Estar/ser

Matthew G.B2Kwiziq community member

Estar/ser

I know ser means ‘to be’ in terms of characteristics and estar means ‘to be’ in temporary sense or in terms of location but why does this exercise use estar for ‘to be clear’ and ‘is cloudy’ but ser for ‘can be unstable’?

This question relates to:Spanish writing exercise "Weather in April"

Freeform Writing Exercise A1

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Emily T.A1Kwiziq community member

I'd like to know that too!

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Scott S.B1Kwiziq community member

Same my guess is that unstable relates more to characteristic of the weather itself "ser" and cloudy and clear are temporary/changing patterns "estar"

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola - it's using "ser" because, as you mentioned, in this case it's referring to a characteristic of the weather. 

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Matthew G. asked:

Estar/ser

I know ser means ‘to be’ in terms of characteristics and estar means ‘to be’ in temporary sense or in terms of location but why does this exercise use estar for ‘to be clear’ and ‘is cloudy’ but ser for ‘can be unstable’?

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