Eat well, be well

No soy vegetariano, pero me gustan las verduras y las frutas. Mi padre era carnicero y cuando yo era joven no creía que, una comida estuviera completa sino tenía carne. Ahora, yo pienso diferentemente y dos noches a la semana, cenamos sin carne.

Soy: Ser and Estar are two Spanish verbs which both mean to be. But those are used in different context. Take for example:

The dog is brown

The dog is sick.

The first example indicates a basic characteristics of the dog, its color. The second one, however, indicates its condition. In Spanish, these different meanings each have their own verb:

El perro es marrón

El perro está enfermo

In the first example, I used the verb Ser, because I am describing a basic condition of the dog which is fairly permanent (its color). In the second one, I used Estar, because I am describing its condition, which is probably temporary.

Yo (Mi padre era carnicero y cuando era joven) Here it's not clear who was young... if it was you or your father. I thought it was you, that's why I put Yo.

Pienso: (Ahora, yo creo) In this case "creo" could be used as believe. It's better to say: Yo pienso, which means I think.

Hope it can help you! :)

Loles hizo un buen comentario del ejercicio, sólo dos cosillas:

- vegetariana. Ojo con el masculino y el femenino.

- si no tenía carne; ese "si no" va separado. Un ejemplo: No es este sino el otro.: junto implica una contraposición de ideas. En el primer caso "si no" se trata de un condicional más una negación.

Saludos