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estar vs. ser



Hello,

How did estar and ser come to be separate verbs in languages such as
Portuguese, Spanish and Galician? French seems to combine them in etre
(which no doubt would have been estre in older times). Did I miss something
in high-school Latin class? Or is this more a function of Vulgar Latin that
I missed out on as well?

If anyone could turn on the lumiere for me, I'd appreciate it. I have
another Romconlang on the boil and this would help me greatly.

Thanks
Scotto