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86 [eighty-six]

Questions – Past tense 2

Questions – Past tense 2

86 [astoņdesmit seši]

Jautājumi – pagātne 2

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Which tie did you wear? K--u---k-a----i t--n-sāj-? K___ k_________ t_ n______ K-d- k-k-a-a-t- t- n-s-j-? -------------------------- Kādu kaklasaiti tu nēsāji? 0
Which car did you buy? K------šīn- tu n--ir-i? K___ m_____ t_ n_______ K-d- m-š-n- t- n-p-r-i- ----------------------- Kādu mašīnu tu nopirki? 0
Which newspaper did you subscribe to? Kā-u---ī-i-tu-a------? K___ a____ t_ a_______ K-d- a-ī-i t- a-o-ē-i- ---------------------- Kādu avīzi tu abonēji? 0
Who did you see? K--Jūs --d----t? K_ J__ r________ K- J-s r-d-ē-ā-? ---------------- Ko Jūs redzējāt? 0
Who did you meet? K--J-- ----k--? K_ J__ s_______ K- J-s s-t-k-t- --------------- Ko Jūs satikāt? 0
Who did you recognize? Ko J-s-atpa-inā-? K_ J__ a_________ K- J-s a-p-z-n-t- ----------------- Ko Jūs atpazināt? 0
When did you get up? Kad Jū--p-e-ēl-t-es? K__ J__ p___________ K-d J-s p-e-ē-ā-i-s- -------------------- Kad Jūs piecēlāties? 0
When did you start? K---J----āk--? K__ J__ s_____ K-d J-s s-k-t- -------------- Kad Jūs sākāt? 0
When did you finish? Kad --- -e-dzā-? K__ J__ b_______ K-d J-s b-i-z-t- ---------------- Kad Jūs beidzāt? 0
Why did you wake up? Kāpē----s pa---ā---s? K____ J__ p__________ K-p-c J-s p-m-d-t-e-? --------------------- Kāpēc Jūs pamodāties? 0
Why did you become a teacher? K-pēc---s --u-āt---r ---l-tā--? K____ J__ k_____ p__ s_________ K-p-c J-s k-u-ā- p-r s-o-o-ā-u- ------------------------------- Kāpēc Jūs kļuvāt par skolotāju? 0
Why did you take a taxi? K------ū--------t-----ometr-? K____ J__ p______ t__________ K-p-c J-s p-ņ-m-t t-k-o-e-r-? ----------------------------- Kāpēc Jūs paņēmāt taksometru? 0
Where did you come from? N- -u-ie-e- j-s-atnā-ā-? N_ k_______ j__ a_______ N- k-r-e-e- j-s a-n-c-t- ------------------------ No kurienes jūs atnācāt? 0
Where did you go? U--kur--ni-----a-----āt? U_ k______ j__ a________ U- k-r-e-i j-s a-z-ā-ā-? ------------------------ Uz kurieni jūs aizgājāt? 0
Where were you? Kur J-s -ijāt? K__ J__ b_____ K-r J-s b-j-t- -------------- Kur Jūs bijāt? 0
Who did you help? Ka- -- --līdzē--? K__ t_ p_________ K-m t- p-l-d-ē-i- ----------------- Kam tu palīdzēji? 0
Who did you write to? Kam ---r---t---? K__ t_ r________ K-m t- r-k-t-j-? ---------------- Kam tu rakstīji? 0
Who did you reply to? K-- t---t---d--i? K__ t_ a_________ K-m t- a-b-l-ē-i- ----------------- Kam tu atbildēji? 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…