ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agoIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.message-squaremessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down142
arrow-up1383arrow-down1message-squareIt must confuse English learners to hear phrases like, "I'm home", instead of "I am at home." We don't say I'm school, or I'm post office.ParabolicMotion@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-28 months agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·8 months agoThat reminds me that my sixth grade teacher was adamant that 'I am going over Steve’s house" meant that one was visiting the house, not flying over it.
minus-squaremagikmw@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI like learning french because it shows me how weird the connections to english are. “Chez Steve” means “At Steve’s [place]”. This one is more verbose in english. But you can say “chez moi” for “at home”. And no need to specify which home.
That reminds me that my sixth grade teacher was adamant that 'I am going over Steve’s house" meant that one was visiting the house, not flying over it.
I like learning french because it shows me how weird the connections to english are.
“Chez Steve” means “At Steve’s [place]”. This one is more verbose in english.
But you can say “chez moi” for “at home”. And no need to specify which home.
How many homes do you have?
That’s exactly my point.