[Vocabulary] being late

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I will be late.
or
I will late.
Which one is correct? ,first one seems to be correct
 

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Moqaddas, do you know why the second one is incorrect?
 

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Moqaddas, do you know why the second one is incorrect?

I think ''late'' is noun and ''be'' makes it verb,by the way I don't know I am just guessing,would you like to tell me?
 

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I think ''late'' is noun and ''be'' makes it verb,by the way I don't know I am just guessing,would you like to tell me?
Yes, of course. "Late" isn't a noun. It's an adjective in this sentence.

We can say

I am late. :tick:

You are late. :tick:

He will be late. :tick:

They were late. :tick:

The adjective "late" needs the verb "be" in these sentences. In English, every sentence must have a verb.

So we cannot say

I late. :cross:

You late. :cross:

He late. :cross:

They late.
:cross:

These are not correct sentences, because they don't have any verbs.
 
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