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Need A Help!! I'm twenty years old. I work with with a guy from abroad who doesn't know swahili. the problem comes when i want to explain myself, or some thing.It happened to be very defficult for me

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Need A Help!! Need Help!!

I'm twenty years old. I work with with a guy from abroad who doesn't know swahili.
the problem comes when i want to explain myself, or something.It happened to be is very difficult for me

 

I know it's always very difficult for English learners to know when to put in the articles "a," "an," and "the." In this example, the reason it should be "help" rather than "a help" is that we don't have 1 help, 2 helps, 3 helps, etc. Help isn't something you count, it's more like water. In Swahili, you wouldn't say "maji matatu." "Maji" is something you would refer to as "kiasi gani," not "mangapi."

 

"Happen to be" is a phrase that we only use when something happens for no particular reason, just randomly. "It happens to be raining." "When I got to his house, I happened to be hungry." (I wasn't hungry because I was at his house.)

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Sorry to hear that you're having a tough time, Matt. To me, your English seems easy to understand. Maybe you just need to spend enough time speaking it so that you become more comfortable. Hang in there!

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