I am finished eating lunch.

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This is passive voice. So, as far as I know, this is wrong grammatically.

However, I saw this kind of sentences in the web.

I am English teacher in Korea.

How can I explain this sentence to my students?

Pls help me out.

Thanks

Terry

Cool Breeze · Accepted Answer

I am finished can have the same meaning as I have finished. If you use am, finished expresses the state you are in, and the structure isn't really passive voice even though it looks like one. There are other similar structures (am/are/is + past participle) that have active meanings.

The house is situated on a hill.
He [was] drowned in the river.

He was drowned in the river may of course also mean that he was the victim of a crime.

CB

CalifJim · Answer

NddadI am an English teacher in Korea. How can I explain this sentence to my students?

What do you want to explain? It's a subject (I), a linking verb (am), and a subject complement (an English teacher) with a prepositional phrase (in Korea) that says where you are an English teacher.

CJ

AlpheccaStars · Answer

NddadThis is passive voice.

No, it is not passive voice. In that sentence, finished is an adjective.
Here is an example conversation:

Angie: Can you talk to me now?
Bill: No, not right now. I am busy.
Angie: When you are finished, please call me.
Bill: OK. I'll call you in about an hour.

The adjective finished can be followed (completed) by a complement. A gerund is used as a complement. Example:

When you are finished talking on the phone, come over here.

The verb finish is a catenative verb which can be followed by a gerund. Example:
After you finish doing your homework you can have some ice cream.

I am finished eating lunch.

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