there. uds. estuvieron allí=you were there. ellos estuvieron allí=they were there. Fíjese también que el idioma inglés tiene un solo pretérito: the past tense. Compara los ejemplos arriba con los siguientes: SER=TO BE (pretérito imperfecto=PAST TENSE) ESTAR=TO BE (pretérito imperfecto=PAST TENSE) yo era joven=I was young. eras joven=you were young. ud. era joven=you were young. él/ella era joven=he/she/it was young. yo estaba enfermo=I was sick. estabas enfermo=you were sick. ud. estaba enfermo=you were sick. él/ella estaba enferm@=he/she/it was sick éramos jóvenes=we were young. érais jóvenes=you were young. uds. eran jóvenes=you were young. ellos eran jóvenes=they were young. estábamos enfermos=we were sick. estábais enfermos=you were sick. uds. estaban enfermos=you were sick. ellos estaban enfermos=they were sick.