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68 [அறுபத்து எட்டு] பெரியது-சிறியது

68 [Aṟupattu eṭṭu] periyatu-ciṟiyatu

big and small	பெரியதும் சிறியதும்; periyatum ciṟiyatum
The elephant is big.	யானை பெரியது.; yāṉai periyatu.
The mouse is small.	சுண்டெலி சிறியது.; Cuṇṭeli ciṟiyatu.
dark and bright	இருட்டும் வெளிச்சமும்; Iruṭṭum veḷiccamum
The night is dark.	இரவு இருட்டாக இருக்கிறது.; iravu iruṭṭāka irukkiṟatu.
The day is bright.	பகல் வெளிச்சமாக இருக்கிறது.; Pakal veḷiccamāka irukkiṟatu.
old and young	முதுமையும் இளமையும்; Mutumaiyum iḷamaiyum
Our grandfather is very old.	நமது தாத்தா முதுமையானவர்.; namatu tāttā mutumaiyāṉavar.
70 years ago he was still young.	எழுபது வருடத்திற்கு முன்பு அவர் இளமையாக இருந்தார்.; Eḻupatu varuṭattiṟku muṉpu avar iḷamaiyāka iruntār.
beautiful and ugly	அழகானதும் அசிங்கமானதும்; Aḻakāṉatum aciṅkamāṉatum
The butterfly is beautiful.	வண்ணத்துப்பூச்சி அழகானது.; vaṇṇattuppūcci aḻakāṉatu.
The spider is ugly.	சிலந்திப்பூச்சி அசிங்கமானது.; Cilantippūcci aciṅkamāṉatu.
fat and thin	பருமனும் ஒல்லியும்; Parumaṉum olliyum
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat.	நூறு கிலோ எடை உடைய ஒரு பெண் பருமனானவள்.; nūṟu kilō eṭai uṭaiya oru peṇ parumaṉāṉavaḷ.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin.	ஐம்பது கிலோ எடை உடைய ஒரு பெண் ஒல்லியானவள்.; Aimpatu kilō eṭai uṭaiya oru peṇ olliyāṉavaḷ.
expensive and cheap	விலை உயர்ந்ததும் மலிவானதும்; Vilai uyarntatum malivāṉatum
The car is expensive.	மோட்டார் வண்டி விலை உயர்ந்தது.; mōṭṭār vaṇṭi vilai uyarntatu.
The newspaper is cheap.	செய்தித்தாள் மலிவானது.; Ceytittāḷ malivāṉatu.

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.