You mean adjective, right? Adverb describes the verb, like talking loudly or quietly
sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 6 months ago
It’s because “home” in this formation is an adverb, whereas school is a noun. You can be an adverb- I’m tall, I’m short… - but you must be at a noun (or on, or in, or some other preposition).
jack@monero.town 6 months ago
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This is the adverb form. If it were an adjective, it nearer to the noun and not sperated by the verb like in “He stole home plate.” “Home” is modifying the state of being or “am”.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
with the addition that most languages - especially romance languages - have irregular verbs and constructions.
e.g. in french you say “I have 30 years” to say you are 30 years old. in English you say “I am 30” to say you are 30 years old. It makes no sense to say you are the number 30 or you have 30 years. But no one really thinks about it.
samus12345@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“I am 30” makes sense because it’s a shortened form of “I am 30 years old”.
Mesa@programming.dev 6 months ago
They likely meant to say “adverbial phrase.”
cucumber_sandwich@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ironically students of foreign language often cling to these grammatical structures and are less confused by the same word in different contexts.