Learning German language: The German Learners' Society (MKII)

Oh so one is simply a form of werden and the other of sein?

That seems..easy...which is suspicious

yep, 'werden' - Vorgangspassiv (Vorgang = process)
'sein' - Zustandspassiv

wird geöffnet
ist geöffnet

and to confirm your suspicion, there is a change of tenses between the active sentence and the corresponding statal passive sentence.
That's because the Vorgangspassiv focuses on the process which is in the same tense as the active sentence.

Der Mechaniker reparierte den Motor. aktiv, Präteritum

Der Motor wurde repariert. Vorgangspassiv, Präteritum

whereas the Zustandspassiv focuses on the result, which comes temporally after the process, hence the change of tenses.

Der Motor ist repariert. Zustandspassiv, Präsens

another example:
Er hatte das Fenster geöffnet. aktiv, Plusquamperfekt
Das Fenster war geöffnet worden. Vorgangspassiv, Plusquamperfekt

BUT: Das Fenster war geöffnet. Zustandspassiv, Präteritum

Aha I knew there would be more too it That still seems simple enough and I did do some googling to go over it as well.

But I can't help but feel it just seems to be acting more like an adjectival phrase or alike. Using your example of the Motor, it looks like it's just saying that the motor is repaired [adj.].

I assume this concept doesn't exist in English, or I'm just confusing myself then?

How about: Die Küche ist aufgeräumt. The kitchen is cleaned.
Die Küche wird aufgeräumt. The kitchen is being cleaned.

that's because a distinction is made between 'Zustandspassiv' und 'Vorgangspassiv'.
e.g.
active: Peter schloss das Fenster.
Vorgangspassiv: Das Fenster wurde geschlossen.
Zustandspassiv: Das Fenster ist/war geschlossen.

The examples still make sense and I understand how they're used, but they do kinda sound just like adjective phrases to me xD

It's something I'll have to adjust to.

Ah, I see. Boy, sometimes I am so glad that German is my native language. So many rules of grammar and so many differences in it. I can really understand why it is so difficult for foreigners to learn that language to be perfect in it.

My thoughts exactly!

Isn't that so? English language has lesser vocabularies to learn and simpler grammar to master. In comparison to English, German is so laborious sometimes.

Guten Morgen!

I'm helping you to adjust by giving an exercise.
I'm giving you two sentences in active voice and you form the two passive voices to each sentence.

1. Peter schloss das Fenster.
2. Susanne zerbrach eine Tasse.

1a. Das Fenster wurde [von Peter] geschlossen.
1b. Das Fenster war geschlossen.

2a. Eine Tasse wurde [von Susanne] zerbrochen.
2b. Eine Tasse war zerbrochen.

Right?

almost, you forgot the change in tenses with statal passive.
na, forget the change in tenses, it is right.
I think, the change in tenses only matters when in context.

Das Fenster wurde geschlossen. an action that happend in the past
as a result: Das Fenster ist geschlossen.

And yes, English pronunciation/spelling is completely bizarre

You say that as an English native speaker? I am a bit astonished. Yeah, I admit there are words now and then which are not so easily to handle in pronounciation, but the most of them indeed. And that is a lot to have a clear pronounciation and to be understandable for English native speakers.

Yes, as an English speaker I am 100% aware of how completely weird our pronunciation & spelling is - the mere word pronunciation is an example as it loses the o from 'pronounce'.

There are plenty of words in our language which have accepted multiple ways of being pronounced as well. z.B.

Sloth - sl-o-th or slow-th
Bath - bar-th or baa-th
Neither - nee-th-ur or ni-th-ur (...)

A German abbreviation? are there no ones in English? that is irritating. Yeah, your examples are good, but not really a hindrance for people with experiences in making differences in speaking.

Yes, as an English speaker I am 100% aware of how completely weird our pronunciation & spelling is - the mere word pronunciation is an example as it loses the o from 'pronounce'.

This annoys me so much! Why couldn't the o just be left there!!!!!!!!!!!

Oops yes, I have a very bad habit of writing z.B. instead of e.g. now. (e.g. is the English equivalent).*

German has really messed with my mind x)

*which is a latin abbreviation for exempli gratia meaning 'for example'.