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68 [վաթսունութ] մեծ - փոքր

68 [vat’sunut’] mets - p’vok’r

big and small	մեծ և փոքր; mets yev p’vok’r
The elephant is big.	Փիղը մեծ է: P’ighy mets e
The mouse is small.	Մուկը փոքր է: Muky p’vok’r e
dark and bright	մութ և լուսավոր; mut’ yev lusavor
The night is dark.	Գիշերը մութ է: Gishery mut’ e
The day is bright.	Օրը պայծառ է: Ory paytsarr e
old and young	ծեր և երիտասարդ; tser yev yeritasard
Our grandfather is very old.	Մեր պապիկը շատ ծեր է: Mer papiky shat tser e
70 years ago he was still young.	Յոթանասուն տարի առաջ նա երիտասարդ էր: Yot’anasun tari arraj na yeritasard er
beautiful and ugly	գեղեցիկ և տգեղ; geghets’ik yev tgegh
The butterfly is beautiful.	Թիթեռը գեղեցիկ է: T’it’yerry geghets’ik e
The spider is ugly.	Սարդը տգեղ է: Sardy tgegh e
fat and thin	գեր և նիհար; ger yev nihar
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat.	Կինը հարյուր կիլոգրամով գեր է: Kiny haryur kilogramov ger e
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin.	Տղամարդը հիսուն կիլոգրամով նիհար է: Tghamardy hisun kilogramov nihar e
expensive and cheap	թանկ և էժան; t’ank yev ezhan
The car is expensive.	Մեքենան թանկ է: Mek’yenan t’ank e
The newspaper is cheap.	Թերթը էժան է: T’yert’y ezhan e

Two languages = two speech centers!

When we learn a language matters to our brain. This is because it has different storage areas for different languages. Not all the languages we learn are stored together. Languages we learn as adults have their own storage area. That means the brain processes the new rules in a different place. They aren't stored with the native language. People who grow up bilingual, on the other hand, only use one region of the brain. Multiple studies have come to this conclusion. Neuroscientists examined various test subjects. These subjects spoke two languages fluently. One part of the test group, however, had grown up with both languages. The other part, in contrast, had learned the second language later in life. Researchers could measure brain activity during language tests. This way they could see which areas of the brain functioned during the tests. And they saw that the ‘late’ learners had two speech centers! Researchers had already long suspected that this would be so. People with brain injuries show different symptoms. So, damage to the brain can also lead to speech problems. Those affected can't pronounce or understand words as well. But bilingual accident victims sometimes show unusual symptoms. Their speech problems don't always affect both languages. If only one area of the brain is injured, the other can still function. Then the patients speak one language better than the other. The two different languages are also re-learned at different speeds. This proves that both languages aren't stored in the same place. Since they weren't learned at the same time, they form two centers. It is still unknown how our brain manages multiple languages. But new findings could lead to new learning strategies.