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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56[五十六] 56 [Wǔshíliù]	感受 gǎnshòu

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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	有兴_ y_u x_n_q_ 有兴趣 yǒu xìngqù 有兴_ y__ x_____ 有兴趣 yǒu xìngqù _ __ ___ ______ 有兴趣 yǒu xìngqù
We feel like. / We want to.	我_ 有兴_ 。 w_m_n y_u x_n_q_. 我们有兴趣。 wǒmen yǒu xìngqù. 我_ 有兴_ 。 w____ y__ x______ 我们有兴趣。 wǒmen yǒu xìngqù. __ _ __ _ _____ ___ _______ 我们有兴趣。 wǒmen yǒu xìngqù.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	我_ 没_ 兴_ 。 W_m_n m_i_ǒ_ x_n_q_. 我们没有兴趣。 Wǒmen méiyǒu xìngqù. 我_ 没_ 兴_ 。 W____ m_____ x______ 我们没有兴趣。 Wǒmen méiyǒu xìngqù. __ __ __ _ _____ ______ _______ 我们没有兴趣。 Wǒmen méiyǒu xìngqù.

to be afraid	害_ H_i_à 害怕 Hàipà 害_ H____ 害怕 Hàipà __ _____ 害怕 Hàipà
I’m afraid.	我害_ 。 w_ h_i_à_ 我害怕。 wǒ hàipà. 我害_ 。 w_ h_____ 我害怕。 wǒ hàipà. _ __ _ __ ______ 我害怕。 wǒ hàipà.
I am not afraid.	我不害_ 。 W_ b_ h_i_à_ 我不害怕。 Wǒ bù hàipà. 我不害_ 。 W_ b_ h_____ 我不害怕。 Wǒ bù hàipà. _ _ __ _ __ __ ______ 我不害怕。 Wǒ bù hàipà.

to have time	有时_ Y_u s_í_i_n 有时间 Yǒu shíjiān 有时_ Y__ s______ 有时间 Yǒu shíjiān _ __ ___ _______ 有时间 Yǒu shíjiān
He has time.	他有时_ 。 t_ y_u s_í_i_n_ 他有时间。 tā yǒu shíjiān. 他有时_ 。 t_ y__ s_______ 他有时间。 tā yǒu shíjiān. _ _ __ _ __ ___ ________ 他有时间。 tā yǒu shíjiān.
He has no time.	他没_ 时_ 。 T_ m_i_ǒ_ s_í_i_n_ 他没有时间。 Tā méiyǒu shíjiān. 他没_ 时_ 。 T_ m_____ s_______ 他没有时间。 Tā méiyǒu shíjiān. _ __ __ _ __ ______ ________ 他没有时间。 Tā méiyǒu shíjiān.

to be bored	觉_ 无_ J_é_é w_l_á_ 觉得无聊 Juédé wúliáo 觉_ 无_ J____ w_____ 觉得无聊 Juédé wúliáo __ __ _____ ______ 觉得无聊 Juédé wúliáo
She is bored.	她觉_ 很无_ 。 t_ j_é_é h_n w_l_á_. 她觉得很无聊。 tā juédé hěn wúliáo. 她觉_ 很无_ 。 t_ j____ h__ w______ 她觉得很无聊。 tā juédé hěn wúliáo. _ __ _ __ _ __ _____ ___ _______ 她觉得很无聊。 tā juédé hěn wúliáo.
She is not bored.	她不觉_ 无_ 。 T_ b_ j_é_é w_l_á_. 她不觉得无聊。 Tā bù juédé wúliáo. 她不觉_ 无_ 。 T_ b_ j____ w______ 她不觉得无聊。 Tā bù juédé wúliáo. _ _ __ __ _ __ __ _____ _______ 她不觉得无聊。 Tā bù juédé wúliáo.

to be hungry	饿 È 饿 È 饿 È 饿 È _ _ 饿 È
Are you hungry?	你_ 饿了吗？ n_m_n è_e m_? 你们饿了吗？ nǐmen èle ma? 你_ 饿了吗？ n____ è__ m__ 你们饿了吗？ nǐmen èle ma? __ _ _ _ _ _____ ___ ___ 你们饿了吗？ nǐmen èle ma?
Aren’t you hungry?	你_ 不_ 吗？ N_m_n b_ è m_? 你们不饿吗？ Nǐmen bù è ma? 你_ 不_ 吗？ N____ b_ è m__ 你们不饿吗？ Nǐmen bù è ma? __ __ _ _ _____ __ _ ___ 你们不饿吗？ Nǐmen bù è ma?

to be thirsty	口_ K_u k_ 口渴 Kǒu kě 口_ K__ k_ 口渴 Kǒu kě __ ___ __ 口渴 Kǒu kě
They are thirsty.	他_ 口_ 。 t_m_n k_u k_. 他们口渴。 tāmen kǒu kě. 他_ 口_ 。 t____ k__ k__ 他们口渴。 tāmen kǒu kě. __ __ _ _____ ___ ___ 他们口渴。 tāmen kǒu kě.
They are not thirsty.	他_ 不口_ 。 T_m_n b_ k_u k_. 他们不口渴。 Tāmen bù kǒu kě. 他_ 不口_ 。 T____ b_ k__ k__ 他们不口渴。 Tāmen bù kǒu kě. __ _ __ _ _____ __ ___ ___ 他们不口渴。 Tāmen bù kǒu kě.

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