One askedWhen someone asks whether you hadhave completed a task e.g. shopping, dinner.
What should be your answer ?
I am done.
or
I have done.
To me, the former sentence's formation , Sub + VBe+ Past Participle , fallsfalls to passive voice. Therefore, it has a totally different meaning from I have done Sub + Predicate (verb intransitive ).
Addendum :
According to Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary 3rd Eded. The, the verb Dodo is an intreansitiveintransitive verb in the meaning of complete/finish.
In the sentence , same formation as I am done:
I am beautiful.
I am beautiful.
The verb am am ( ofof VBe ) linklinks the adj beautifulbeautiful to the subject of the sentence II. Therefore I I, the subject of the sentence , is beautiful ( another word Satein other words, state of Being being).
Then in the senetncesentence :
I am done.
I am done.
The subject , I I, is linked to Adj Donethe adjective done. So the subject's state of being is Done done, antoher word Deadin other words dead?