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[–] 5 points 11 months ago

As a Spanish native I was very surprised when I learnt that "soy" and "estoy" both are translated as "I am" in English.

You can either be something because it is something inherent to your being "I am a happy person" or be something at this moment "I am happy". Both are expressed by the same verb, but mean very different things. In Spanish it would be "Soy una persona feliz" and "Estoy feliz".

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