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76 [sedamdeset i šest] nešto obrazložiti 2

Why didn’t you come?	Zašto nisi došao / došla?
I was ill.	Bio / bila sam bolestan / bolesna.
I didn’t come because I was ill.	Ja nisam došao / došla, jer sam bio bolestan / bila bolesna.
Why didn’t she come?	Zašto ona nije došla?
She was tired.	Ona je bila umorna.
She didn’t come because she was tired.	Ona nije došla, jer je bila umorna.
Why didn’t he come?	Zašto on nije došao?
He wasn’t interested.	On nije imao volje.
He didn’t come because he wasn’t interested.	On nije došao, jer nije imao volje.
Why didn’t you come?	Zašto vi niste došli?
Our car is damaged.	Naš auto je pokvaren.
We didn’t come because our car is damaged.	Mi nismo došli, jer je naš auto pokvaren.
Why didn’t the people come?	Zašto ljudi nisu došli?
They missed the train.	Propustili su voz.
They didn’t come because they missed the train.	Oni nisu došli, jer su propustili voz.
Why didn’t you come?	Zašto ti nisi došao / došla?
I was not allowed to.	Ja nisam smio / smjela.
I didn’t come because I was not allowed to.	Ja nisam došao / došla, jer nisam smio / smjela.

Computers can reconstruct heard words

It has long been a dream of man to be able to read minds. Everyone would like to know what another is thinking at a given time. This dream has still not come true. Even with modern technology, we can't read minds. What others think remains a secret. But we can recognize what others hear! This has been proven by a scientific experiment. Researchers succeeded in reconstructing heard words. For this purpose, they analyzed the brain waves of test subjects. When we hear something, our brain becomes active. It has to process the heard language. A certain activity pattern emerges in the process. This pattern can be recorded with electrodes. And this recording can be processed further too! It can be converted into a sound pattern with a computer. The heard word can be identified this way. This principle works with all words. Every word that we hear produces a particular signal. This signal is always connected with the sound of the word. So it "only" needs to be translated into an acoustic signal. For if you know the sound pattern, you'll know the word. The test subjects heard real words and fake words in the experiment. Thus, part of the words did not exist. Despite this, these words could be reconstructed too. The recognized words can be expressed by a computer. It is also possible to have them just appear on a monitor. Now, researchers hope they will soon understand language signals better. So the dream of mind reading continues...