meaning of "I am being a duck"

[Youknowitsme]

I am being a duck.

Question 1. What do you take this to mean?

Would you say this means

"I am in the middle of physically being a duck"

or "I am acting like a duck?"

Question 2. Could this sentence mean "I am becoming a duck?"

Question 3. If someone wearing a duck-like costume is asked "What are you pretending to be?" at a Halloween party, could he/she answer "I am being a duck?"

Regarding the third question, I do recognize the sentence could be grammatically correct, but limiting the scope of discussion to spoken English, how common, in terms of frequency of use in casual conversation, is that sentence?

[Yankee]

Hi ykim :wink:

When 'be' is used this way, it usually means 'acting (like)' or 'behaving (like)'.

For example, if a mother hires a babysitter and phones just to check on how things are going while she's out, the babysitter might say 'Don't worry. Everything is fine and the kids are being angels.' -- i.e. they are not misbehaving/they're acting like angels.

No, I would not interpret your sentence to mean "I'm becoming a duck."

[Youknowitsme]

Thank you!

I'm having this whole debate on this on this Korean bbs thing.

Anyways, thanks for your help and cya-hopefully!

[Youknowitsme]

btw yankee-
That picture under your screenname/ID

I've seen that before. Are you the one who answered my other post?
(I've only done two posts)

[Yankee]

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Yes, that was me, too.
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