Mostly right, but “dead” is just an adjective. He is big, he is red, he is dead are all the same format.
Adverbs are basically just modifiers for adjectives and verbs. He is very big, he is slighty red, he is almost dead, he will be dead soon.
Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”?
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 weeks ago
Is English a second language for you? (Serious question, not being snarky). Would help with how to frame an answer.
With “He died” - the word “died” is a verb (it’s what he did), it’s the action that takes place. It’s functionally (though not literally) equivalent to saying “He fell”.
With “He’s dead”, the verb is “is” - “He is (dead)”, describing a state of being/existence. “Dead” functions as an adverb (I think, English class was a long time ago), modifying “is”, with the information that he exists, just no longer as a living being.
“He is”, while not obvious, is a functionally correct/complete sentence (just ask Descartes).
Hope that helps and I request corrections/clarifications from grammarians and language boffins.
Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
s0larfl4re@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Russian is!
Nemo@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
“Dead” is an adjective, modifying the antecedent of “he”, not an adverb modifying “is”.
Contrast “he is well”, where “well” modifies “is” as an adverb vs. “he is good” where “good” is an adjective modifying “he”. There’s no grammatic signifier which is which beyond the modifying word itself, so you need to see whether it’s in adverb form or adjective form.
hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
As a native speaker and someone who was once fond of langauge, I hate you.
I read your comment a million times and disagreed. I consulted a dictionary for the definition of the noun form of “good”, and relectantly agreed. “Dead”, “Well”, and “Good” are descriptors and not states of being. They are therefore adjectives not nouns.
In the out of context and incomplete quote of Tigger, “Double Guh R”. GRRRRRR GRRRRRRR