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84 [eighty-four]

Past tense 4

Past tense 4

84 [ሰማንያንኣርባዕተን]

84 [semaniyani’ariba‘iteni]

ሕሉፍ 4

[ḥilufi 4]

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to read ኣ-በ-፣ ---ብ ኣ____ ም___ ኣ-በ-፣ ም-ባ- ---------- ኣንበበ፣ ምንባብ 0
a-ibe-e፣ ---i-a-i a_______ m_______ a-i-e-e- m-n-b-b- ----------------- anibebe፣ minibabi
I read. ኣነ ኣ-ቢ-። ኣ_ ኣ____ ኣ- ኣ-ቢ-። -------- ኣነ ኣንቢበ። 0
a-e--nibībe። a__ a_______ a-e a-i-ī-e- ------------ ane anibībe።
I read the whole novel. ኣ---- --እ--ማ- -ንቢበ-። ኣ_ ን_ ም__ ሮ__ ኣ_____ ኣ- ን- ም-እ ሮ-ን ኣ-ቢ-ዮ- -------------------- ኣነ ንቲ ምሉእ ሮማን ኣንቢበዮ። 0
a-- -i-ī-m-lu’--roman---n--īb-y-። a__ n___ m_____ r_____ a_________ a-e n-t- m-l-’- r-m-n- a-i-ī-e-o- --------------------------------- ane nitī milu’i romani anibībeyo።
to understand ተ--አ፣-ም--እ ተ____ ም___ ተ-ድ-፣ ም-ዳ- ---------- ተረድአ፣ ምርዳእ 0
te-edi’-፣ -ir-d--i t________ m_______ t-r-d-’-፣ m-r-d-’- ------------------ teredi’ā፣ mirida’i
I understood. ኣ- ተ-ዲኡ-። ኣ_ ተ_____ ኣ- ተ-ዲ-ኒ- --------- ኣነ ተረዲኡኒ። 0
ane--ere-ī’--ī። a__ t__________ a-e t-r-d-’-n-። --------------- ane teredī’unī።
I understood the whole text. ኣነ--- -ሉእ--ሑፍ-ተረዲ--። ኣ_ እ_ ም__ ጽ__ ተ_____ ኣ- እ- ም-እ ጽ-ፍ ተ-ዲ-ኒ- -------------------- ኣነ እቲ ምሉእ ጽሑፍ ተረዲኡኒ። 0
an----ī--il----ts-iḥ----ter-dī’--ī። a__ i__ m_____ t_______ t__________ a-e i-ī m-l-’- t-’-h-u-i t-r-d-’-n-። ------------------------------------ ane itī milu’i ts’iḥufi teredī’unī።
to answer መ-ሸ--መ-ሲ መ___ መ__ መ-ሸ- መ-ሲ -------- መለሸ፣ መልሲ 0
m-le---፣--el--ī m_______ m_____ m-l-s-e- m-l-s- --------------- meleshe፣ melisī
I answered. ኣነ-መ--። ኣ_ መ___ ኣ- መ-ሰ- ------- ኣነ መሊሰ። 0
a-e----ī-e። a__ m______ a-e m-l-s-። ----------- ane melīse።
I answered all the questions. ኣነ--- -ሎ--ሕ-ታ- --ሰ። ኣ_ ኣ_ ኩ__ ሕ___ መ___ ኣ- ኣ- ኩ-ም ሕ-ታ- መ-ሰ- ------------------- ኣነ ኣብ ኩሎም ሕቶታት መሊሰ። 0
an- a-- -u--m- ḥito-a----e-īs-። a__ a__ k_____ ḥ_______ m______ a-e a-i k-l-m- h-i-o-a-i m-l-s-። -------------------------------- ane abi kulomi ḥitotati melīse።
I know that – I knew that. ኣ---ፈ---- ---- -ሊጠ- -ይረ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ፈ___ ነ___ ኣ- እ-ል-‘- - ኣ- ፈ-ጠ- ነ-ረ- ------------------------ ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ ነይረ። 0
a-- i--l-t’o--- - --e---l--’--o n-y--e። a__ i__________ - a__ f________ n______ a-e i-e-i-’-‘-e - a-e f-l-t-e-o n-y-r-። --------------------------------------- ane ifelit’o‘ye - ane felīt’eyo neyire።
I write that – I wrote that. ኣነ-እ--ፎ‘የ-- -ነ ጽ---። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ጽ____ ኣ- እ-ሕ-‘- - ኣ- ጽ-ፈ-። -------------------- ኣነ እጽሕፎ‘የ - ኣነ ጽሒፈዮ። 0
an-----’--̣if--ye - -n- ts-i-̣ī---o። a__ i___________ - a__ t__________ a-e i-s-i-̣-f-‘-e - a-e t-’-h-ī-e-o- ------------------------------------ ane its’iḥifo‘ye - ane ts’iḥīfeyo።
I hear that – I heard that. ኣ- እ---‘የ-- ኣ- ----። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ሰ____ ኣ- እ-ም-‘- - ኣ- ሰ-ዐ-። -------------------- ኣነ እሰምዖ‘የ - ኣነ ሰሚዐዮ። 0
ane--sem---‘ye --ane---mī-āy-። a__ i_________ - a__ s________ a-e i-e-i-o-y- - a-e s-m-‘-y-። ------------------------------ ane isemi‘o‘ye - ane semī‘āyo።
I’ll get it – I got it. ኣነ -ምጽኦ-የ----- ኣ-ጺ--ዮ። ኣ_ የ_____ - ኣ_ ኣ______ ኣ- የ-ጽ-‘- - ኣ- ኣ-ጺ-ዮ-። ---------------------- ኣነ የምጽኦ‘የ - ኣነ ኣምጺአዮዮ። 0
ane y-----’i’o-y- - -n- a-i-----āyoyo። a__ y____________ - a__ a_____________ a-e y-m-t-’-’-‘-e - a-e a-i-s-ī-ā-o-o- -------------------------------------- ane yemits’i’o‘ye - ane amits’ī’āyoyo።
