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If I'm saying that something is two adjectives and one uses “ser” but the other uses “estar”, what should I do?
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If I am talking about my dog, and I want to say:
He is big and angry.
In Spanish, using "enojado" and "grande", what should I do?
"Enojado" uses estar, while "grande" uses ser.
How can I say this?
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If I am talking about my dog, and I want to say:
He is big and angry.
In Spanish, using "enojado" and "grande", what should I do?
"Enojado" uses estar, while "grande" uses ser.
How can I say this?
cópulas
edited 8 hours ago
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If I am talking about my dog, and I want to say:
He is big and angry.
In Spanish, using "enojado" and "grande", what should I do?
"Enojado" uses estar, while "grande" uses ser.
How can I say this?
cópulas
edited 8 hours ago
walen
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If I am talking about my dog, and I want to say:
He is big and angry.
In Spanish, using "enojado" and "grande", what should I do?
"Enojado" uses estar, while "grande" uses ser.
How can I say this?
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edited 8 hours ago
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El perro es grande y está enojado.
The verb ser is (among other things) for defining a feature. So the dog is big is
el perro es grande
because it is "permanently big". Permanently doesn't mean forever, but for a long time.
The dog cannot be therefore permanently angry (can it?) so then you use
el perro está enojado
because it's a feeling it is experiencing at the moment.
Now, if you want to say that the dog is permanently angry in the meaning that it's part of its "personality" (Can we talk about personality for referring to an animal?), then you could use other words. Probably in english you would rather say "irritable" or something like that. So you could say for example:
el perro es grande y enfadadizo
or
el perro es grande y enojón
(Not sure if the last word is widely used, but at least in Chile, and maybe Mexico, it is).
So you cannot mix ser and estar because they are used for difference purposes.
El vecino de la esquina es enojón, pero sorprendentemente hoy no estaba enojado e incluso esbozó una sonrisa. (The neighbour who lives in (the house in) the corner is tetchy, but surprisingly he wasn't angry today and even gave me a smile).
So you use ser for something that is more permanent and estar for something that is temporal. And when you have both things in a sentence you have to use both verbs. Don't think of them as if they were the same verb like in English and always treat them as two different verbs.
answered 8 hours ago
Vladimir NulVladimir Nul
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I recommend not using quote blocks like that, just as emphasis; I've heard that some screen readers read each letter in them individually.
– Stormblessed
8 hours ago
@Stormblessed I have updated the answer accordingly.
– Vladimir Nul
8 hours ago
I support el perro es grande y enojón -- this is the solution I'd go for. // You could strengthen this answer by posing a different, more challenging example. OP wanted to know what to do more generally, I think.
– aparente001
4 hours ago
Enojón is used in South America, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
– Stormblessed
1 hour ago
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El perro es grande y está enojado.
The verb ser is (among other things) for defining a feature. So the dog is big is
el perro es grande
because it is "permanently big". Permanently doesn't mean forever, but for a long time.
The dog cannot be therefore permanently angry (can it?) so then you use
el perro está enojado
because it's a feeling it is experiencing at the moment.
Now, if you want to say that the dog is permanently angry in the meaning that it's part of its "personality" (Can we talk about personality for referring to an animal?), then you could use other words. Probably in english you would rather say "irritable" or something like that. So you could say for example:
el perro es grande y enfadadizo
or
el perro es grande y enojón
(Not sure if the last word is widely used, but at least in Chile, and maybe Mexico, it is).
So you cannot mix ser and estar because they are used for difference purposes.
El vecino de la esquina es enojón, pero sorprendentemente hoy no estaba enojado e incluso esbozó una sonrisa. (The neighbour who lives in (the house in) the corner is tetchy, but surprisingly he wasn't angry today and even gave me a smile).
So you use ser for something that is more permanent and estar for something that is temporal. And when you have both things in a sentence you have to use both verbs. Don't think of them as if they were the same verb like in English and always treat them as two different verbs.
answered 8 hours ago
Vladimir NulVladimir Nul
6754 silver badges14 bronze badges
I recommend not using quote blocks like that, just as emphasis; I've heard that some screen readers read each letter in them individually.
– Stormblessed
8 hours ago
@Stormblessed I have updated the answer accordingly.
– Vladimir Nul
8 hours ago
I support el perro es grande y enojón -- this is the solution I'd go for. // You could strengthen this answer by posing a different, more challenging example. OP wanted to know what to do more generally, I think.
– aparente001
4 hours ago
Enojón is used in South America, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
– Stormblessed
1 hour ago
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El perro es grande y está enojado.
The verb ser is (among other things) for defining a feature. So the dog is big is
el perro es grande
because it is "permanently big". Permanently doesn't mean forever, but for a long time.
The dog cannot be therefore permanently angry (can it?) so then you use
el perro está enojado
because it's a feeling it is experiencing at the moment.
Now, if you want to say that the dog is permanently angry in the meaning that it's part of its "personality" (Can we talk about personality for referring to an animal?), then you could use other words. Probably in english you would rather say "irritable" or something like that. So you could say for example:
el perro es grande y enfadadizo
or
el perro es grande y enojón
(Not sure if the last word is widely used, but at least in Chile, and maybe Mexico, it is).
So you cannot mix ser and estar because they are used for difference purposes.
El vecino de la esquina es enojón, pero sorprendentemente hoy no estaba enojado e incluso esbozó una sonrisa. (The neighbour who lives in (the house in) the corner is tetchy, but surprisingly he wasn't angry today and even gave me a smile).
