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68 [тIокIищрэ ирэ] ины – цIыкIу

68 [tIokIishhrje irje] iny – cIykIu

big and small	ины ыкIи цIыкIу; iny ykIi cIykIu
The elephant is big.	Пылыр ины.; Pylyr iny.
The mouse is small.	Цыгъор цIыкIу.; Cygor cIykIu.
dark and bright	шIункI ыкIи нэфы (нэфын); shIunkI ykIi njefy (njefyn)
The night is dark.	Чэщыр шIункI.; Chjeshhyr shIunkI.
The day is bright.	Мафэр нэфын.; Mafjer njefyn.
old and young	жъы ыкIи кIэ; zhy ykIi kIje
Our grandfather is very old.	Титатэ жъы дэд.; Titatje zhy djed.
70 years ago he was still young.	Илъэс 70-рэкIэ узэкIэIэбэжьмэ, ар джыри ныбжьыкIагъ.; Iljes 70-rjekIje uzjekIjeIjebjezh'mje, ar dzhyri nybzh'ykIag.
beautiful and ugly	дахэ ыкIи Iае; dahje ykIi Iae
The butterfly is beautiful.	ХьампIырашъор дахэ.; H'ampIyrashor dahje.
The spider is ugly.	Бэджыр Iае.; Bjedzhyr Iae.
fat and thin	пщэр ыкIи од; pshhjer ykIi od
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat.	Бзылъфыгъэу килограмишъэ къэзыщэчрэр пщэр.; Bzylfygjeu kilogramishje kjezyshhjechrjer pshhjer.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin.	Хъулъфыгъэу килограмм шъэныкъо къэзыщэчрэр од.; Hulfygjeu kilogramm shjenyko kjezyshhjechrjer od.
expensive and cheap	лъапIэ ыкIи пыут; lapIje ykIi pyut
The car is expensive.	Машинэр лъапIэ.; Mashinjer lapIje.
The newspaper is cheap.	Гъэзетыр пыут.; Gjezetyr pyut.

Two languages = two speech centers!

It doesn't matter to our brain when we learn a language. This is because it has different storage areas for different languages. Not all the languages we learn are stored together. Languages we learn as adults have their own storage area. That means the brain processes the new rules in a different place. They aren't stored with the native language. People who grow up bilingual, on the other hand, only use one region of the brain. Multiple studies have come to this conclusion. Neuroscientists examined various test subjects. These subjects spoke two languages fluently. One part of the test group, however, had grown up with both languages. The other part, in contrast, had learned the second language later in life. Researchers could measure brain activity during language tests. This way they could see which areas of the brain functioned during the tests. And they saw that the "late" learners had two speech centers! Researchers had already long suspected that this would be so. People with brain injuries show different symptoms. So, damage to the brain can also lead to speech problems. Those affected can't pronounce or understand words as well. But bilingual accident victims sometimes show unusual symptoms. Their speech problems don't always affect both languages. If only one area of the brain is injured, the other can still function. Then the patients speak one language better than the other. The two different languages are also re-learned at different speeds. This proves that both languages aren't stored in the same place. Since they weren't learned at the same time, they form two centers. It is still unknown how our brain manages multiple languages. But new findings could lead to new learning strategies.