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30 [ოცდაათი] რესტორანში 2

30 [otsdaati] rest'oranshi 2

An apple juice, please.	ვაშლის წვენი, თუ შეიძლება.; vashlis ts'veni, tu sheidzleba.
A lemonade, please.	ლიმონათი, თუ შეიძლება.; limonati, tu sheidzleba.
A tomato juice, please.	პომიდორის წვენი, თუ შეიძლება.; p'omidoris ts'veni, tu sheidzleba.
I’d like a glass of red wine.	ერთ ჭიქა წითელ ღვინოს დავლევდი.; ert ch'ika ts'itel ghvinos davlevdi.
I’d like a glass of white wine.	ერთ ჭიქა თეთრ ღვინოს დავლევდი.; ert ch'ika tetr ghvinos davlevdi.
I’d like a bottle of champagne.	ერთ ბოთლ შამპანურს დავლევდი.; ert botl shamp'anurs davlevdi.
Do you like fish?	გიყვარს თევზი?; giqvars tevzi?
Do you like beef?	გიყვარს საქონლის ხორცი?; giqvars sakonlis khortsi?
Do you like pork?	გიყვარს ღორის ხორცი?; giqvars ghoris khortsi?
I’d like something without meat.	მე მინდა რამე ხორცის გარეშე.; me minda rame khortsis gareshe.
I’d like some mixed vegetables.	მე მინდა ბოსტნეულის კერძი.; me minda bost'neulis k'erdzi.
I’d like something that won’t take much time.	მე მინდა რამე, რაც სწრაფად მზადდება.; me minda rame, rats sts'rapad mzaddeba.
Would you like that with rice?	ბრინჯით გნებავთ?; brinjit gnebavt?
Would you like that with pasta?	მაკარონით გნებავთ?; mak'aronit gnebavt?
Would you like that with potatoes?	კარტოფილით გნებავთ?; k'art'opilit gnebavt?
That doesn’t taste good.	ეს არ მომწონს.; es ar momts'ons.
The food is cold.	კერძი ცივია.; k'erdzi tsivia.
I didn’t order this.	ეს არ შემიკვეთავს.; es ar shemik'vetavs.

Tonal Languages

Most of all the languages spoken worldwide are tonal languages. With tonal languages, the pitch of the tones is crucial. They determine what meaning words or syllables have. Thus, the tone belongs firmly to the word. Most of the languages spoken in Asia are tonal languages. For example, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. There are also various tonal languages in Africa. Many indigenous languages in America are tonal languages as well. Indo-European languages mostly contain only tonal elements. This applies to Swedish or Serbian, for example. The number of tone pitches is varied in individual languages. Four different tones are distinguishable in Chinese. With this, the syllable ma can have four meanings. They are mother, hemp, horse and to rant . Interestingly, tonal languages also impact our hearing. Studies on absolute hearing have shown this. Absolute hearing is the ability to identify heard tones accurately. Absolute hearing occurs very rarely in Europe and North America. Fewer than 1 in 10,000 people have it. It's different with native speakers of Chinese. Here, 9 times as many people have this special ability. We all had absolute hearing when we were infants. We used it to learn to speak correctly. Unfortunately, most people lose it later on. The pitch of tones is also important in music. This is especially true for cultures that speak a tonal language. They must adhere to the melody very precisely. Otherwise a beautiful love song comes out as an absurd song!