Keep Your Identity Small (2009)

Re:Keep Your Identity Small (2009) by Izkata on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:34PM (#27424543)

This understanding is also closer to Spanish's "ser" and "estar" - both get translated as "am"/"is", but "ser" is for identity and "estar" is for state.

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Re:Keep Your Identity Small (2009) by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:30PM (#27426242)

I absolutely love that Spanish uses different words to describe a temporary state vs a permanent state.

"I am sad" absolutely should use a different word than "I am from California," and English gets it wrong by combining the two.

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