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82 [aštuoniasdešimt du] Praeitis 2

Did you have to call an ambulance	Ar tu turėjai iškviesti greitąją pagalbą?
Did you have to call the doctor	Ar tu turėjai iškviesti gydytoją?
Did you have to call the police	Ar tu turėjai iškviesti policiją?
Do you have the telephone number I had it just now.	Ar (jūs) turite telefono numerį? Ką tik (aš) jį turėjau.
Do you have the address I had it just now.	Ar (jūs) turite adresą? Ką tik (aš) jį turėjau.
Do you have the city map I had it just now.	Ar (jūs) turite miesto planą? Ką tik (aš) jį turėjau.
Did he come on time He could not come on time.	Ar jis atvyko / atėjo laiku? Jis negalėjo atvykti / ateiti laiku.
Did he find the way He could not find the way.	Ar jis rado kelią? Jis negalėjo rasti kelio.
Did he understand you He could not understand me.	Ar jis tave suprato? Jis negalėjo manęs suprasti.
Why could you not come on time	Kodėl (tu) negalėjai atvykti / ateiti laiku?
Why could you not find the way	Kodėl (tu) negalėjai rasti kelio?
Why could you not understand him	Kodėl (tu) negalėjai jo suprasti?
I could not come on time because there were no buses.	(Aš) negalėjau atvykti laiku, nes nevažiavo autobusas.
I could not find the way because I had no city map.	(Aš) negalėjau rasti kelio, nes neturėjau miesto plano.
I could not understand him because the music was so loud.	(Aš) negalėjau jo suprasti, nes muzika buvo tokia garsi / triukšminga.
I had to take a taxi.	(Aš) turėjau važiuoti taksi.
I had to buy a city map.	(Aš) turėjau nusipirkti miesto planą.
I had to switch off the radio.	(Aš) turėjau išjungti radiją.

Negative words aren't translated into the native language

When reading, multilinguals translate subconsciously into their native language. This happens automatically; that is, the readers do it without realizing. It could be said that the brain functions like a simultaneous translator. But it doesn't translate everything! One study has shown that the brain has a built-in filter. This filter decides what gets translated. And it appears that the filter ignores certain words. Negative words aren't translated into the native language. Researchers selected native speakers of Chinese for their experiment. All test subjects spoke English as their second language. The test subjects had to rate various English words. These words had different emotional content. There were positive, negative and neutral terms. While the test subjects read the words, their brains were examined. That is, the researchers measured the electrical brain activity. In doing so, they could see how the brain worked. Certain signals are generated during the translation of words. They indicate that the brain is active. However, the test subjects showed no activity with the negative words. Only the positive or neutral terms were translated. Researchers don't yet know why this is. Theoretically, the brain has to process all words the same. It could be, however, that the filter quickly examines each word. It is analyzed while still being read in the second language. If a word is negative, the memory is blocked. In other words, it can't think of the word in the native language. People can react very sensitively to words. Perhaps the brain wants to protect them from emotional shock…