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English (US)
When I was a child, I had parakeets. At first I only had one, but then I had one more to have them mate. They had three children later, so there were five at the most. Does this sound natural?
- English (US)
A little unnatural
“At first I had only one, but then I got one more to have them mate. Later they had three chicks, so there were five at the most.”
“Chick” is the term for a baby bird, and would sound more natural to a native speaker, because “children” is usually used to refer to young humans :)
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