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83 [eighty-three]

Past tense 3

Past tense 3

83 [osmdesát tři]

Minulý čas 3

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to make a call t-l-fon--at t__________ t-l-f-n-v-t ----------- telefonovat 0
I made a call. Tel-f----al--se-. T__________ j____ T-l-f-n-v-l j-e-. ----------------- Telefonoval jsem. 0
I was talking on the phone all the time. C-l---do-u j--- --l-f--ova-. C____ d___ j___ t___________ C-l-u d-b- j-e- t-l-f-n-v-l- ---------------------------- Celou dobu jsem telefonoval. 0
to ask p--t se p___ s_ p-á- s- ------- ptát se 0
I asked. Zept-----em-se. Z_____ j___ s__ Z-p-a- j-e- s-. --------------- Zeptal jsem se. 0
I always asked. Vžd- j-em-se --a-. V___ j___ s_ p____ V-d- j-e- s- p-a-. ------------------ Vždy jsem se ptal. 0
to narrate vypr---t v_______ v-p-á-ě- -------- vyprávět 0
I narrated. Vy-r-----jsem. V_______ j____ V-p-á-ě- j-e-. -------------- Vyprávěl jsem. 0
I narrated the whole story. V-p-ávě--j-em-cel-u-p--h---. V_______ j___ c____ p_______ V-p-á-ě- j-e- c-l-u p-í-o-u- ---------------------------- Vyprávěl jsem celou příhodu. 0
to study uči--se u___ s_ u-i- s- ------- učit se 0
I studied. U--- -se- s-. U___ j___ s__ U-i- j-e- s-. ------------- Učil jsem se. 0
I studied the whole evening. Učil-js-- -- --lý -----. U___ j___ s_ c___ v_____ U-i- j-e- s- c-l- v-č-r- ------------------------ Učil jsem se celý večer. 0
to work prac--at p_______ p-a-o-a- -------- pracovat 0
I worked. Pra-ov-l ----. P_______ j____ P-a-o-a- j-e-. -------------- Pracoval jsem. 0
I worked all day long. P--c--a- --e- cel--den. P_______ j___ c___ d___ P-a-o-a- j-e- c-l- d-n- ----------------------- Pracoval jsem celý den. 0
to eat jí-t j___ j-s- ---- jíst 0
I ate. Jedl-j-em. J___ j____ J-d- j-e-. ---------- Jedl jsem. 0
I ate all the food. Sněd- -se- vše--no -ídl-. S____ j___ v______ j_____ S-ě-l j-e- v-e-h-o j-d-o- ------------------------- Snědl jsem všechno jídlo. 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!