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Esir is generally used as a personal linking verb describing occupation / profession, nationality / origin, personal (permanent) adjectives. When used as a simple linking verb, ''esir'' does not take articles. Generally, ''estar'' is used in emotional or physical condition, but ''esir'' can be used for '''permanent''' condition. For example, to say “She is a beautiful woman” with the specific connotation of this woman always being beautiful, one says “E muyer bela.” | Esir is generally used as a personal linking verb describing occupation / profession, nationality / origin, personal (permanent) adjectives. When used as a simple linking verb, ''esir'' does not take articles. Generally, ''estar'' is used in emotional or physical condition, but ''esir'' can be used for '''permanent''' condition. For example, to say “She is a beautiful woman” with the specific connotation of this woman always being beautiful, one says “E muyer bela.” | ||
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''Haber'' cannot mean "to have" in the same way as in English (''tener'' functions this way), and is used in special idiomatic expressions. These deal with temporal expressions ("it is three o'clock" -- ''elo ha tres horas''), impersonal expressions of amount ("there is a person" -- ''elo i ha una pelsona'') and expressions of hunger, shame, fear, thirst, warmth, cold, and tiredness ("I am hungry" -- ''J'he fanye''). | |||
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''Ir'' is an irregular verb in forms but mostly regular in its meaning of "go." It can be used as a future indicator with the infinitive only in the subjunctive ("Hopefully I will go to Paris next year" -- Ualá ''j'ale'' a París l'anyo projimo). | |||
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