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83 [eighty-three]

Past tense 3

Past tense 3

83 [dreiundachtzig]

Vergangenheit 3

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to make a call tel--oni-ren t___________ t-l-f-n-e-e- ------------ telefonieren 0
I made a call. Ich-hab- -e-e-on--rt. I__ h___ t___________ I-h h-b- t-l-f-n-e-t- --------------------- Ich habe telefoniert. 0
I was talking on the phone all the time. Ic-----e -i- g--ze ---t-t--efon--rt. I__ h___ d__ g____ Z___ t___________ I-h h-b- d-e g-n-e Z-i- t-l-f-n-e-t- ------------------------------------ Ich habe die ganze Zeit telefoniert. 0
to ask fr-gen f_____ f-a-e- ------ fragen 0
I asked. Ic--habe----rag-. I__ h___ g_______ I-h h-b- g-f-a-t- ----------------- Ich habe gefragt. 0
I always asked. I-h -a-e-----r gefr--t. I__ h___ i____ g_______ I-h h-b- i-m-r g-f-a-t- ----------------------- Ich habe immer gefragt. 0
to narrate e-z--l-n e_______ e-z-h-e- -------- erzählen 0
I narrated. I-h hab---r--h-t. I__ h___ e_______ I-h h-b- e-z-h-t- ----------------- Ich habe erzählt. 0
I narrated the whole story. Ich-hab- d---gan-e --s-h-cht-----äh--. I__ h___ d__ g____ G_________ e_______ I-h h-b- d-e g-n-e G-s-h-c-t- e-z-h-t- -------------------------------------- Ich habe die ganze Geschichte erzählt. 0
to study l----n l_____ l-r-e- ------ lernen 0
I studied. I-h--a-- -el-r--. I__ h___ g_______ I-h h-b- g-l-r-t- ----------------- Ich habe gelernt. 0
I studied the whole evening. I-h--ab--de- g--z-- Abe-----le---. I__ h___ d__ g_____ A____ g_______ I-h h-b- d-n g-n-e- A-e-d g-l-r-t- ---------------------------------- Ich habe den ganzen Abend gelernt. 0
to work a-b-i--n a_______ a-b-i-e- -------- arbeiten 0
I worked. Ich -abe ge-rbeit--. I__ h___ g__________ I-h h-b- g-a-b-i-e-. -------------------- Ich habe gearbeitet. 0
I worked all day long. I-- hab--de- -a---- Tag ---r--i-e-. I__ h___ d__ g_____ T__ g__________ I-h h-b- d-n g-n-e- T-g g-a-b-i-e-. ----------------------------------- Ich habe den ganzen Tag gearbeitet. 0
to eat es--n e____ e-s-n ----- essen 0
I ate. I-h -a---gege----. I__ h___ g________ I-h h-b- g-g-s-e-. ------------------ Ich habe gegessen. 0
I ate all the food. I-h---b------g---e----e- ge-e----. I__ h___ d__ g____ E____ g________ I-h h-b- d-s g-n-e E-s-n g-g-s-e-. ---------------------------------- Ich habe das ganze Essen gegessen. 0

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The history of linguistics

Languages have always fascinated mankind. The history of linguistics is therefore very long. Linguistics is the systematic study of language. Even thousands of years ago people contemplated language. In doing so, different cultures developed different systems. As a result, different descriptions of languages emerged. Today's linguistics are based on ancient theories more than anything else. Many traditions were established in Greece in particular. The oldest known work about language comes from India, however. It was written 3,000 years ago by the grammarian Sakatayana. In ancient times, philosophers like Plato busied themselves with languages. Later, Roman authors developed their theories further. Arabians, too, developed their own traditions in the 8th century. Even then, their works show precise descriptions of the Arabian language. In modern times, man particularly wanted to research where language comes from. Scholars were especially interested in the history of language. In the 18th century, people started to compare languages with each other. They wanted to understand how languages develop. Later they concentrated on languages as a system. The question of how languages function was the focal point. Today, a great number of schools of thought exist within linguistics. Many new disciplines have developed since the fifties. These were in part strongly influenced by other sciences. Examples are psycholinguistics or intercultural communication. The newer linguistic schools of thought are very specialized. One example of this is feminist linguistics. So the history of linguistics continues… As long as there are languages, man will contemplate them!