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Dec 2020
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42 Beginners Spanish Understand SER and ...

Gordon & Cynthia Smith-Duran
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In this lesson we help you to understand SER and ESTAR with some easy to follow concepts that include a banana and some sand.

Come and join us for some great information on how to understand SER and ESTAR and on how to use them the way native speakers do!

Un saludo,

Gordon y Cynthia:)

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