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El profesor es aburrido, pero los estudiantes no están aburridos.

El profesor es aburrido, pero los estudiantes no están aburridos.
The professor is boring, but the students are not bored.
From Lesson 13:Ser vs. estar·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El profesor es aburrido, pero los estudiantes no están aburridos.

Why does the same word aburrido mean both "boring" and "bored" here?
This is a perfect example of how ser and estar change the meaning of some describing words! When we use es (from ser, for essential traits), aburrido means the professor is a boring person. When we use están (from estar, for temporary states), aburridos means the students are currently feeling bored.
Why do we use es in the first half but están in the second half?
Es goes with el profesor because he is just one person. Están goes with los estudiantes because there are multiple students. Also, we switch from the verb ser to the verb estar because we changed from talking about a personality trait to a temporary feeling.
Why is there an "s" at the end of aburridos?
In Spanish, describing words (adjectives) must match the amount of things they describe. Because los estudiantes is plural (more than one student), we add an "s" to make aburridos plural too. El profesor is just one person, so his describing word stays as aburrido.
Why is the word no placed before están instead of after it?
In Spanish, the word no always goes immediately before the action word (verb) you want to make negative. To say "are not," you say no están.

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