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58 [fifty-eight]

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Parts of the body

58 [fifty-eight]

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I am drawing a man. I am---------- ma-. I a_ d______ a m___ I a- d-a-i-g a m-n- ------------------- I am drawing a man. 0
First the head. F---t ----head. F____ t__ h____ F-r-t t-e h-a-. --------------- First the head. 0
The man is wearing a hat. T---ma- i--w----n- --hat. T__ m__ i_ w______ a h___ T-e m-n i- w-a-i-g a h-t- ------------------------- The man is wearing a hat. 0
One cannot see the hair. O-e-c---o---e- th- hair. O__ c_____ s__ t__ h____ O-e c-n-o- s-e t-e h-i-. ------------------------ One cannot see the hair. 0
One cannot see the ears either. O----a-no- s---t-----r----ther. O__ c_____ s__ t__ e___ e______ O-e c-n-o- s-e t-e e-r- e-t-e-. ------------------------------- One cannot see the ears either. 0
One cannot see his back either. O---c-n--- s-e --s--ac- -ithe-. O__ c_____ s__ h__ b___ e______ O-e c-n-o- s-e h-s b-c- e-t-e-. ------------------------------- One cannot see his back either. 0
I am drawing the eyes and the mouth. I--m --awi----he---es and-t-- -o--h. I a_ d______ t__ e___ a__ t__ m_____ I a- d-a-i-g t-e e-e- a-d t-e m-u-h- ------------------------------------ I am drawing the eyes and the mouth. 0
The man is dancing and laughing. Th----n -- d-nci-- -nd -a--h-n-. T__ m__ i_ d______ a__ l________ T-e m-n i- d-n-i-g a-d l-u-h-n-. -------------------------------- The man is dancing and laughing. 0
The man has a long nose. Th- --n -a- - l-n--no--. T__ m__ h__ a l___ n____ T-e m-n h-s a l-n- n-s-. ------------------------ The man has a long nose. 0
He is carrying a cane in his hands. H--is ---r-i-- a---n- -- hi- ha---. H_ i_ c_______ a c___ i_ h__ h_____ H- i- c-r-y-n- a c-n- i- h-s h-n-s- ----------------------------------- He is carrying a cane in his hands. 0
He is also wearing a scarf around his neck. H--i- ---- --a--n- a -c--- -roun- h-- nec-. H_ i_ a___ w______ a s____ a_____ h__ n____ H- i- a-s- w-a-i-g a s-a-f a-o-n- h-s n-c-. ------------------------------------------- He is also wearing a scarf around his neck. 0
It is winter and it is cold. I--i---int-r and-it-is-c-l-. I_ i_ w_____ a__ i_ i_ c____ I- i- w-n-e- a-d i- i- c-l-. ---------------------------- It is winter and it is cold. 0
The arms are athletic. T-- ar-s a-e---hl---c. T__ a___ a__ a________ T-e a-m- a-e a-h-e-i-. ---------------------- The arms are athletic. 0
The legs are also athletic. T----e-s-a---a--o-athl-tic. T__ l___ a__ a___ a________ T-e l-g- a-e a-s- a-h-e-i-. --------------------------- The legs are also athletic. 0
The man is made of snow. Th---a-------d- -f sn-w. T__ m__ i_ m___ o_ s____ T-e m-n i- m-d- o- s-o-. ------------------------ The man is made of snow. 0
He is neither wearing pants nor a coat. H--is -e-the- ---r-n- -an----o- - c-at. H_ i_ n______ w______ p____ n__ a c____ H- i- n-i-h-r w-a-i-g p-n-s n-r a c-a-. --------------------------------------- He is neither wearing pants nor a coat. 0
But the man is not freezing. Bu- -h- --- is------re-zing. B__ t__ m__ i_ n__ f________ B-t t-e m-n i- n-t f-e-z-n-. ---------------------------- But the man is not freezing. 0
He is a snowman. H- -----sno-ma-. H_ i_ a s_______ H- i- a s-o-m-n- ---------------- He is a snowman. 0

The language of our ancestors

Modern languages can be analyzed by linguists. Various methods are used to do so. But how did people speak thousands of years ago? It is much more difficult to answer this question. Despite this, scientists have been busy researching for years. They would like to explore how people spoke earlier. In order to do this, they attempt to reconstruct ancient speech forms. American scientists have now made an exciting discovery. They analyzed more than 2,000 languages. In particular they analyzed the sentence structure of the languages. The results of their study were very interesting. About half of the languages had the S-O-V sentence structure. That is to say, the sentences are ordered by subject, object and verb. More than 700 languages follow the pattern S-V-O. And about 160 languages operate according to the V-S-O system. Only about 40 languages use the V-O-S pattern. 120 languages display a hybrid. On the other hand, O-V-S and O-S-V are distinctly rarer systems. The majority of the analyzed languages use the S-O-V principle. Persian, Japanese and Turkish are some examples. Most living languages follow the S-V-O pattern, however. This sentence structure dominates the Indo-European language family today. Researchers believe that the S-O-V model was used earlier. All languages are based on this system. But then the languages diverged. We don't yet know how that happened. However, the variation of sentence structures must have had a reason. Because in evolution, only that which has an advantage prevails…