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86 [eighty-six]

Questions – Past tense 2

Questions – Past tense 2

86 [sechsundachtzig]

Fragen – Vergangenheit 2

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Which tie did you wear? We-che K--w-tte -a-- du--etr--en? W_____ K_______ h___ d_ g________ W-l-h- K-a-a-t- h-s- d- g-t-a-e-? --------------------------------- Welche Krawatte hast du getragen? 0
Which car did you buy? W-lc--s-Auto--a-t -u--e--uf-? W______ A___ h___ d_ g_______ W-l-h-s A-t- h-s- d- g-k-u-t- ----------------------------- Welches Auto hast du gekauft? 0
Which newspaper did you subscribe to? We--h--Z-it-n--h-s- d--a-o-n-ert? W_____ Z______ h___ d_ a_________ W-l-h- Z-i-u-g h-s- d- a-o-n-e-t- --------------------------------- Welche Zeitung hast du abonniert? 0
Who did you see? Wen-h---n -i--g--e---? W__ h____ S__ g_______ W-n h-b-n S-e g-s-h-n- ---------------------- Wen haben Sie gesehen? 0
Who did you meet? We- --be---ie--e-rof-en? W__ h____ S__ g_________ W-n h-b-n S-e g-t-o-f-n- ------------------------ Wen haben Sie getroffen? 0
Who did you recognize? We----b-- Sie--rk-nn-? W__ h____ S__ e_______ W-n h-b-n S-e e-k-n-t- ---------------------- Wen haben Sie erkannt? 0
When did you get up? Wann-s-n----e aufg---a-den? W___ s___ S__ a____________ W-n- s-n- S-e a-f-e-t-n-e-? --------------------------- Wann sind Sie aufgestanden? 0
When did you start? Wann h-b-n -i----g---en? W___ h____ S__ b________ W-n- h-b-n S-e b-g-n-e-? ------------------------ Wann haben Sie begonnen? 0
When did you finish? W--n -a-e- -i--au--eh--t? W___ h____ S__ a_________ W-n- h-b-n S-e a-f-e-ö-t- ------------------------- Wann haben Sie aufgehört? 0
Why did you wake up? W--u----n--------fg-wa-ht? W____ s___ S__ a__________ W-r-m s-n- S-e a-f-e-a-h-? -------------------------- Warum sind Sie aufgewacht? 0
Why did you become a teacher? Wa-u- -ind --e Leh-er-ge-o-d-n? W____ s___ S__ L_____ g________ W-r-m s-n- S-e L-h-e- g-w-r-e-? ------------------------------- Warum sind Sie Lehrer geworden? 0
Why did you take a taxi? War-m ha--n Sie ei--T--i --no--en? W____ h____ S__ e__ T___ g________ W-r-m h-b-n S-e e-n T-x- g-n-m-e-? ---------------------------------- Warum haben Sie ein Taxi genommen? 0
Where did you come from? Wo-er---nd-S---ge-o-men? W____ s___ S__ g________ W-h-r s-n- S-e g-k-m-e-? ------------------------ Woher sind Sie gekommen? 0
Where did you go? Wo----s-nd-S-- -e--ng--? W____ s___ S__ g________ W-h-n s-n- S-e g-g-n-e-? ------------------------ Wohin sind Sie gegangen? 0
Where were you? Wo -ind -ie-gew-sen? W_ s___ S__ g_______ W- s-n- S-e g-w-s-n- -------------------- Wo sind Sie gewesen? 0
Who did you help? Wem-ha-- du-g---lfen? W__ h___ d_ g________ W-m h-s- d- g-h-l-e-? --------------------- Wem hast du geholfen? 0
Who did you write to? W-- hast--u-gesc---eb--? W__ h___ d_ g___________ W-m h-s- d- g-s-h-i-b-n- ------------------------ Wem hast du geschrieben? 0
Who did you reply to? We- ---t-d- --a--wort-t? W__ h___ d_ g___________ W-m h-s- d- g-a-t-o-t-t- ------------------------ Wem hast du geantwortet? 0

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Bilingualism improves hearing

People who speak two languages hear better. They can distinguish between different sounds more accurately. An American study has come to this conclusion. Researchers tested several teenagers. Part of the test subjects grew up bilingual. These teenagers spoke English and Spanish. The other part of the subjects only spoke English. The young people had to listen to a particular syllable. It was the syllable ‘da’. It didn't belong to either of the languages. The syllable was played for the test subjects using headphones. At the same time, their brain activity was measured with electrodes. After this test the teenagers had to listen to the syllable again. This time, however, they could hear many disruptive sounds as well. There were various voices saying meaningless sentences. The bilingual individuals reacted very strongly to the syllable. Their brain showed a lot of activity. They could identify the syllable exactly, with and without the disruptive sounds. The monolingual individuals were not successful. Their hearing was not as good as the bilingual test subjects. The result of the experiment surprised researchers. Until then it was only known that musicians have an especially good ear. But it appears that bilingualism also trains the ear. People that are bilingual are constantly confronted with different sounds. Therefore, their brain must develop new abilities. It learns how to distinguish different linguistic stimuli. Researchers are now testing how language skills affect the brain. Maybe hearing can still benefit when a person learns languages later in life…