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83 [ఎనభై మూడు] భూత కాలం 3

83 [Enabhai mūḍu] Bhūta kālaṁ 3

to make a call	టెలిఫోన్ చేయడం; Ṭeliphōn cēyaḍaṁ
I made a call.	నేను టెలిఫోన్ చేసాను; Nēnu ṭeliphōn cēsānu
I was talking on the phone all the time.	నేను ఎప్పుడూ ఫోన్ లో మాట్లాడుతూనే ఉన్నాను; Nēnu eppuḍū phōn lō māṭlāḍutūnē unnānu
to ask	అడగటం; Aḍagaṭaṁ
I asked.	నేను అడిగాను; Nēnu aḍigānu
I always asked.	నేను ఎప్పుడూ అడిగుతూనే ఉన్నాను; Nēnu eppuḍū aḍigutūnē unnānu
to narrate	చెప్పుట; Ceppuṭa
I narrated.	నేను చెప్పాను; Nēnu ceppānu
I narrated the whole story.	నేను మొత్తం కధని చెప్పాను; Nēnu mottaṁ kadhani ceppānu
to study	చదువుట; Caduvuṭa
I studied.	నేను చదివాను; Nēnu cadivānu
I studied the whole evening.	నేను సాయంత్రం మొత్తం చదివాను; Nēnu sāyantraṁ mottaṁ cadivānu
to work	పని చేయుట; Pani cēyuṭa
I worked.	నేను పని చేసాను; Nēnu pani cēsānu
I worked all day long.	రోజంతా నేను పని చేసాను; Rōjantā nēnu pani cēsānu
to eat	తినుట; Tinuṭa
I ate.	నేను తిన్నాను; Nēnu tinnānu
I ate all the food.	నేను అన్నం మొత్తం తిన్నాను; Nēnu annaṁ mottaṁ tinnānu

African Languages

In Africa, a great deal of different languages are spoken. No other continent has so many different languages. The variety of African languages is impressive. It is estimated that there are about 2,000 African languages. However, all of these languages are not alike! Quite the opposite – they are often completely different! The languages of Africa belong to four different language families. Some African languages have one-of-a-kind characteristics. For example, there are sounds that foreigners cannot imitate. Land boundaries are not always linguistic boundaries in Africa. In some regions, there are a great deal of different languages. In Tanzania, for example, languages from all four families are spoken. Afrikaans is an exception among the African languages. This language came into being in the colonial period. At that time people from different continents met each other. They came from Africa, Europe and Asia. A new language developed out of these contact situations. Afrikaans exhibits influences from many languages. It is most closely related to Dutch, however. Today Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa and Namibia more than anywhere else. The most unusual African language is the drum language. Every message can be theoretically sent with drums. The languages that are communicated with drums are tonal languages. The meaning of words or syllables depends on the pitch of the tones. That means that the tones have to be imitated by the drums. The drum language is even understood by children in Africa. And it is very efficient… The drum language can be heard for up to 12 kilometers!