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1 [зы] ЦIыфхэр

1 [zy] CIyfhjer

I	сэ; sje
I and you	сэррэ оррэ; sjerrje orrje
both of us	тэ титIо; tje titIo
he	ар (хъулъфыгъ); ar (hulfyg)
he and she	аррэ (хъулъфыгъ) аррэ (бзылъфыгъ); arrje (hulfyg) arrje (bzylfyg)
they both	ахэр тIури; ahjer tIuri
the man	хъулъфыгъ; hulfyg
the woman	бзылъфыгъ; bzylfyg
the child	сабый; sabyj
a family	унагъо; unago
my family	сиунагъо; siunago
My family is here.	Сиунагъо мыщ щыI.; Siunago myshh shhyI.
I am here.	Сэ мыщ сыщыI.; Sje myshh syshhyI.
You are here.	О мыщ ущыI.; O myshh ushhyI.
He is here and she is here.	Ар (хъулъфыгъ) мыщ щыI ыкIи ар (бзылъфыгъ) мыщ щыI.; Ar (hulfyg) myshh shhyI ykIi ar (bzylfyg) myshh shhyI.
We are here.	Тэ мыщ тыщыI.; Tje myshh tyshhyI.
You are here.	Шъо мыщ шъущыI.; Sho myshh shushhyI.
They are all here.	Ахэр зэкIэ мыщ щыIэх.; Ahjer zjekIje myshh shhyIjeh.

Alphabets

We can communicate with languages. We tell others what we're thinking or feeling. Writing has this function as well. Most languages have a written form, or writing. Writing consists of characters. These characters can be diverse. Most writing is made up of letters. These letters make up alphabets. An alphabet is an organized set of graphic symbols. These characters are joined to form words according to certain rules. Each character has a fixed pronunciation. The term "alphabet" comes from the Greek language. There, the first two letters were called "alpha" and "beta". There have been many different alphabets throughout history. People were using characters more than 3,000 years ago. Earlier, characters were magical symbols. Only a few people knew what they meant. Later, the characters lost their symbolic nature. Today, letters have no meaning. They only have a meaning when they are combined with other letters. Characters such as that of the Chinese function differently. They resemble pictures and often depict what they mean. When we write, we are encoding our thoughts. We use characters to record our knowledge. Our brain has learned how to decode the alphabet. Characters become words, words become ideas. In this way, a text can survive for thousands of years. And still be understood…