So you use ser for something that is more permanent and estar for something that is temporal. And when you have both things in a sentence you have to use both verbs. Don't think of them as if they were the same verb like in English and always treat them as two different verbs.
answered 8 hours ago
Vladimir NulVladimir Nul
6754 silver badges14 bronze badges
I recommend not using quote blocks like that, just as emphasis; I've heard that some screen readers read each letter in them individually.
– Stormblessed
8 hours ago
@Stormblessed I have updated the answer accordingly.
– Vladimir Nul
8 hours ago
I support el perro es grande y enojón -- this is the solution I'd go for. // You could strengthen this answer by posing a different, more challenging example. OP wanted to know what to do more generally, I think.
– aparente001
4 hours ago
Enojón is used in South America, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
– Stormblessed
1 hour ago
add a comment
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El perro es grande y está enojado.
The verb ser is (among other things) for defining a feature. So the dog is big is
el perro es grande
because it is "permanently big". Permanently doesn't mean forever, but for a long time.
The dog cannot be therefore permanently angry (can it?) so then you use
el perro está enojado
because it's a feeling it is experiencing at the moment.
Now, if you want to say that the dog is permanently angry in the meaning that it's part of its "personality" (Can we talk about personality for referring to an animal?), then you could use other words. Probably in english you would rather say "irritable" or something like that. So you could say for example:
el perro es grande y enfadadizo
or
el perro es grande y enojón
(Not sure if the last word is widely used, but at least in Chile, and maybe Mexico, it is).
So you cannot mix ser and estar because they are used for difference purposes.
El vecino de la esquina es enojón, pero sorprendentemente hoy no estaba enojado e incluso esbozó una sonrisa. (The neighbour who lives in (the house in) the corner is tetchy, but surprisingly he wasn't angry today and even gave me a smile).
So you use ser for something that is more permanent and estar for something that is temporal. And when you have both things in a sentence you have to use both verbs. Don't think of them as if they were the same verb like in English and always treat them as two different verbs.
answered 8 hours ago
Vladimir NulVladimir Nul
6754 silver badges14 bronze badges
El perro es grande y está enojado.
The verb ser is (among other things) for defining a feature. So the dog is big is
el perro es grande
because it is "permanently big". Permanently doesn't mean forever, but for a long time.
The dog cannot be therefore permanently angry (can it?) so then you use
el perro está enojado
because it's a feeling it is experiencing at the moment.
Now, if you want to say that the dog is permanently angry in the meaning that it's part of its "personality" (Can we talk about personality for referring to an animal?), then you could use other words. Probably in english you would rather say "irritable" or something like that. So you could say for example:
el perro es grande y enfadadizo
or
el perro es grande y enojón
(Not sure if the last word is widely used, but at least in Chile, and maybe Mexico, it is).
So you cannot mix ser and estar because they are used for difference purposes.
El vecino de la esquina es enojón, pero sorprendentemente hoy no estaba enojado e incluso esbozó una sonrisa. (The neighbour who lives in (the house in) the corner is tetchy, but surprisingly he wasn't angry today and even gave me a smile).
So you use ser for something that is more permanent and estar for something that is temporal. And when you have both things in a sentence you have to use both verbs. Don't think of them as if they were the same verb like in English and always treat them as two different verbs.
answered 8 hours ago
Vladimir NulVladimir Nul
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edited 3 hours ago
answered 8 hours ago
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answered 8 hours ago
Vladimir NulVladimir Nul
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I recommend not using quote blocks like that, just as emphasis; I've heard that some screen readers read each letter in them individually.
– Stormblessed
8 hours ago
@Stormblessed I have updated the answer accordingly.
– Vladimir Nul
8 hours ago
I support el perro es grande y enojón -- this is the solution I'd go for. // You could strengthen this answer by posing a different, more challenging example. OP wanted to know what to do more generally, I think.
– aparente001
4 hours ago
Enojón is used in South America, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
– Stormblessed
1 hour ago
add a comment
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I recommend not using quote blocks like that, just as emphasis; I've heard that some screen readers read each letter in them individually.
– Stormblessed
8 hours ago
@Stormblessed I have updated the answer accordingly.
– Vladimir Nul
8 hours ago
I support el perro es grande y enojón -- this is the solution I'd go for. // You could strengthen this answer by posing a different, more challenging example. OP wanted to know what to do more generally, I think.
– aparente001
4 hours ago
Enojón is used in South America, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
– Stormblessed
1 hour ago
I recommend not using quote blocks like that, just as emphasis; I've heard that some screen readers read each letter in them individually.
– Stormblessed
8 hours ago
I recommend not using quote blocks like that, just as emphasis; I've heard that some screen readers read each letter in them individually.
– Stormblessed
8 hours ago
@Stormblessed I have updated the answer accordingly.
– Vladimir Nul
8 hours ago
@Stormblessed I have updated the answer accordingly.
– Vladimir Nul
8 hours ago
I support el perro es grande y enojón -- this is the solution I'd go for. // You could strengthen this answer by posing a different, more challenging example. OP wanted to know what to do more generally, I think.
– aparente001
4 hours ago
I support el perro es grande y enojón -- this is the solution I'd go for. // You could strengthen this answer by posing a different, more challenging example. OP wanted to know what to do more generally, I think.
– aparente001
4 hours ago
Enojón is used in South America, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
– Stormblessed
1 hour ago
Enojón is used in South America, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
– Stormblessed
1 hour ago
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