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85 [ሰማንያ አምስት] ጥያቄ - ሐላፊ ጊዜ 1

85 [semaniya āmisiti] t’iyak’ē - ḥālafī gīzē 1

How much did you drink?	እርስዎ ምን ያክል ጠጥተዋል?; irisiwo mini yakili t’et’itewali?
How much did you work?	እርስዎ ምን ያክል ሰርተዋል?; irisiwo mini yakili seritewali?
How much did you write?	እርስዎ ምን ያክል ፅፈዋል?; irisiwo mini yakili t͟s’ifewali?
How did you sleep?	እርስዎ እንዴት ተኙ?; irisiwo inidēti tenyu?
How did you pass the exam?	እርስዎ እንዴት ፈተናውን አለፉ?; irisiwo inidēti fetenawini ālefu?
How did you find the way?	እርስዎ እንዴት መንገዱን አገኙት?; irisiwo inidēti menigeduni āgenyuti?
Who did you speak to?	እርስዎ ከማን ጋር ነው የተነጋገሩት?; irisiwo kemani gari newi yetenegageruti?
With whom did you make an appointment?	እርስዎ ከማን ጋር ነው ቀጠሮ የያዙት?; irisiwo kemani gari newi k’et’ero yeyazuti?
With whom did you celebrate your birthday?	እርስዎ ከማን ጋር ነው ልደት ያከበሩት?; irisiwo kemani gari newi lideti yakeberuti?
Where were you?	እርስዎ የት ነበሩ?; irisiwo yeti neberu?
Where did you live?	እርስዎ የት ኖረዋል?; irisiwo yeti norewali?
Where did you work?	እርስዎ የት ሰርተዋል?; irisiwo yeti seritewali?
What did you suggest?	እርስዎ ምን ይመክሩኛል?; irisiwo mini yimekirunyali?
What did you eat?	እርስዎ ምን በሉ?; irisiwo mini belu?
What did you come to know?	እርስዎ ምን ልምድ አለዎት?; irisiwo mini limidi ālewoti?
How fast did you drive?	እርስዎ በምን ያክል ፍጥነት ነዱ?; irisiwo bemini yakili fit’ineti nedu?
How long did you fly?	እርስዎ ምን ያክል ጊዜ በአውሮፕላን በረሩ?; irisiwo mini yakili gīzē be’āwiropilani bereru?
How high did you jump?	እርስዎ ምን ያክል ከፍታ ዘለሉ?; irisiwo mini yakili kefita zelelu?

Big letters, big feelings

Advertising uses a lot of pictures. Pictures awaken our particular interests. We look at them longer and more intently than letters. As a result, we remember advertisements with pictures better. Pictures also produce strong emotional reactions. The brain recognizes pictures very quickly. It knows immediately what can be seen in the picture. Letters function differently than pictures. They are abstract characters. Therefore, our brain reacts slower to letters. First, it must understand the meaning of the word. One might say the characters must be translated by the language part of the brain. But emotions can be produced using letters too. The text just needs to be very large. Studies show that big letters have a big effect as well. Large letters aren't just more noticeable than small letters. They also produce a stronger emotional reaction. This is true for positive as well as negative feelings. The size of things has always been important to mankind. Man must react quickly to danger. And when something is large, it's usually already quite close! So it's understandable that large pictures cause strong reactions. Less clear is how we react to large letters. Letters aren't actually a signal for the brain. Despite this, it shows greater activity when it sees large letters. This result is very interesting to scientists. It shows how important letters have become for us. Our brain has somehow learned how to react to writing…