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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [šestinpetdeset]	Čustva

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The language of our ancestors

Modern languages can be analyzed by linguists. Various methods are used to do so. But how did people speak thousands of years ago? It is much more difficult to answer this question. Despite this, scientists have been busy researching for years. They would like to explore how people spoke earlier. In order to do this, they attempt to reconstruct ancient speech forms. American scientists have now made an exciting discovery. They analyzed more than 2,000 languages. In particular they analyzed the sentence structure of the languages. The results of their study were very interesting. About half of the languages had the S-O-V sentence structure. That is to say, the sentences are ordered by subject, object and verb. More than 700 languages follow the pattern S-V-O. And about 160 languages operate according to the V-S-O system. Only about 40 languages use the V-O-S pattern. 120 languages display a hybrid. On the other hand, O-V-S and O-S-V are distinctly rarer systems. The majority of the analyzed languages use the S-O-V principle. Persian, Japanese and Turkish are some examples. Most living languages follow the S-V-O pattern, however. This sentence structure dominates the Indo-European language family today. Researchers believe that the S-O-V model was used earlier. All languages are based on this system. But then the languages diverged. We don't yet know how that happened. However, the variation of sentence structures must have had a reason. Because in evolution, only that which has an advantage prevails…

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to feel like / want to	U_i_a_i Uživati U______ Uživati _______ Uživati
We feel like. / We want to.	M_ u_i_a_o (_e i_a_o p_i_e_n_)_ / M_d_a (_e_v_) u_i_a_a (_e i_a_a p_i_e_n_)_ Mi uživamo (se imamo prijetno). / Midva (Medve) uživava (se imava prijetno). M_ u______ (__ i____ p_________ / M____ (______ u______ (__ i____ p_________ Mi uživamo (se imamo prijetno). / Midva (Medve) uživava (se imava prijetno). __ _______ ___ _____ __________ _ _____ _______ _______ ___ _____ __________ Mi uživamo (se imamo prijetno). / Midva (Medve) uživava (se imava prijetno).
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	N_ u_i_a_o (_ž_v_v_)_ Ne uživamo (uživava). N_ u______ (_________ Ne uživamo (uživava). __ _______ __________ Ne uživamo (uživava).

to be afraid	b_t_ s_ bati se b___ s_ bati se ____ __ bati se
I’m afraid.	B_j_m s_. Bojim se. B____ s__ Bojim se. _____ ___ Bojim se.
I am not afraid.	N_ b_j_m s_. Ne bojim se. N_ b____ s__ Ne bojim se. __ _____ ___ Ne bojim se.

to have time	i_e_i č_s imeti čas i____ č__ imeti čas _____ ___ imeti čas
He has time.	O_ i_a č_s_ On ima čas. O_ i__ č___ On ima čas. __ ___ ____ On ima čas.
He has no time.	O_ n_m_ č_s_. On nima časa. O_ n___ č____ On nima časa. __ ____ _____ On nima časa.

to be bored	d_l_o_a_i_i s_ dolgočasiti se d__________ s_ dolgočasiti se ___________ __ dolgočasiti se
She is bored.	O_a s_ d_l_o_a_i_ (_j_j j_ d_l_č_s_) Ona se dolgočasi. (Njej je dolgčas.) O__ s_ d_________ (____ j_ d________ Ona se dolgočasi. (Njej je dolgčas.) ___ __ __________ _____ __ _________ Ona se dolgočasi. (Njej je dolgčas.)
She is not bored.	O_a s_ n_ d_l_o_a_i_ (_j_j n_ d_l_č_s_) Ona se ne dolgočasi. (Njej ni dolgčas.) O__ s_ n_ d_________ (____ n_ d________ Ona se ne dolgočasi. (Njej ni dolgčas.) ___ __ __ __________ _____ __ _________ Ona se ne dolgočasi. (Njej ni dolgčas.)

to be hungry	b_t_ l_č_n biti lačen b___ l____ biti lačen ____ _____ biti lačen
Are you hungry?	A_i s_e l_č_i_ Ali ste lačni? A__ s__ l_____ Ali ste lačni? ___ ___ ______ Ali ste lačni?
Aren’t you hungry?	A_i n_s_e l_č_i_ Ali niste lačni? A__ n____ l_____ Ali niste lačni? ___ _____ ______ Ali niste lačni?

to be thirsty	b_t_ ž_j_n biti žejen b___ ž____ biti žejen ____ _____ biti žejen
They are thirsty.	V_ s_e ž_j_i_ (_e s_e ž_j_e_) Vi ste žejni. (Ve ste žejne.) V_ s__ ž_____ (__ s__ ž______ Vi ste žejni. (Ve ste žejne.) __ ___ ______ ___ ___ _______ Vi ste žejni. (Ve ste žejne.)
They are not thirsty.	V_ n_s_e ž_j_i_ (_e n_s_e ž_j_e_) Vi niste žejni. (Ve niste žejne.) V_ n____ ž_____ (__ n____ ž______ Vi niste žejni. (Ve niste žejne.) __ _____ ______ ___ _____ _______ Vi niste žejni. (Ve niste žejne.)

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