Khamala
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- Apr 9, 2022
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- Native Language
- Zulu
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- Zambia
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- Zambia
I'm starting to read english books with "graded readers". I also finished a grammar book (around B1-B2), but I can't understand some complicated structures in graded readers (even in low level like A2, B1)
e.g:
Level A2:
One of them, sun-burned and hot, dressed in a shirt and jeans, kneels down on the dusty ground to take some photographs of the girl before he leaves. In the pocket of his shirt is a protein bar, soft from the sun, uneaten, untouched, forgotten.
Level B2:
In a corner there was a rusty tap, with a pile of unwashed bowls under it; uneaten rice and vegetables, swollen and going bad, floating on a pool of dark, oily water.
OMG! How can learners understand these sentences without an explanation? I think they are reduced relative clauses, but I can't imagine the whole sentences before reducing
e.g:
Level A2:
One of them, sun-burned and hot, dressed in a shirt and jeans, kneels down on the dusty ground to take some photographs of the girl before he leaves. In the pocket of his shirt is a protein bar, soft from the sun, uneaten, untouched, forgotten.
Level B2:
In a corner there was a rusty tap, with a pile of unwashed bowls under it; uneaten rice and vegetables, swollen and going bad, floating on a pool of dark, oily water.
OMG! How can learners understand these sentences without an explanation? I think they are reduced relative clauses, but I can't imagine the whole sentences before reducing