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Questions & Answers about El libro está abierto.
Why do we use está instead of es in El libro está abierto?
Why is abierto masculine in this sentence?
• In Spanish, adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender and number.
• Libro is a masculine noun, so the adjective takes the masculine form abierto (rather than abierta).
Is abierto a past participle or just an adjective?
• Abierto is originally the past participle of abrir ("to open").
• In this sentence, it also functions as an adjective describing the state of the libro.
Can we use a different verb instead of está here?
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