The verb “to be” can be expressed two different ways - Estar and Ser. And when it comes to location, the general rule is to use Estar. However, a common mistake many of us make is using Estar to describe the location of an event. This is a mistake. The location of an event is always described with Ser. For example:
La boda es en la iglesia. The wedding is in the church.
La reunion será en Chicago. The meeting will be in Chicago.
Remember, for the location of places, use Estar. ¿Dónde está tu casa? Where is your house? La universitad está norte de la ciudad. The university is north of the city.
But for events - use Ser!
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Hiya. I merely wished to let you know that some parts of the website can be tricky to read for me, as I’m colour blind. I am troubled by deuteranopia, on the other hand you will find a lot more varieties of color blindness which could also get challenges. I can understand the biggest section of the site Fine, plus the locations I have difficulties with I will be able to read by using a particular internet browser. However, it would be awesome if you would remember us color-blind people when doing your next site update. Thank you.