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83 [eighty-three]

Past tense 3

Past tense 3

83 [vuitanta-tres]

Passat 3

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to make a call t-ucar t_____ t-u-a- ------ trucar 0
I made a call. He-tr-cat. H_ t______ H- t-u-a-. ---------- He trucat. 0
I was talking on the phone all the time. He -ru-a----r -el--o--t-----’-s-o--. H_ t_____ p__ t______ t___ l________ H- t-u-a- p-r t-l-f-n t-t- l-e-t-n-. ------------------------------------ He trucat per telèfon tota l’estona. 0
to ask pre--n-ar p________ p-e-u-t-r --------- preguntar 0
I asked. Li h- -re--n-a-. L_ h_ p_________ L- h- p-e-u-t-t- ---------------- Li he preguntat. 0
I always asked. Semp-- -e-p---u-tat. S_____ h_ p_________ S-m-r- h- p-e-u-t-t- -------------------- Sempre he preguntat. 0
to narrate e-p-i--r e_______ e-p-i-a- -------- explicar 0
I narrated. Li-h--e---ica-. L_ h_ e________ L- h- e-p-i-a-. --------------- Li he explicat. 0
I narrated the whole story. Li ----x--i-at --ta--a-h--t-r--. L_ h_ e_______ t___ l_ h________ L- h- e-p-i-a- t-t- l- h-s-ò-i-. -------------------------------- Li he explicat tota la història. 0
to study es--d--r e_______ e-t-d-a- -------- estudiar 0
I studied. H--est--i--. H_ e________ H- e-t-d-a-. ------------ He estudiat. 0
I studied the whole evening. H- e-t---a- -o---- v-----. H_ e_______ t__ e_ v______ H- e-t-d-a- t-t e- v-s-r-. -------------------------- He estudiat tot el vespre. 0
to work t--ballar t________ t-e-a-l-r --------- treballar 0
I worked. He---e---l--. H_ t_________ H- t-e-a-l-t- ------------- He treballat. 0
I worked all day long. He --e---l-t t-- -l di-. H_ t________ t__ e_ d___ H- t-e-a-l-t t-t e- d-a- ------------------------ He treballat tot el dia. 0
to eat m-n-ar m_____ m-n-a- ------ menjar 0
I ate. H- m-----. H_ m______ H- m-n-a-. ---------- He menjat. 0
I ate all the food. M’he-men-at --t e---en-a-. M___ m_____ t__ e_ m______ M-h- m-n-a- t-t e- m-n-a-. -------------------------- M’he menjat tot el menjar. 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!