Ser vs Estar Today I just want to review the basics of ser vs estar. I still sometimes get them confused. To the best of my knowledge, English only has one "to be". I wish the same was true for Spanish. My keyboard doesn't have the accent marks, I don't feel like copying and pasting the accent marks on to italki. I realize estar needs accent marks when you conjugate it most times, I know that. 1. Estuve en la casa. 2. Estuve enfermo. 3. Estuve nervioso! 4. Estare tranquilo! 5. Estoy malo 6. Estoy triste 7. Estoy feliz 8. Estas aburrido ahora (you are boring right now) 9. Cuando estaba en Nepal en 2013, siempre comia en el McDonalds (when I was in Nepal in 2013, I always ate at the McDonalds) 10. Soy de los estados unidos 11. Fue en espana en el quince de mayo 12. Soy Kyle y esta es mi padre y la novia de mi padre 13. Soy alto 14. Eres bajo 15. Eres linda 16. Ella era linda 17. Cuando era nino, era bajo 18. Antes era timido pero ahora, soy extrovertido. 19. En la clase de ingles para el examen final, estaba nervioso pero ahora, estoy tranquilo. Does anybody know how many "to be" we have in English? I think it's only one, isn't it? Is it common for other languages to have two or more "to be"? Thank you for your help for my 19 examples of ser vs. estar!

Translate my phrases from English to Spanish please! Today, I'm writing a few phrases/idioms that are very common in the English language. If these phrases/idioms have a translation from English to Spanish, please translate them for me. If the phrases that I post in English don't DIRECTLY translate to Spanish, or if they WOULDN'T make sense in Spanish then PLEASE TELL ME! Thanks! If anybody has some other good Spanish phrases, tell me! Credit for inspiration: http://www.smart-words.org/quotes-sayings/idioms-meaning.html 1. For the life of me, I can not believe.............. - this means you can't believe something is true, false, or happening 2. For the life of me, I can not understand...... - basically it means the same thing as #1 except you replace "believe" with "understand" 3. What the hell?! - this is said when you can't believe what you are seeing/what somebody said; it's used for something shocking 4. Actions speak louder than words - This phrase means that what you actually DO means more then what you SAY. 5. Add insult to injury - this means to make things worse 6. At the drop of a dime - this means you stop what you are doing (usually an action) at that very moment 7. Back to the drawing board - this means to start over 8. Ball is in your court - this means that YOU (the person you are talking to) has to make the decision on something 9. Barking up the wrong tree - This means you're Looking in the wrong place. You're Accusing the wrong person 10. Beat around the bush - to be very indirect about something; for example, if you want to ask a girl if she likes you then instead of just simply asking the girl "hey, do you like me" you would ask her 15213521356 questions to try to figure out if she likes you 11. Best of both worlds - Normally used when there are two options to choose from, but when you get to have BOTH options, then you have the best option from option A and the best option from option B. 12. Bite off more than you can chew - to take more responsibility then you can handle; to take on a task or activity that is to much for you to handle 13. Blessing in disguise - when something bad happens to you, but then in the very end everything works out very good for you. For example, you lose your job. But then two months after losing your job, you get an even better job with three times the annual salary! That would be a blessing in disguise. 14. Don't judge a book by its cover - When something (usually a person) is actually different then what your perceptions of it/them are.

Spaniards - Lets hear it, what idioms from Spain should I know?

Here's your chance to shine Spaniards - what are some popular idioms/phrases that I should know for when I speak Spanish with Spaniards? 

Please think of common and short idioms/phrases that I can use. If any other Latin Americans would like to join in and give me some useful and COMMON idioms, I'm all ears! 

Please state your nationality on your post. I would like to focus on universal/Spain idioms. I don't need the idioms that are exclusive to parts of Latin America. 

Equal Comparisons please help Italki! Hello Italki, today I wanted to write some comparative sentences using the following formulas: - Tanto + noun + como for equal comparisons - Más/menos + noun + que for unequal comparisons - The English sentence is what I want to say. The Spanish sentence is what I’m attempting to translate - I used the phrase “everybody else” a lot on here. Spanishdict says that the translation for this is “todos los demás”. If anybody has a good translation for “everybody else, anybody else, everyone else” then please let me know. EQUAL COMPARISONS FORUMLA: Tanto + noun + como 1. There are just as many people here then there are over there. 1. Aquí hay tanto personas como allá. 2. There are just as many options here as there are there. 2. Aquí hay tanto opciones como allí. 3. You are as beautiful as the rest of the girls (formal). 3. Eres tanto linda como las todas más chicas. 4. You are just as Smart as everybody else (formal). 4. Eres tanto inteligente como las todas más personas. 5. I was just as handsome as everybody else at the party. 5. Fue tanto guapo como todas más personas en la fiesta. 6. I was just as nervous as everybody else. 6. Estuve tanto nervioso como todas más personas. 7. I will be just as happy as the rest of my classmates when this semester is over with! 7. Estaré tanto feliz como los todos estudiantes cuando este semestre terminará. 8. I have just as much money as you do (formal). 8. Tengo tanto dinero como tú. 9. I like to party as much as everybody else does. 9. Me gusta tanto fiesta como todas más personas hacen. 10. I am struggling in my class as much as everybody else is. 10. Tengo tiempo duro tanto en mi clase como todas más estudiantes. 11. I want the same things in life as everybody else does. 11. Quiero tanto las cosas en mi vida tanto todas más personas.