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88 [oseminosemdeset] Oblike modalnih glagolov za preteklost 2

My son did not want to play with the doll.	Moj sin se ni hotel igrati s punčko.
My daughter did not want to play football / soccer (am.).	Moja hči ni hotela igrati nogometa.
My wife did not want to play chess with me.	Moja žena ni hotela igrati z menoj šaha.
My children did not want to go for a walk.	Moji otroci niso hoteli iti na sprehod.
They did not want to tidy the room.	Niso hoteli pospraviti sobe.
They did not want to go to bed.	Niso hoteli iti spat.
He was not allowed to eat ice cream.	On ni smel jesti nobenih sladoledov.
He was not allowed to eat chocolate.	On ni smel jesti nobene čokolade.
He was not allowed to eat sweets.	On ni smel jesti nobenih bonbonov.
I was allowed to make a wish.	Lahko sem si nekaj zaželel(a).
I was allowed to buy myself a dress.	Lahko sem si kupil(a) obleko.
I was allowed to take a chocolate.	Lahko sem vzel(a) eno pralino.
Were you allowed to smoke in the airplane	Ali si smel(a) kaditi na letalu?
Were you allowed to drink beer in the hospital	Ali si smel(a) piti pivo v bolnišnici?
Were you allowed to take the dog into the hotel	Ali si smel(a) imeti v hotelu s sabo psa?
During the holidays the children were allowed to remain outside late.	Med počitnicami so otroci smeli dlje časa ostajati zunaj.
They were allowed to play in the yard for a long time.	Smeli so se dlje časa igrati na dvorišču.
They were allowed to stay up late.	Smeli so dlje časa ostajati pokonci.

Babies can learn grammar rules

Children grow up very quickly. And they also learn very quickly! It has yet to be researched how children learn. Learning processes take place automatically. Children don't notice when they are learning. Nevertheless, every day they are capable of more. This also becomes clear with language. Babies can only cry in the first few months. With a few months they can say short words. Then sentences are created from those words. Eventually the children speak their native language. Unfortunately, that doesn't work in the case of adults. They need books or other material in order to learn. Only this way can they learn grammar rules, for example. Babies, however, learn grammar as early as four months old! Researchers taught German babies foreign grammar rules. In order to do this, they played Italian sentences aloud to them. These sentences contained certain syntactical structures. The babies listened to the correct sentences for about fifteen minutes. Afterwards, sentences were played for the babies again. This time, however, a few of the sentences were incorrect. While the babies listened to the sentences, their brainwaves were measured. This way the researchers could identify how the brain reacted to sentences. And the babies showed different levels of activity with the sentences! Although they had just learned them, they registered the mistakes. Naturally, babies do not understand why some sentences are wrong. They orient themselves toward phonetic patterns. But that is enough to learn a language – at least for babies…