State Label
Predicate adjective
Stative adjective
Result state
What state is it in?
core
basic
Description and quantity
Значение
A temporary or resulting condition of a participant: tired, broken, open, sick, ready, asleep, available.
Как распознать
Ask whether the description is a state rather than a permanent type.
Примеры
Слова
tired|open|closed|ready|broken
Фразы
very tired|already open|still asleep
Предложение
The window is open.
Visual guide
Basic shape
THING + current state window -> open (now) friend -> tired (now) door -> closed break -> broken state Ask: what state?
Compare shape
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
Разбор по языкам
В вашем языке
Russian
Выраженность
strong
Важность
States may use short adjectives, participles, adverbs, or zero-copula predicates.
Он устал.
He became tired / is tired.
В изучаемом языке
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Выраженность
strong
Сложность
Predicate adjectives can form present-tense state sentences without “be”, with agreement where relevant.
أنا متعب.
I tired.
Типичная трудность
Learners may add a present copula or miss masculine/feminine forms.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.