Enrique is in a cafe in mexico, writing a letter to his friend francisco. complete his letter by writing the correct forms of the verb ser or estar.

aquí en el restaurant los arcos, cuernavaca. los pasteles de aquí ricos y la limonada sabroso. once de la noche pero yo . poco triste porque cumpleaños de mi mamá y york. pero, generalmente contento.

voy a hablar con maría por teléfono mañana. prima divertida. cuernavaca de la universidad aquí. pero su veracruz. interesante y bonita el golfo de mexico.

Yes, SER/ESTAR is a complicated issue for most Spanish learners. Here are some guidelines:

- SER: (a) Something that is part of who you are, that cannot be changed: like being American/Canadian, tall, short, handicapped and so on, applied to both persons and things. (b) for time

- ESTAR: (a) something temporary like  person's illness or emotions. (b) A person or a place location (even if it's something that won't move, like the ocean 'esta' on the East side of the country),

AquíESTOYyo en el restaurant Los Arcos, Cuernavaca. Los pasteles de aquí___SON___muy ricos y la limonada siempreESmuy sabroso. Ahora_SON___las once de la noche pero yo no__ESTOY__cansado. Yo___ESTOY___un poco triste porque hoy__ES___el cumpleaños de mi mamá y ella__ESTA en_Nueva York. Pero, generalmente yo___ESTOYmuy contento.

Voy a hablar con María por teléfono mañana. Ella__ES___mi prima y__ESmuy divertida. Ella__ESTAen Cuernavaca porque___ESestudiante de la universidad aquí. Pero su familia___ESde Veracruz. Veracruz___ESmuy interesante y bonita y___ESTAen el Golfo de Mexico.

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