Spanish

• Nationality and place of origin


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• Profession or occupation

  Ser
• Location or spatial relationships

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• Health

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• Characteristics of people or things

  Ser
• Physical states and conditions

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• Generalizations


  Ser
• Emotional states

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• Possession


  Ser
• Certain weather expressions


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• Time and date


  Ser
• Ongoing actions (progressive tenses)

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• What something is made of


  Ser
• Where or when an event takes place

  Ser