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  • “esta superficie se siente rugosa”.

    That’s a completely valid sentence, you can and do use sentir. However I think I understood what you meant, you meant that english uses feel as a verb to describe the action of touching things, not to describe how things feel to the touch. Gotcha.

    A tientas is used as a descriptor when you are trying to feel something without light, yeah.

    Also, I’m from Spain, you really don’t need to lecture me on how we talk 😅.


  • Little trick, anything that you would use “estar” in romance languages aka Portuguese, use “feel” instead of “be”, it’s just as valid and there’s less misunderstandings.

    Also, for your examples, you would never interpret “you are sad” as ser, since ser describes adjectives, it’s always estar. Your ser version would be “you are a sad person” aka “eres un triste” (in Spanish).





  • The library is a thing, not a person. That’s why you say está, because there’s nothing inherent about a library, it’s just an outer description. In general location descriptions are described with está, no ser.

    Estoy triste: I am sad right now Soy triste: I am a sad person, in general.

    La biblioteca está genial: the library is awesome right now (maybe due to an event or special decoration or because it was recently cleaned).
    La biblioteca es genial: the library is awesome in general.

    Tengo hambre: I am hungry
    Soy hambre: I am hunger/(a hungry person)