English Language & Usage Asked on August 14, 2021
In the phrases:
"welcome home"
"welcome to Jurassic Park"
I always assumed "welcome" was a verb here, and the structure was a shortened form of:
"(I) welcome (you) home"
"(we) welcome (you all) to Jurassic Park"
In learning Spanish, I started trying to conjugate "bienvenido" like a verb but it turns out it’s ONLY an adjective. So in Spanish, the phrases are:
"(you are) welcome home"
"(you all are) welcome to Jurassic Park"
If I think of these sentences in English, I believe they use "welcome" correctly but the structure seems odd to me.
So in English, in these phrases, what is "welcome" short for and/or what POS is "welcome"? I tried thinking of a definitive example sentence but nothing’s coming to mind.
Edit: Maybe "welcome, everyone" shows it’s an adj?
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