Answer:
<u>I </u><u>have </u><u>been</u> here for a month now.
Explanation:
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE:
The present perfect is a grammatical combination of the present tense and perfect aspect that is used to express a past event that has present consequences.
Question 1:
The mother's language in this passage of "Daughter of Invention,” by Julia Alvarez revelas that she is not a native English speaker, but someone that uses it as a second language and may not know the correct uses of some idioms and phrases.
Question 2:
The mother wants to express that she is proud of her daughter and believes that Yoyo will be famous and successful in her life.