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I am living near Nairobi with my husband and 3 sons, so I'm wanting to be fluent in Swahili. I have a good grasp of how English works linguistically which I could use to help others.
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- This sentence was not alone. You have already read about some people's situation(s), and this is adding more information. In addition to the people you were already told about, there is 1/3 of these couples without children at home. "None still living at home" means that their probably adult children have moved out of the parents' homes to their own homes. They no longer live at the home of their parents.0 votedJuly 7, 20131
- Avenge is to get revenge for someone or something else, usually. If I want revenge for my father's death, I will seek to avenge him. Avenge is generally a verb, and revenge is a noun, or occasionally an adjective. I'm not sure what that expression is, but avenge angel I would take as an angel avenging someone, whereas revenge would be one getting revenge? Neither one makes a whole lot of sense to me, though.0 votedJune 17, 20130
- Maybe instead of completely we could use "truly." Quite doesn't mean extremely, but it is definite. Sometimes we use pretty in a similar way. He's pretty good, or it's a solid score. He is actually good, and not just a tiny amount. Very, though, is extreme. Yes, if using them as qualifiers, quite would be less than very, but more than a little.0 votedJune 17, 20130
- I think if you ask someone how to pronounce it, they will do a full unvoiced pronunciation of ths. Merriam Webster backs me up: http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=month002&word=months&text=%5C%3Cspan%20class%3D%22unicode%22%3Eˈ%3C%2Fspan%3Emən(t)s%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22unicode%22%3Eˈ%3C%2Fspan%3Emən(t)ths%5C However, as to how we say it normally, I think you're right that it's not so clear. I don't know how to explain it linguistically, but I think we say mon and then the s with our tongue in the unvoiced th position. It's kind of a lesser th, but I think there's still a trace of it there. Does that help?0 votedJune 17, 20137
- You can say your bootlaces are untied, but at least in American English I think the most common would be to say your shoe is untied. You could, though, say something like, "Oops, my laces are untied. Hold on while I tie my shoe." Boot would work, but the phrase we tend to use is using shoe.0 votedJune 17, 20130
- I would take this as would you please make some stew for me to eat, but depending on the context, there is another possibility. To stew is to worry or be angry about something for a long time. I think it's possible, but seems a little awkward, to mean, "are you going to make me fret about this?" Again, that would require the context to make it mean that.0 votedJune 10, 20131
- You would not say "here look" to try to get someone's attention at first. "Look here" would be a little more likely if someone didn't see you at first. I would say "here look" if I had something in my hand that I wanted to show someone and we were already chatting. "I wonder what the weather is in San Diego today." "Here look," (I bring it up on the computer) "it's sunny and 75 as usual." I've got a question instead of I got a question. I got would be right if someone gave you a question to ask someone else.0 votedJune 8, 20131

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