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76 [sedemdesiatšesť] niečo zdôvodniť 2

Why didn’t you come	Prečo si neprišiel?
I was ill.	Bol som chorý.
I didn’t come because I was ill.	Neprišiel som, pretože som bol chorý.
Why didn’t she come	Prečo neprišla?
She was tired.	Bola unavená.
She didn’t come because she was tired.	Neprišla, pretože bola unavená.
Why didn’t he come	Prečo neprišiel?
He wasn’t interested.	Nemal chuť.
He didn’t come because he wasn’t interested.	Neprišiel, pretože nemal chuť.
Why didn’t you come	Prečo ste neprišli?
Our car is damaged.	Naše auto je pokazené.
We didn’t come because our car is damaged.	Neprišli sme, pretože naše auto je pokazené.
Why didn’t the people come	Prečo tí ľudia neprišli?
They missed the train.	Zmeškali vlak.
They didn’t come because they missed the train.	Neprišli, pretože zmeškali vlak.
Why didn’t you come	Prečo si neprišiel?
I was not allowed to.	Nesmel som.
I didn’t come because I was not allowed to.	Neprišiel som, lebo som nesmel.

Computers can reconstruct heard words

It has long been a dream of man to be able to read minds. Everyone would like to know what another is thinking at a given time. This dream has still not come true. Even with modern technology, we can't read minds. What others think remains a secret. But we can recognize what others hear! This has been proven by a scientific experiment. Researchers succeeded in reconstructing heard words. For this purpose, they analyzed the brain waves of test subjects. When we hear something, our brain becomes active. It has to process the heard language. A certain activity pattern emerges in the process. This pattern can be recorded with electrodes. And this recording can be processed further too! It can be converted into a sound pattern with a computer. The heard word can be identified this way. This principle works with all words. Every word that we hear produces a particular signal. This signal is always connected with the sound of the word. So it ‘only’ needs to be translated into an acoustic signal. For if you know the sound pattern, you'll know the word. The test subjects heard real words and fake words in the experiment. Thus, part of the words did not exist. Despite this, these words could be reconstructed too. The recognized words can be expressed by a computer. It is also possible to have them just appear on a monitor. Now, researchers hope they will soon understand language signals better. So the dream of mind reading continues...