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83 [eighty-three]

Past tense 3

Past tense 3

83 [drie en tagtig]

Verlede tyd 3

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to make a call b-l b__ b-l --- bel 0
I made a call. E--het-g-be-. E_ h__ g_____ E- h-t g-b-l- ------------- Ek het gebel. 0
I was talking on the phone all the time. E--w-s --e-hee---y- o--d-e --lef-on. E_ w__ d__ h___ t__ o_ d__ t________ E- w-s d-e h-e- t-d o- d-e t-l-f-o-. ------------------------------------ Ek was die heel tyd op die telefoon. 0
to ask v-a v__ v-a --- vra 0
I asked. E--he- -e---. E_ h__ g_____ E- h-t g-v-a- ------------- Ek het gevra. 0
I always asked. E--h-t a---d g---a. E_ h__ a____ g_____ E- h-t a-t-d g-v-a- ------------------- Ek het altyd gevra. 0
to narrate v----l v_____ v-r-e- ------ vertel 0
I narrated. E--h-- ---t-l. E_ h__ v______ E- h-t v-r-e-. -------------- Ek het vertel. 0
I narrated the whole story. E---et --e----- s-o-ie v-rtel. E_ h__ d__ h___ s_____ v______ E- h-t d-e h-l- s-o-i- v-r-e-. ------------------------------ Ek het die hele storie vertel. 0
to study le-r l___ l-e- ---- leer 0
I studied. Ek -----el---. E_ h__ g______ E- h-t g-l-e-. -------------- Ek het geleer. 0
I studied the whole evening. Ek h-t -ie he-e--a-d--el-e-. E_ h__ d__ h___ a___ g______ E- h-t d-e h-l- a-n- g-l-e-. ---------------------------- Ek het die hele aand geleer. 0
to work werk w___ w-r- ---- werk 0
I worked. Ek---t ---er-. E_ h__ g______ E- h-t g-w-r-. -------------- Ek het gewerk. 0
I worked all day long. E- het--ie-h------- gewerk. E_ h__ d__ h___ d__ g______ E- h-t d-e h-l- d-g g-w-r-. --------------------------- Ek het die hele dag gewerk. 0
to eat eet e__ e-t --- eet 0
I ate. Ek -et-g---t. E_ h__ g_____ E- h-t g-ë-t- ------------- Ek het geëet. 0
I ate all the food. E--het---e --le-m-a--y------ëe-. E_ h__ d__ h___ m______ o_______ E- h-t d-e h-l- m-a-t-d o-g-ë-t- -------------------------------- Ek het die hele maaltyd opgeëet. 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!