soy vs estoy in Spanish please

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soy vs estoy in Spanish please

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Soy means “I am” in a permanent way. I am tall. I am named Jaime.

Estoy means “I am” in a transitive way. I am cold, I am happy, I am over here.

I think of soy as “I am” and estoy as “I am being”.