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81 [ութանասունմեկ] անցյալ 1

81 [ut’anasunmek] ants’yal 1

to write	գրել; grel
He wrote a letter.	Նա նամակ գրեց: Na namak grets’
And she wrote a card.	Եվ նա բացիկ գրեց: Yev na bats’ik grets’
to read	կարդալ; kardal
He read a magazine.	Նա կարդում էր ամսագիրը: Na kardum er amsagiry
And she read a book.	Եվ նա կարդում էր մի գիրք: Yev na kardum er mi girk’
to take	վերցնել; verts’nel
He took a cigarette.	Նա մի սիգարետ վերցրեց: Na mi sigaret verts’rets’
She took a piece of chocolate.	Նա մի կտոր շոկոլադ վերցրեց: Na mi ktor shokolad verts’rets’
He was disloyal, but she was loyal.	Նա անհավատարիմ էր եղել, իսկ նա հավատարիմ: Na anhavatarim er yeghel, isk na havatarim
He was lazy, but she was hard-working.	Նա ծույլ էր եղել, իսկ նա ջանասեր էր: Na tsuyl er yeghel, isk na janaser er
He was poor, but she was rich.	Նա աղքատ էր, իսկ նա հարուստ: Na aghk’at er, isk na harust
He had no money, only debts.	Նա փող չուներ, այլ պարտքեր: Na p’vogh ch’uner, ayl partk’yer
He had no luck, only bad luck.	Նա հաջողություն չուներ, այլ ձախորդություն: Na hajoghut’yun ch’uner, ayl dzakhordut’yun
He had no success, only failure.	Նա չուներ հաջողություն, այլ անհաջողություն: Na ch’uner hajoghut’yun, ayl anhajoghut’yun
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied.	Նա գոհ չէր, այլ դժգոհ: Na goh ch’er, ayl dzhgoh
He was not happy, but sad.	Նա երջանիկ չէր, այլ դժբախտ: Na yerjanik ch’er, ayl dzhbakht
He was not friendly, but unfriendly.	Նա համակրելի չէր, այլ հակակրելի: Na hamakreli ch’er, ayl hakakreli

The history of linguistics

Languages have always fascinated mankind. The history of linguistics is therefore very long. Linguistics is the systematic study of language. Even thousands of years ago people contemplated language. In doing so, different cultures developed different systems. As a result, different descriptions of languages emerged. Today's linguistics are based on ancient theories more than anything else. Many traditions were established in Greece in particular. The oldest known work about language comes from India, however. It was written 3,000 years ago by the grammarian Sakatayana. In ancient times, philosophers like Plato busied themselves with languages. Later, Roman authors developed their theories further. Arabians, too, developed their own traditions in the 8th century. Even then, their works show precise descriptions of the Arabian language. In modern times, man particularly wanted to research where language comes from. Scholars were especially interested in the history of language. In the 18th century, people started to compare languages with each other. They wanted to understand how languages develop. Later they concentrated on languages as a system. The question of how languages function was the focal point. Today, a great number of schools of thought exist within linguistics. Many new disciplines have developed since the fifties. These were in part strongly influenced by other sciences. Examples are psycholinguistics or intercultural communication. The newer linguistic schools of thought are very specialized. One example of this is feminist linguistics. So the history of linguistics continues… As long as there are languages, man will contemplate them!