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90 [ninety]

Imperative 2

Imperative 2

90 [negentig]

Imperatief 2

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Shave! S--e-r j-! S_____ j__ S-h-e- j-! ---------- Scheer je! 0
Wash yourself! Wa- je! W__ j__ W-s j-! ------- Was je! 0
Comb your hair! K-- -- h-ar! K__ j_ h____ K-m j- h-a-! ------------ Kam je haar! 0
Call! B-l-o-! B__ o__ B-l o-! ------- Bel op! 0
Begin! Be-in! B_____ B-g-n- ------ Begin! 0
Stop! H-- op! H__ o__ H-u o-! ------- Hou op! 0
Leave it! La-t dat! L___ d___ L-a- d-t- --------- Laat dat! 0
Say it! Z-g--a-! Z__ d___ Z-g d-t- -------- Zeg dat! 0
Buy it! Koop d--! K___ d___ K-o- d-t- --------- Koop dat! 0
Never be dishonest! W-e--noo-t -neerlijk! W___ n____ o_________ W-e- n-o-t o-e-r-i-k- --------------------- Wees nooit oneerlijk! 0
Never be naughty! W--s-n-o-- -r---al! W___ n____ b_______ W-e- n-o-t b-u-a-l- ------------------- Wees nooit brutaal! 0
Never be impolite! W--s n-----o-b-l-e--! W___ n____ o_________ W-e- n-o-t o-b-l-e-d- --------------------- Wees nooit onbeleefd! 0
Always be honest! We-s---tijd eer----! W___ a_____ e_______ W-e- a-t-j- e-r-i-k- -------------------- Wees altijd eerlijk! 0
Always be nice! W--s--l--j--aar-ig! W___ a_____ a______ W-e- a-t-j- a-r-i-! ------------------- Wees altijd aardig! 0
Always be polite! W-e---lt-----e-----! W___ a_____ b_______ W-e- a-t-j- b-l-e-d- -------------------- Wees altijd beleefd! 0
Hope you arrive home safely! We- th--s! W__ t_____ W-l t-u-s- ---------- Wel thuis! 0
Take care of yourself! L-t - -oe- -p u-elf! L__ u g___ o_ u_____ L-t u g-e- o- u-e-f- -------------------- Let u goed op uzelf! 0
Do visit us again soon! B----k----on--g-uw-we--! B______ u o__ g___ w____ B-z-e-t u o-s g-u- w-e-! ------------------------ Bezoekt u ons gauw weer! 0

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Babies can learn grammar rules

Children grow up very quickly. And they also learn very quickly! It has yet to be researched how children learn. Learning processes take place automatically. Children don't notice when they are learning. Nevertheless, every day they are capable of more. This also becomes clear with language. Babies can only cry in the first few months. With a few months they can say short words. Then sentences are created from those words. Eventually the children speak their native language. Unfortunately, that doesn't work in the case of adults. They need books or other material in order to learn. Only this way can they learn grammar rules, for example. Babies, however, learn grammar as early as four months old! Researchers taught German babies foreign grammar rules. In order to do this, they played Italian sentences aloud to them. These sentences contained certain syntactical structures. The babies listened to the correct sentences for about fifteen minutes. Afterwards, sentences were played for the babies again. This time, however, a few of the sentences were incorrect. While the babies listened to the sentences, their brainwaves were measured. This way the researchers could identify how the brain reacted to sentences. And the babies showed different levels of activity with the sentences! Although they had just learned them, they registered the mistakes. Naturally, babies do not understand why some sentences are wrong. They orient themselves toward phonetic patterns. But that is enough to learn a language – at least for babies…