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59 [шъэныкъорэ бгъурэ] Почтэм

59 [shjenykorje bgurje] Pochtjem

Where is the nearest post office?	Анахь почтэ благъэр тыдэ щыI?; Anah' pochtje blagjer tydje shhyI?
Is the post office far from here?	Анахь почтэгупчэ благъэр чыжьа?; Anah' pochtjegupchje blagjer chyzh'a?
Where is the nearest mail box?	Анахь почтэ пхъонтэ благъэр тыдэ щыI?; Anah' pochtje phontje blagjer tydje shhyI?
I need a couple of stamps.	Почтэ маркэ заулэ сищыкIагъ.; Pochtje markje zaulje sishhykIag.
For a card and a letter.	Открыткэми письмэми апае.; Otkrytkjemi pis'mjemi apae.
How much is the postage to America?	Америкэм нэс почтэ уасэр тхьапш?; Amerikjem njes pochtje uasjer th'apsh?
How heavy is the package?	Бгъэхьыщтым тхьапш къыщэчырэр?; Bgjeh'yshhtym th'apsh kyshhjechyrjer?
Can I send it by air mail?	Мыр авиапочтэкIэ стIупщын слъэкIыщта?; Myr aviapochtjekIje stIupshhyn sljekIyshhta?
How long will it take to get there?	Мыр тхьапшкIэ нэсыщт?; Myr th'apshkIje njesyshht?
Where can I make a call?	Тэдэ телефонкIэ сызыщытеон слъэкIыщтыр?; Tjedje telefonkIje syzyshhyteon sljekIyshhtyr?
Where is the nearest telephone booth?	Телефон унэ цIыкIоу анахь благъэр тыдэ щыI?; Telefon unje cIykIou anah' blagjer tydje shhyI?
Do you have calling cards?	Телефон картэхэр шъуиIа?; Telefon kartjehjer shuiIa?
Do you have a telephone directory?	Телефонхэр зыдэт тхылъ шъуиIа?; Telefonhjer zydjet thyl shuiIa?
Do you know the area code for Austria?	Австрием икод шъуиIа?; Avstriem ikod shuiIa?
One moment, I’ll look it up.	ТIэкIу дэдэ къысаж, мары сыкъеплъыщт.; TIjekIu djedje kysazh, mary sykeplyshht.
The line is always busy.	КIорэп. АдыкIэ ренэу мэгущыIэх.; KIorjep. AdykIje renjeu mjegushhyIjeh.
Which number did you dial?	Сыд фэдэ номера узытеуагъэр?; Syd fjedje nomera uzyteuagjer?
You have to dial a zero first!	Апэ ноль итын фае!; Apje nol' ityn fae!

The native language is always the most important language

Our native language is the first language we learn. This happens automatically, so we don't notice it. Most people only have one native language. All other languages are studied as foreign languages. Of course there are also people who grow up with multiple languages. However, they typically speak these languages with differing levels of fluency. Often, the languages are also used differently. One language is used at work, for example. The other is used at home. How well we speak a language is dependent on multiple factors. When we learn it as small children, we typically learn it very well. Our speech center works most effectively in these years of life. How often we speak a language is also important. The more often we use it, the better we speak it. But researchers believe a person can never speak two languages equally well. One language is always the more important language. Experiments seem to confirm this hypothesis. Various people were tested in one study. Half of the test subjects spoke two languages fluently. Chinese was the native language and English the second. The other half of the subjects only spoke English as their native language. The test subjects had to solve simple tasks in English. While doing so, the activity of their brains was measured. And differences appeared in the brains of the test subjects! In the multilingual individuals, one region of the brain was especially active. The monolingual individuals, on the other hand, showed no activity in this region. Both groups solved the tasks equally fast and well. Despite this, the Chinese still translated everything into their native language…