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36 - Verbs used as substitutes for “ser” and “estar” (including “hay”)/Verbos utilizados como sustitutos de “ser” y “estar” (incluyendo “hay”)

from Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

R. E. Batchelor
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Miguel Ángel San José
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
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Below is a passage illustrating the various ways in which ser and estar may be replaced by a series of other verbs. The piece narrates the wanderings of a seriously deranged woman, who ends up in a hotel rather than back in the psychiatric hospital.

Sí, a la vuelta se alzaba el obelisco y allá enfrente continuaba el Gran Hotel. Últimamente andaba algo pachucha (unwell), se encontraba cansada y a veces experimentaba cierto aturdimiento (bewilderment). Tras permanecer un momento contemplando la fachada que se elevaba ante ella, avanzó decidida. La gente se mostraba muy atenta, todos le sonreían y le iban dejando paso con presteza; debía resultar deslumbrante porque al entrar en el vestíbulo atrajo todas las miradas e incluso el recepcionista, según ella pudo apreciar, quedó fascinado por su presencia.

Mientras seguía en el centro del vestíbulo, un guardia de seguridad se acercó con una manta y le dijo: –Tápese, señora. ¿Cómo se le ocurre a usted salir en camisón (nightgown) y descalza (nothing on your feet) a la calle?

El recepcionista iba diciendo por teléfono: –Si, una señora, que al parecer no se halla en sus cabales (in her right mind)…Claro… el hospital psiquiátrico se ubica aquí al lado.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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