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What is the different beetwen ESTAR and HABER? What is the different beetwen ESTAR and HABER?

For example in sentences En la clase está una mesa. and En la clase hay una mesa.

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•Verbo estar: (to be) °Estados temporales: "Estoy contenta", "Está nublado" (it's cloudy) °Ubicacion: "Mi hernana está en el jardín" (my sister is in the garden) •Verbo haber: In English it would be "there are/is" °Cuando definimos cosas que exiten en un lugar: (when we mention things that exist/are in a place) "En mi casa hay un jardín con flores" (in my house there is a garden with flowers) "Hay tres estudiantes en el aula" (there are three students in the classroom)
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"Estar" implies a becoming, a state able to change in time, "haber" is equivalent to "there is".
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the difference is that "estar" is intended for a temporary action or fact, wherehas "hay" it's a fact that is like that and didn't change

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