State Label
What state is it in?
Signification
A temporary or resulting condition of a participant: tired, broken, open, sick, ready, asleep, available.
Comment le repérer
Ask whether the description is a state rather than a permanent type.
Exemples
tired|open|closed|ready|broken
very tired|already open|still asleep
The window is open.
Visual guide
THING + current state window -> open (now) friend -> tired (now) door -> closed break -> broken state Ask: what state?
Stable vs state: PROPERTY: wooden window kind/material STATE: window is open condition now RESULT: window is broken state after event Some mark STATE/RESULT
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Temporary or resulting states are usually expressed with être plus an adjective or participle.
La fenêtre est ouverte.
The window is open.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, on utilise souvent be + adjectif pour décrire l’état d’une personne ou d’une chose, qu’il soit temporaire ou plus stable.
He is tired.
'tired' = étiquette d’état : il est dans l’état « fatigué ».
Les apprenants oublient parfois le verbe be, par exemple He tired, ou confondent adjectifs et adverbes.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.