Hoy estoy cansado, pero igual estudio español.

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Breakdown of Hoy estoy cansado, pero igual estudio español.

• estar: to be
• hoy: today
• español: Spanish

Questions & Answers about Hoy estoy cansado, pero igual estudio español.

Why is it estoy cansado and not soy cansado?

Spanish uses estar for temporary states or conditions and ser for more permanent characteristics.

• Estoy cansado = I am tired right now / today (temporary condition).
• Soy cansado would sound like “I am a tiring person / I tend to get tired easily,” a more permanent trait, and is rarely what you want.

Since being tired here is clearly a temporary, current state (“today I’m tired”), estar is the correct verb.

Why does cansado end in -o? What if the speaker is a woman?

Cansado agrees in gender and number with the subject, which is yo (I).

• A man would say: estoy cansado.
• A woman would say: estoy cansada.
• Several men / a mixed group: estamos cansados.
• Several women only: estamos cansadas.

So the -o in cansado tells you the speaker is male (or grammatically masculine).

Why is the pronoun yo missing? Shouldn’t it be yo estoy cansado?