"we've been here for thirteen years ," she said " its been nine years since you left us "
2007-12-15 09:39:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Perhaps the "we've been here" means her and like her family and she telling someone else that of the thirteen years that she and her family been there, the other person hasnt been there for nine years.
buh-bye 4 now!
2007-12-15 09:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were possibly together for 4 years before the other person left 9 years ago.
2007-12-15 09:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by Dale P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what you're not understanding, it is pretty forward:
The speaker has lived in that area for 13 years. with a third party
The person she is speaking to has been gone from both the speaker and the third party for nine of those years.
2007-12-15 09:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by Question Able 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me it sounds like she is saying they (as in the family I guess) have been there for 13 years, but he has been gone for 9 of them but they are still there. Could be he has been dead for 9 years (and "left them") or simply left and went somewhere else.
2007-12-15 09:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by Bears Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"she" and "you" were "here" for 4yrs. Then "you" left "she". Then 9 more years passed. Now, "she" and "you" are having this conversation. So "she" has been "here" for a total of 13 years. "you" was also "here" for the first 4yrs of those 13yrs. For the past 9yrs of those 13yrs, "you" has not been "here". If that's too confusing, replace "she", "you" and "here" with their proper names.
2007-12-15 10:11:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently, she has been wherever she is (living?) for 13 years and 9 years ago (he?) left them.
2007-12-15 09:50:13 · answer #6 · answered by GeekDGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evidently they were all there together for four years before the person being spoken to went somewhere else or died.
2007-12-15 10:20:03 · answer #7 · answered by aida 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like exactly what it says.
2007-12-15 09:46:52 · answer #8 · answered by Nicolle Yo:] 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