Monkey chatters with friends nearby.

Meaning: The sentence is a description of a monkey talking to other monkeys.

Choice of Words: The words monkey, chatters, with, friends, and nearby all describe a monkey communicating with other monkeys that are close by.

Alternative Expressions

The monkey talks to its friends who are close by.

Meaning: This means that the monkey is speaking or communicating with its friends who are near it.

Choice of Words: The refers to a specific monkey, talks means to speak or communicate, to indicates the direction or recipient of the action, its shows that the friends belong to the monkey, friends are people who you like and spend time with, and who introduces a clause that describes the friends, in this case, are and close by means near to the monkey. When you put them together, it means that the specific monkey is speaking or communicating with its friends who are near it.

A monkey is having a conversation with its buddies who are close to it.

Meaning: This means that any monkey is currently having a conversation with its friends who are near it.

Choice of Words: A indicates that we are talking about any monkey, is indicates the state of being, having indicates that the monkey is currently doing something, a indicates that we are talking about one conversation, conversation means a talk between two or more people, with indicates the other participant in the conversation, its shows that the buddies belong to the monkey, buddies are friends, and who introduces a clause that describes the buddies, in this case, are and close to it means near to the monkey. When you put them together, it means that any monkey is currently having a conversation with its friends who are near it.

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