Comment on It 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.

skygirl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  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.

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  • magikmw@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How many homes do you have?

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      • magikmw@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s exactly my point.

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• tunetardis@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m at Steve’s house.

  I’m in Steve’s backyard.

  I’m at Steve’s backyard barbecue.

  Yeah, English is pretty f’d up.

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  • fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nah, this kinda does make sense. You wouldn’t wanna be inside Steve’s barbecue, would you?

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• Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would sure appreciate that explanation. Like I broadly get that ‘at’ implies you are present with the person’s knowledge while ‘in’ implies you are there without their knowledge but I would like an explanation of why the meanings are implied as such

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