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84 [eighty-four]

Past tense 4

Past tense 4

84 [štiriinosemdeset]

Preteklost 4

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to read brati b____ b-a-i ----- brati 0
I read. B-a-(a- --m. B______ s___ B-a-(-) s-m- ------------ Bral(a) sem. 0
I read the whole novel. P--br--(-------c-l --m-n. P_________ s__ c__ r_____ P-e-r-l-a- s-m c-l r-m-n- ------------------------- Prebral(a) sem cel roman. 0
to understand ra-u-eti r_______ r-z-m-t- -------- razumeti 0
I understood. R-zume-(------. R_________ s___ R-z-m-l-a- s-m- --------------- Razumel(a) sem. 0
I understood the whole text. R-z--el(a)--e- ---o-no ---e-il-. R_________ s__ c______ b________ R-z-m-l-a- s-m c-l-t-o b-s-d-l-. -------------------------------- Razumel(a) sem celotno besedilo. 0
to answer o-g-vo---i o_________ o-g-v-r-t- ---------- odgovoriti 0
I answered. Od--vo-i-(a)---m. O___________ s___ O-g-v-r-l-a- s-m- ----------------- Odgovoril(a) sem. 0
I answered all the questions. O-g-v-ril--) se- na vs- -praša--a. O___________ s__ n_ v__ v_________ O-g-v-r-l-a- s-m n- v-a v-r-š-n-a- ---------------------------------- Odgovoril(a) sem na vsa vprašanja. 0
I know that – I knew that. Ve-----–---de---- sem --. V__ t_ – v_______ s__ t__ V-m t- – v-d-l-a- s-m t-. ------------------------- Vem to – vedel(a) sem to. 0
I write that – I wrote that. Piše--t- –------al-a)---- -o. P____ t_ – n_________ s__ t__ P-š-m t- – n-p-s-l-a- s-m t-. ----------------------------- Pišem to – napisal(a) sem to. 0
I hear that – I heard that. Sl--i- -o --s-i------ ------. S_____ t_ – s________ s__ t__ S-i-i- t- – s-i-a-(-) s-m t-. ----------------------------- Slišim to – slišal(a) sem to. 0
I’ll get it – I got it. G-em t- i-kat- š-------t--isk--. G___ t_ i_____ š__ s__ t_ i_____ G-e- t- i-k-t- š-a s-m t- i-k-t- -------------------------------- Grem to iskat– šla sem to iskat. 0
I’ll bring that – I brought that. P----s---to-- pr-nes-l--p-i---l------ to. P_______ t_ – p_______ (_________ s__ t__ P-i-e-e- t- – p-i-e-e- (-r-n-s-a- s-m t-. ----------------------------------------- Prinesem to – prinesel (prinesla) sem to. 0
I’ll buy that – I bought that. Ku-im ---–--o--e- ---i--a). K____ t_ – t_ s__ k________ K-p-m t- – t- s-m k-p-l-a-. --------------------------- Kupim to – to sem kupil(a). 0
I expect that – I expected that. P-i-akuj-m-t-------s----riča-----(--. P_________ t_ – t_ s__ p_____________ P-i-a-u-e- t- – t- s-m p-i-a-o-a-(-)- ------------------------------------- Pričakujem to – to sem pričakoval(a). 0
I’ll explain that – I explained that. Po-a-ni- t------ -em--o--sn-l-a). P_______ t_ – t_ s__ p___________ P-j-s-i- t- – t- s-m p-j-s-i-(-)- --------------------------------- Pojasnim to – to sem pojasnil(a). 0
I know that – I knew that. Po--am -----to-se- -o-n---a-. P_____ t_ – t_ s__ p_________ P-z-a- t- – t- s-m p-z-a-(-)- ----------------------------- Poznam to – to sem poznal(a). 0

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Negative words aren't translated into the native language

When reading, multilinguals translate subconsciously into their native language. This happens automatically; that is, the readers do it without realizing. It could be said that the brain functions like a simultaneous translator. But it doesn't translate everything! One study has shown that the brain has a built-in filter. This filter decides what gets translated. And it appears that the filter ignores certain words. Negative words aren't translated into the native language. Researchers selected native speakers of Chinese for their experiment. All test subjects spoke English as their second language. The test subjects had to rate various English words. These words had different emotional content. There were positive, negative and neutral terms. While the test subjects read the words, their brains were examined. That is, the researchers measured the electrical brain activity. In doing so, they could see how the brain worked. Certain signals are generated during the translation of words. They indicate that the brain is active. However, the test subjects showed no activity with the negative words. Only the positive or neutral terms were translated. Researchers don't yet know why this is. Theoretically, the brain has to process all words the same. It could be, however, that the filter quickly examines each word. It is analyzed while still being read in the second language. If a word is negative, the memory is blocked. In other words, it can't think of the word in the native language. People can react very sensitively to words. Perhaps the brain wants to protect them from emotional shock…