Senteces in a conversation someone had I'm not sure of

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Could you please tell me how you'd say these please?

He won't give me much (especially) since he doesn't want me going in the fist place
In Spain, even when your passport is expired, it's still valid for 5 years after its expiry date.
How possible do u think it will be for u to come in the first days of Feb

I have 2 months deposit/downpayment on the studio im staying in, so I'll get that back when I move out.
Ill have 3 months rent, thats more than enough until i find a job?
Trust me i don't plan on living like/as i do here.
I need my money just like/as you need your product.
We usually never get to talking about plans to move abroad, because one of us always has something holding him back.

Thank you

Mr Wordy · Accepted Answer

Just out of curiosity, Alc, where do all your sentences come from? They don't look like exercises from a book. Are they sentences you've made up to practice your English?

Alc24 · Answer

Hi Mr Wordy, Happy new year

Some are, but most of them are just sentences I've tried translating from the french, when i watch tv or read something in french. this was a conversation i read, i wanted to know if they were ok, and if you'd say it that way.

Alc

Mr Wordy · Answer

alc24Hi Mr Wordy, Happy new year

And to you!

He won't give me much since he doesn't want me going in the first place.
He won't give me much -- especially since he doesn't want me going in the first place.

In Spain, even when your passport has expired, it's still valid for 5 years ~~after its expiry date~~. -- How can a passport be valid after it has expired? It doesn't seem to make sense. The part I struck out is correct English but seems semantically unnecessary.
How possible do you think it will be for you to come in the first days of February? -- Please don't use "u"!

I have two months' deposit/downpayment on the studio I'm staying in, so I'll get that back when I move out.
I'll have three months' rent. That's more than enough until I find a job? -- Beware the comma splice. You've used a question mark but the sentence is not grammatically a question. This is not always wrong because many such statements can nevertheless be said in a questioning way. However, it doesn't, in my opinion, work especially well with this one.
Trust me, I don't plan on living like/as I do here.
I need my money just like/as you need your product. -- OK, depending on what you intend "product" to mean...
We usually never get to talking about plans to move abroad, because one of us always has something holding him back. -- OK

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