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Past tense 3

Past tense 3

83 [aštuoniasdešimt trys]

Praeitis 3

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to make a call k-l-------e---o---/ --a-----i k_______ t_______ / s________ k-l-ė-i- t-l-f-n- / s-a-b-n-i ----------------------------- kalbėtis telefonu / skambinti 0
I made a call. (A-)---lbėjaus--te--fo-- - ---mb----. (___ k_________ t_______ / s_________ (-š- k-l-ė-a-s- t-l-f-n- / s-a-b-n-u- ------------------------------------- (Aš) kalbėjausi telefonu / skambinau. 0
I was talking on the phone all the time. (--)-v-są--a-k- -a-bėja-si t--efo--. (___ v___ l____ k_________ t________ (-š- v-s- l-i-ą k-l-ė-a-s- t-l-f-n-. ------------------------------------ (Aš) visą laiką kalbėjausi telefonu. 0
to ask kla-sti k______ k-a-s-i ------- klausti 0
I asked. (--) p-klaus-a-. (___ p__________ (-š- p-k-a-s-a-. ---------------- (Aš) paklausiau. 0
I always asked. (-----i---m-- -l-us-----. (___ v_______ k__________ (-š- v-s-o-e- k-a-s-a-a-. ------------------------- (Aš) visuomet klausdavau. 0
to narrate p-----ti p_______ p-s-k-t- -------- pasakoti 0
I narrated. (-š)---p-sako-a-. (___ p___________ (-š- p-p-s-k-j-u- ----------------- (Aš) papasakojau. 0
I narrated the whole story. (Aš- p-p-sak-ja- vis- -st---ją. (___ p__________ v___ i________ (-š- p-p-s-k-j-u v-s- i-t-r-j-. ------------------------------- (Aš) papasakojau visą istoriją. 0
to study mo--tis m______ m-k-t-s ------- mokytis 0
I studied. (-š--m-------. (___ m________ (-š- m-k-a-s-. -------------- (Aš) mokiausi. 0
I studied the whole evening. (-š) m-kiau-i v-s- --ka-ą. (___ m_______ v___ v______ (-š- m-k-a-s- v-s- v-k-r-. -------------------------- (Aš) mokiausi visą vakarą. 0
to work dir-ti d_____ d-r-t- ------ dirbti 0
I worked. (-š- dir-a-. (___ d______ (-š- d-r-a-. ------------ (Aš) dirbau. 0
I worked all day long. (A---dirb-u-v-s--di--ą. (___ d_____ v___ d_____ (-š- d-r-a- v-s- d-e-ą- ----------------------- (Aš) dirbau visą dieną. 0
to eat va-g--i v______ v-l-y-i ------- valgyti 0
I ate. (-š- -av--g--u. (___ p_________ (-š- p-v-l-i-u- --------------- (Aš) pavalgiau. 0
I ate all the food. (--) --sk---uv--g---. (___ v____ s_________ (-š- v-s-ą s-v-l-i-u- --------------------- (Aš) viską suvalgiau. 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!