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88 [astoņdesmit astoņi] Modālo darbības vārdu pagātne 2

My son did not want to play with the doll.	Mans dēls negribēja spēlēties ar lelli.
My daughter did not want to play football / soccer (am.).	Mana meita negribēja spēlēt futbolu.
My wife did not want to play chess with me.	Mana sieva negribēja ar mani spēlēt šahu.
My children did not want to go for a walk.	Mani bērni negribēja iet pastaigāties.
They did not want to tidy the room.	Viņi negribēja uzkopt istabu.
They did not want to go to bed.	Viņi negribēja iet gultā.
He was not allowed to eat ice cream.	Viņš nedrīkstēja ēst saldējumu.
He was not allowed to eat chocolate.	Viņš nedrīkstēja ēst šokolādi.
He was not allowed to eat sweets.	Viņš nedrīkstēja ēst konfektes.
I was allowed to make a wish.	Es drīkstēju sev kaut ko vēlēties.
I was allowed to buy myself a dress.	Es drīkstēju nopirkt sev kleitu.
I was allowed to take a chocolate.	Es drīkstēju paņemt šokolādes konfekti.
Were you allowed to smoke in the airplane	Vai tu drīkstēji lidmašīnā smēķēt?
Were you allowed to drink beer in the hospital	Vai tu drīkstēji slimnīcā dzert alu?
Were you allowed to take the dog into the hotel	Vai tu drīkstēji ņemt līdzi uz viesnīcu suni?
During the holidays the children were allowed to remain outside late.	Brīvdienās bērni drīkstēja ilgi palikt ārā.
They were allowed to play in the yard for a long time.	Viņi drīkstēja ilgi spēlēties pagalmā.
They were allowed to stay up late.	Viņi drīkstēja ilgi palikt nomodā.

Babies can learn grammar rules

Children grow up very quickly. And they also learn very quickly! It has yet to be researched how children learn. Learning processes take place automatically. Children don't notice when they are learning. Nevertheless, every day they are capable of more. This also becomes clear with language. Babies can only cry in the first few months. With a few months they can say short words. Then sentences are created from those words. Eventually the children speak their native language. Unfortunately, that doesn't work in the case of adults. They need books or other material in order to learn. Only this way can they learn grammar rules, for example. Babies, however, learn grammar as early as four months old! Researchers taught German babies foreign grammar rules. In order to do this, they played Italian sentences aloud to them. These sentences contained certain syntactical structures. The babies listened to the correct sentences for about fifteen minutes. Afterwards, sentences were played for the babies again. This time, however, a few of the sentences were incorrect. While the babies listened to the sentences, their brainwaves were measured. This way the researchers could identify how the brain reacted to sentences. And the babies showed different levels of activity with the sentences! Although they had just learned them, they registered the mistakes. Naturally, babies do not understand why some sentences are wrong. They orient themselves toward phonetic patterns. But that is enough to learn a language – at least for babies…