[General] Get/Get to

[Mr.Lucky_One]

Hi.
I would like to ask what part of speech the word "home" is in the sentence below.
"After three hours walking, I finally got home."
Is it a noun or an adverb? Is it correct to say "After three hours walking, I finally got to my home." and would it be still correct to say "After three hours walking, I finally got the lake."? Or is "After three hours walking, I finally got to the lake." the only correct way to say it? If they both are possible which one is more preferable? Do they both mean exactly the same thing?

 

[SoothingDave]

"To the lake" is the only correct way. If you "got the lake" it would mean the lake was now your property. After Grandpa died I got the lake in his will.

 

[Mr.Lucky_One]

"To the lake" is the only correct way. If you "got the lake" it would mean the lake was now your property. After Grandpa died I got the lake in his will.

Thanks. I am a little bit confused with the following.
get - definition of get by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. - Here it is given analogical example (transitive verb/point 5.a). Is "home" an adverb in that example and in mine? I do think that it is. But as far as I know adverb may not be a direct object whereas transitive verb always need have one.

 

[SoothingDave]

If you forced me to choose among traditional terms, I would say "home" is a direct object of "get" in this case. If it's transitive, it needs an object.

But, "home" is a special case. You can't "get work" or "get restaurant" or "get airport."

So, I'd be more inclined to define "get home" as a phrasal verb

 

[englishhobby]

Thanks. I am a little bit confused with the following.
get - definition of get by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. - Here it is given analogical example (transitive verb/point 5.a). Is "home" an adverb in that example and in mine? I do think that it is. But as far as I know adverb may not be a direct object whereas transitive verb always need have one.

It's funny that I guessed you were Russian without even looking at Member Info (no offence), because you, like my students, want to understand WHY the English say it, you are not satisfied with just trying to memorize WHAT THEY NORMALLY SAY. (I also have such a habit, but try to get rid of it).
In your example 5. get = arrive at, so the preposition is there, "inside" the verb get already. The verb "get" is not transitive in this context, so the dictionary is a bit wrong, I think. The best thing we can do, though, is not to think about verbs being transitive or intransitive, but concentrate on the phrase itself - "to get home" and try to memorize it as it is.

 

[MikeNewYork]

If you forced me to choose among traditional terms, I would say "home" is a direct object of "get" in this case. If it's transitive, it needs an object.

But, "home" is a special case. You can't "get work" or "get restaurant" or "get airport."

So, I'd be more inclined to define "get home" as a phrasal verb

I agree that "home" is a special case, but that is because it acts as adverb there. It does also with "arrive", "go", "travel", "return", etc. I would not call it a phrasal verb.

See home as an adverb: home - definition of home by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.