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Hi, my dear friends, could you teach me how to say this pls? These are just sample sentences that I came up with, so don't take it literally and I hope all of my foreign friends are doing good every day.
1. I'm a homebody so it does not affect me much when this lock-down will end.
2. I have experienced to stay home for a year and my slippers were covered in dust.
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"1. I'm a homebody so it does not affect me much when this lock-down will end. "
Homebody is a very unusual word that no-one really uses. A better word is "recluse". In this context it also sounds better to use the present tense for the lockdown ending.
So: "I'm a recluse so it doesn't affect me much when this lockdown ends"
"2. I have experienced to stay home for a year and my slippery was covered in dust."
You wouldn't say "I have experienced". It's better to say "I once stayed at home for a year". I assume you mean "slippers" not "slippery". Slippers is plural, so you say "were covered" not "was covered".
So: "2. I once stayed at home for a year, and my slippers were covered in dust".
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Thank you
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"Homebody" is American English, which explains why @HenryTilbury thought it was 'very unusual'. It's fine to use this word for a US or Canadian audience.
In British English, we might say something like 'I'm the stay-at-home type'. This means that you're happy to be at home and you prefer it going out.
A recluse is different: a recluse is someone who avoids human contact.
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