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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. (lemmy.world)
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[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How many homes do you have?

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

That's exactly my point.