LOS VERBOS SER Y ESTAR TRADUCIDOS AL INGLS 2005 Prof.

John Ellis
EL INGLS NO DISTINGUE ENTRE LOS VERBOS SER Y ESTAR. ESTOS DOS VERBOS DEL ESPAOL SE TRADUCEN Y SE CONJUGAN COMO UN MISMO VERBO EN EL IDIOMA INGLS: 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 l/ella es=he/she/it is ellos son=they are (he=varn; she=mujer; it=l o ella, no-persona) ESTAR=TO BE. (TIEMPO PRESENTE) estoy=I am estamos=we are ests=you are estis=you are ud. est=you are uds. estn=you are l/ella est=he/she/it is ellos estn=they are

STE ES EL CASO NO SLO EN EL TIEMPO PRESENTE, SINO TAMBIN EN LOS OTROS TIEMPOS DE DICHOS VERBOS Por ejemplo, el pretrito indefinido (Yo estuve all ayer y habl con ella) . . . (I was there yesterday and talked with her.) y el pretrito imperfecto (Cuando yo estaba enfermo, hablaba a menudo con ella.) (When I was sick, I talked with her frequently.) SER=TO BE (pretrito indefinido=PAST TENSE) yo fui agente=I was an agent. fuiste agente=you were an agent. ud. fue agente=you were an agent. l/ella fue agente=he/she/it was an agent. fuimos agentes=we were agents. fuisteis agentes=you were agents. uds. fueron agentes=you were agents. ellos fueron agentes=they were agents. ESTAR=TO BE (pretrito indefinido=PAST TENSE) yo estuve all=I was there. estuviste all=you were there. ud. estuvo all=you were there. l/ella estuvo all=he/she/it was there. estuvimos all=we were there. estuvisteis all=you were there. uds. estuvieron all=you were there. ellos estuvieron all=they were there.

Fjese tambin que el idioma ingls tiene un solo pretrito: the past tense. Compara los ejemplos arriba con los siguientes: SER=TO BE (pretrito imperfecto=PAST TENSE) yo era joven=I was young. eras joven=you were young. ud. era joven=you were young. l/ella era joven=he/she/it was young. ramos jvenes=we were young. rais jvenes=you were young. uds. eran jvenes=you were young. ellos eran jvenes=they were young. ESTAR=TO BE (pretrito imperfecto=PAST TENSE) yo estaba enfermo=I was sick. estabas enfermo=you were sick. ud. estaba enfermo=you were sick. l/ella estaba enferm@=he/she/it was sick estbamos enfermos=we were sick. estbais enfermos=you were sick. uds. estaban enfermos=you were sick. ellos estaban enfermos=they were sick.