VERB TO BE. Spelling, uses and meanings.

VERB TO BE.

Take a look to the following table.  Here you may see the verb TO BE in its Simple Present form, its full and contracted forms in the positive and the negative manners.  

USES OF THE PRESENT.

Simple Present with TO BE: We can use it to express WHO ARE WE, WHAT IS OUR PROFESSION, HOW ARE WE FEELING...

 I am a doctor (yo soy un doctor). You aren’t happy (Tú no estás feliz). Is he Carlos? (¿Es él Carlos?)

Present Continuous with TO BE: We can use it to describe actions taking place in the moment we are speaking.  To do so, we use TO BE as an auxiliary, followed by the main verb ending in -ing.

 I am playing football (yo estoy jugando al fútbol). You aren’t attending (Tú no estás atendiendo). Is he eating? (¿Está él comiendo?)

MEANING OF THE VERB TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH:  it can be translated as SER or ESTAR, depending on the context.

Examples:

I am a nurse. Soy una enfermera. (SER)
I am at school. Estoy en la escuela. (ESTAR)