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46 [forty-six]

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46 [ኣርብዓንሽዱሽተን]

46 [aribi‘anishidushiteni]

ኣብ ዲስኮ

[abi dīsiko]

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Is this seat taken? እ--ቦ- -- --? እ_ ቦ_ ነ_ ድ__ እ- ቦ- ነ- ድ-? ------------ እዚ ቦታ ነጻ ድዩ? 0
iz--bota n-ts-a di-u? i__ b___ n_____ d____ i-ī b-t- n-t-’- d-y-? --------------------- izī bota nets’a diyu?
May I sit with you? ምሳ-ም -- ክ-- ---ል -? ም___ ኮ_ ክ__ ይ___ ዶ_ ም-ኹ- ኮ- ክ-ል ይ-እ- ዶ- ------------------- ምሳኹም ኮፍ ክብል ይኽእል ዶ? 0
mi---̱-mi-k-f- k-b--i---ẖi’-li-do? m_______ k___ k_____ y_______ d__ m-s-h-u-i k-f- k-b-l- y-h-i-i-i d-? ----------------------------------- misaẖumi kofi kibili yiẖi’ili do?
Sure. ደ------ ። ደ_ ይ___ ። ደ- ይ-ለ- ። --------- ደስ ይብለና ። 0
d-si --b--en--። d___ y_______ ። d-s- y-b-l-n- ። --------------- desi yibilena ።
How do you like the music? ነ----ቃ ከመ- -ኺ-ኩ-? ነ_ ሙ__ ከ__ ረ_____ ነ- ሙ-ቃ ከ-ይ ረ-ብ-ሞ- ----------------- ነቲ ሙዚቃ ከመይ ረኺብኩሞ? 0
n--- -u-īk’---em-y- -eh-īb-k-mo? n___ m______ k_____ r__________ n-t- m-z-k-a k-m-y- r-h-ī-i-u-o- -------------------------------- netī muzīk’a kemeyi reẖībikumo?
A little too loud. ቅ-ብ----ኢሉ። ቅ__ ዓ_ ኢ__ ቅ-ብ ዓ- ኢ-። ---------- ቅሩብ ዓው ኢሉ። 0
k’iru-- ‘aw--īl-። k______ ‘___ ī___ k-i-u-i ‘-w- ī-u- ----------------- k’irubi ‘awi īlu።
But the band plays very well. ግ---ቲ -ን---ቡቕ--ዩ ዝጻ-ት። ግ_ እ_ በ__ ጽ__ እ_ ዝ____ ግ- እ- በ-ድ ጽ-ቕ እ- ዝ-ወ-። ---------------------- ግን እቲ በንድ ጽቡቕ እዩ ዝጻወት። 0
g-n- ----ben--i-ts’ib-k----i-u -it-’aw--i። g___ i__ b_____ t________ i__ z__________ g-n- i-ī b-n-d- t-’-b-k-’- i-u z-t-’-w-t-። ------------------------------------------ gini itī benidi ts’ibuḵ’i iyu zits’aweti።
Do you come here often? ኣሎ---ዶ ኩሉ ግ- ኣ-ዚ ኣ___ ዶ ኩ_ ግ_ ኣ__ ኣ-ኹ- ዶ ኩ- ግ- ኣ-ዚ ---------------- ኣሎኹም ዶ ኩሉ ግዜ ኣብዚ 0
aloh-u----- -ul--------b--ī a______ d_ k___ g___ a____ a-o-̱-m- d- k-l- g-z- a-i-ī --------------------------- aloẖumi do kulu gizē abizī
No, this is the first time. ኣ--ንኩን- ን---ር- --የይ --። ኣ______ ን_____ ግ___ እ__ ኣ-ኮ-ኩ-፣ ን-ጀ-ር- ግ-የ- እ-። ----------------------- ኣይኮንኩን፣ ንመጀመርያ ግዝየይ እዩ። 0
ayikonik---፣-nimejemeriy- g---y-y--iy-። a___________ n___________ g_______ i___ a-i-o-i-u-i- n-m-j-m-r-y- g-z-y-y- i-u- --------------------------------------- ayikonikuni፣ nimejemeriya giziyeyi iyu።
I’ve never been here before. ኣ---ምጺአ --ፈል-ን። ኣ__ ም__ ኣ______ ኣ-ዚ ም-አ ኣ-ፈ-ጥ-። --------------- ኣብዚ ምጺአ ኣይፈልጥን። 0
ab----mits-ī---a----lit’ini። a____ m_______ a____________ a-i-ī m-t-’-’- a-i-e-i-’-n-። ---------------------------- abizī mits’ī’ā ayifelit’ini።
Would you like to dance? ትስ-ስዑ-ዲኹም? ት____ ዲ___ ት-ዕ-ዑ ዲ-ም- ---------- ትስዕስዑ ዲኹም? 0
t--i-is--u dīẖum-? t_________ d______ t-s-‘-s-‘- d-h-u-i- ------------------- tisi‘isi‘u dīẖumi?
Maybe later. ምናል---ድ-ር። ም____ ድ___ ም-ል-ት ድ-ር- ---------- ምናልባት ድሓር። 0
mi-al-b-ti -iḥ---። m_________ d______ m-n-l-b-t- d-h-a-i- ------------------- minalibati diḥari።
I can’t dance very well. ጽ-- ጌ- ክስ-ስዕ--ይ--ል--እ-። ጽ__ ጌ_ ክ____ ኣ_____ እ__ ጽ-ቕ ጌ- ክ-ዕ-ዕ ኣ-ክ-ል- እ-። ----------------------- ጽቡቕ ጌረ ክስዕስዕ ኣይክእልን እየ። 0
t--ibu--’- -----kis--isi-----i------ni iye። t________ g___ k_________ a__________ i___ t-’-b-k-’- g-r- k-s-‘-s-‘- a-i-i-i-i-i i-e- ------------------------------------------- ts’ibuḵ’i gēre kisi‘isi‘i ayiki’ilini iye።
It’s very easy. ኣ-- ቀ-ል-እ-። ኣ__ ቀ__ እ__ ኣ-ዩ ቀ-ል እ-። ----------- ኣዝዩ ቀሊል እዩ። 0
a-i-u---e-ī-i----። a____ k______ i___ a-i-u k-e-ī-i i-u- ------------------ aziyu k’elīli iyu።
I’ll show you. ከ---ም-እዩ። ከ____ እ__ ከ-ኤ-ም እ-። --------- ከሪኤኩም እዩ። 0
k-rī--k-m- -y-። k_________ i___ k-r-’-k-m- i-u- --------------- kerī’ēkumi iyu።
No, maybe some other time. ኖ-ድ------- ግ-። ኖ ድ___ ካ__ ግ__ ኖ ድ-ን- ካ-እ ግ-። -------------- ኖ ድሓን፣ ካልእ ግዜ። 0
n----ḥan-- ka--’i gi-ē። n_ d______ k_____ g____ n- d-h-a-i- k-l-’- g-z-። ------------------------ no diḥani፣ kali’i gizē።
Are you waiting for someone? ሰብ --በዩ--ሎኹም ዲ--? ሰ_ ት___ ኣ___ ዲ___ ሰ- ት-በ- ኣ-ኹ- ዲ-ም- ----------------- ሰብ ትጽበዩ ኣሎኹም ዲኹም? 0
s--i t---’-be-- a-o--um- d-ẖ-m-? s___ t_________ a______ d______ s-b- t-t-’-b-y- a-o-̱-m- d-h-u-i- --------------------------------- sebi tits’ibeyu aloẖumi dīẖumi?
Yes, for my boyfriend. እ-------። እ_ ን_____ እ- ን-ር-ይ- --------- እወ ንዓርከይ። 0
iwe---‘-r-key-። i__ n__________ i-e n-‘-r-k-y-። --------------- iwe ni‘arikeyi።
There he is! እ- በቲ ን-ው ይ-ጽ---ሎ። እ_ በ_ ን__ ይ___ ኣ__ እ- በ- ን-ው ይ-ጽ- ኣ-። ------------------ እወ በቲ ንየው ይመጽእ ኣሎ። 0
i-e--etī ------ ---e-s’--i----። i__ b___ n_____ y_________ a___ i-e b-t- n-y-w- y-m-t-’-’- a-o- ------------------------------- iwe betī niyewi yimets’i’i alo።

