My friends and I were translating another sentence containing 死んでいる which we determined to be an expression meaning "to be dead" (which Jisho agrees with). However, there was disagreement as to whether this was an expression or simply just the te-iru / enduring state of 死ぬ. As an example, one of them brought up 生まれている, which based on the "enduring state" interpretation should be something like "to be in the process of being born" (as in the continuous or enduring state of being born); however, I think it makes more sense to be an expression meaning "to be alive" (sort of the opposite of "to be dead").
My other friend says he thinks it's nonsense though (none of us have much Japanese knowledge). Unfortunately, Jisho does not have this form and instead just indicates that it could be an inflection of 生まれる and does not have the specific case (like it does with 死んでいる). Also, Google Translate (which I don't really trust anyway) just says "Born" which is not at all helpful.
What does this mean - is it the enduring state, an expression meaning "to be alive", or does it actually just not make sense, or is there another meaning?
