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82 [dvainosemdeset] Preteklost 2

Did you have to call an ambulance	Ali si moral(a) poklicati rešilca?
Did you have to call the doctor	Ali si moral(a) poklicati zdravnika?
Did you have to call the police	Ali si moral(a) poklicati policijo?
Do you have the telephone number I had it just now.	Ali imate telefonsko številko? Pravkar sem jo še imel(a).
Do you have the address I had it just now.	Ali imate naslov? Pravkar sem ga še imel(a).
Do you have the city map I had it just now.	Ali imate načrt mesta? Pravkar sem ga še imel(a).
Did he come on time He could not come on time.	Je prišel točno? On ni mogel priti pravočasno.
Did he find the way He could not find the way.	Je našel pot? Ni mogel najti poti.
Did he understand you He could not understand me.	Te je razumel? Ni me mogel razumeti.
Why could you not come on time	Zakaj nisi mogel (mogla) priti točno?
Why could you not find the way	Zakaj nisi mogel (mogla) najti poti?
Why could you not understand him	Zakaj ga nisi mogel (mogla) razumeti?
I could not come on time because there were no buses.	Nisem mogel (mogla) priti točno, ker ni vozil noben avtobus.
I could not find the way because I had no city map.	Nisem mogel (mogla) najti poti, ker nisem imel(a) načrta mesta.
I could not understand him because the music was so loud.	Nisem ga mogel (mogla) razumeti, ker je bila glasba tako glasna.
I had to take a taxi.	Moral(a) sem vzeti taksi.
I had to buy a city map.	Moral(a) sem kupiti načrt mesta.
I had to switch off the radio.	Moral(a) sem izklopiti radio.

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…