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Genes influence language

The language we speak is dependent on our ancestry. But our genes are also responsible for our language. Scottish researchers have come to this conclusion. They examined how English differs from Chinese. In doing so they discovered that genes play a role, too. Because genes influence the development of our brain. That is to say, they shape our brain structures. With this, our ability to learn languages is determined. Variants of two genes are crucial to this. If a particular variant is scarce, tonal languages develop. So tonal languages are spoken by people without these gene variants. In tonal languages, the meaning of words is determined by the pitch of the tones. Chinese is included in the tonal languages, for example. If this gene variant is dominant, however, other languages develop. English is not a tonal language. The variants of this gene are not evenly distributed. That means they occur with differing frequency in the world. But languages only survive if they are passed down. In order to do this, children must be able to imitate the language of their parents. So they must be able to learn the language well. Only then will it be passed down from generation to generation. The older gene variant is the one that promotes tonal languages. So there were probably more tonal languages in the past than there are today. But one mustn't overestimate the genetic components. They can only add to explaining the development of languages. But there isn't a gene for English, or a gene for Chinese. Anybody can learn any language. You don't need genes for that, but rather only curiosity and discipline!
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Thai is a member of the Tai-Kadai language family. It is the native language of 20 million people. In contrast to most western languages, Thai is a tonal language. In tonal languages, the pronunciation of syllables changes their meaning. Most Thai words consist of only one syllable. A word takes on a different meaning depending on the pitch in which a syllable is spoken. Altogether Thai distinguishes between five pitches. Thai society was strictly divided over many centuries. As a result, Thai still recognizes at least five different levels of speech today. These range from a simple vernacular to a very polite form of speech. Furthermore, Thai is divided into many local dialects. The language's semiotic system is a hybrid of an alphabet and syllabic writing. The grammar construction is not very complex. Because Thai is an isolating language, there are no declensions or conjugations. Learn Thai - it is really a fascinating language!