I’ll bring that – I brought that. ኣነ የብ-ሖ-የ-- ----ብጺ-ዮ። ኣ_ የ_____ - ኣ_ ኣ_____ ኣ- የ-ጽ-‘- - ኣ- ኣ-ጺ-ዮ- --------------------- ኣነ የብጽሖ‘የ - ኣነ ኣብጺሐዮ። 0
ane--ebi-s--h-o‘y- --a-- a--ts’--̣ā-o። a__ y____________ - a__ a___________ a-e y-b-t-’-h-o-y- - a-e a-i-s-ī-̣-y-። -------------------------------------- ane yebits’iḥo‘ye - ane abits’īḥāyo።
I’ll buy that – I bought that. ኣነ እገዝኦ-የ-- ኣነ ---ዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ገ____ ኣ- እ-ዝ-‘- - ኣ- ገ-አ-። -------------------- ኣነ እገዝኦ‘የ - ኣነ ገዚአዮ። 0
a-- --ezi’o--- --a-e---z-’---። a__ i_________ - a__ g________ a-e i-e-i-o-y- - a-e g-z-’-y-። ------------------------------ ane igezi’o‘ye - ane gezī’āyo።
I expect that – I expected that. ኣነ----ዮ-----ኣነ -ጸ-አዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ተ_____ ኣ- እ-በ-‘- - ኣ- ተ-ቢ-ዮ- --------------------- ኣነ እጽበዮ‘የ - ኣነ ተጸቢአዮ። 0
a---i-s---e-o-ye----ne -e---e-ī’āy-። a__ i___________ - a__ t____________ a-e i-s-i-e-o-y- - a-e t-t-’-b-’-y-። ------------------------------------ ane its’ibeyo‘ye - ane tets’ebī’āyo።
I’ll explain that – I explained that. ኣነ --ልጾ‘የ -----ገሊ-ዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ገ____ ኣ- እ-ል-‘- - ኣ- ገ-ጸ-። -------------------- ኣነ እገልጾ‘የ - ኣነ ገሊጸዮ። 0
a----ge-i--’o‘y--- -ne---l-t-’-yo። a__ i___________ - a__ g__________ a-e i-e-i-s-o-y- - a-e g-l-t-’-y-። ---------------------------------- ane igelits’o‘ye - ane gelīts’eyo።
I know that – I knew that. ኣነ-እፈ-ጦ‘የ ---ነ ፈሊጠ-። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ፈ____ ኣ- እ-ል-‘- - ኣ- ፈ-ጠ-። -------------------- ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ። 0
ane-ifeli-’o‘---- ane fe----e--። a__ i__________ - a__ f_________ a-e i-e-i-’-‘-e - a-e f-l-t-e-o- -------------------------------- ane ifelit’o‘ye - ane felīt’eyo።

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Negative words aren't translated into the native language

When reading, multilinguals translate subconsciously into their native language. This happens automatically; that is, the readers do it without realizing. It could be said that the brain functions like a simultaneous translator. But it doesn't translate everything! One study has shown that the brain has a built-in filter. This filter decides what gets translated. And it appears that the filter ignores certain words. Negative words aren't translated into the native language. Researchers selected native speakers of Chinese for their experiment. All test subjects spoke English as their second language. The test subjects had to rate various English words. These words had different emotional content. There were positive, negative and neutral terms. While the test subjects read the words, their brains were examined. That is, the researchers measured the electrical brain activity. In doing so, they could see how the brain worked. Certain signals are generated during the translation of words. They indicate that the brain is active. However, the test subjects showed no activity with the negative words. Only the positive or neutral terms were translated. Researchers don't yet know why this is. Theoretically, the brain has to process all words the same. It could be, however, that the filter quickly examines each word. It is analyzed while still being read in the second language. If a word is negative, the memory is blocked. In other words, it can't think of the word in the native language. People can react very sensitively to words. Perhaps the brain wants to protect them from emotional shock…