"He is in her home."
Translation:Li estas en ŝia hejmo.
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Why isn't domo accepted for hejmo? Are house and home really that different?
A home does not have to be a house. What if somebody lives in the mountains? That person's home would be the mountains, in that case.
I don't 100% know but I would imagine because of modifiers such as "ej, et" that "domo" and "hejmo" can not be interchanged. Hopefully someone can confirm this.
In english at least, the difference is recognized. I can refer to where I live as my home whether or not it belongs to me. Whereas my house is the house that is mine, i.e I own it.
To avoid having to add (sorry no circumflex on the s) you may write "sxia" and people will know that you mean to add the circumflex.
The thing there is really the verb. There is no accusative when the verb is "estas".
Because the n ending is used for accusatives, which are not needed with the verb "estas" because estas just tells us the state of something or someone, not that someone/something is doing something to someone/something else, as in "He visits her home" (Li vizitas ŝian hejmon).
The other place where n is used is to indicate movement towards a place, as for instance, "He runs into her home" (Li kuras en ŝian domon). Without the n, "Li kuras en ŝia domo" means that he is alread in her home when he begins running.