State Label
What state is it in?
Meaning
A temporary or resulting condition of a participant: tired, broken, open, sick, ready, asleep, available.
How to spot it
Ask whether the description is a state rather than a permanent type.
Examples
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
Language View
In your native language
English often uses 'be' plus an adjective to describe a temporary or stable state.
He is tired.
tired = state label
In your learning language
State labels are often expressed with estar plus adjective/participle, while ser marks more inherent classification.
Estoy cansado. La sopa está fría.
I am tired. The soup is cold.
Ser/estar and adjective agreement make this a core Spanish challenge.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.