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84 [eighty-four]

Past tense 4

84 [ሰማንያንኣርባዕተን] 84 [semaniyani’ariba‘iteni]	ሕሉፍ 4

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Bilingualism improves hearing

People who speak two languages hear better. They can distinguish between different sounds more accurately. An American study has come to this conclusion. Researchers tested several teenagers. Part of the test subjects grew up bilingual. These teenagers spoke English and Spanish. The other part of the subjects only spoke English. The young people had to listen to a particular syllable. It was the syllable ‘da’. It didn't belong to either of the languages. The syllable was played for the test subjects using headphones. At the same time, their brain activity was measured with electrodes. After this test the teenagers had to listen to the syllable again. This time, however, they could hear many disruptive sounds as well. There were various voices saying meaningless sentences. The bilingual individuals reacted very strongly to the syllable. Their brain showed a lot of activity. They could identify the syllable exactly, with and without the disruptive sounds. The monolingual individuals were not successful. Their hearing was not as good as the bilingual test subjects. The result of the experiment surprised researchers. Until then it was only known that musicians have an especially good ear. But it appears that bilingualism also trains the ear. People that are bilingual are constantly confronted with different sounds. Therefore, their brain must develop new abilities. It learns how to distinguish different linguistic stimuli. Researchers are now testing how language skills affect the brain. Maybe hearing can still benefit when a person learns languages later in life…

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to read	ኣ_በ_፣ ም_ባ_ ኣንበበ፣ ምንባብ ኣ____ ም___ ኣንበበ፣ ምንባብ _____ ____ ኣንበበ፣ ምንባብ
I read.	ኣ_ ኣ_ቢ_። ኣነ ኣንቢበ። ኣ_ ኣ____ ኣነ ኣንቢበ። __ _____ ኣነ ኣንቢበ።
I read the whole novel.	ኣ_ ን_ ም_እ ሮ_ን ኣ_ቢ_ዮ_ ኣነ ንቲ ምሉእ ሮማን ኣንቢበዮ። ኣ_ ን_ ም__ ሮ__ ኣ_____ ኣነ ንቲ ምሉእ ሮማን ኣንቢበዮ። __ __ ___ ___ ______ ኣነ ንቲ ምሉእ ሮማን ኣንቢበዮ።

to understand	ተ_ድ_፣ ም_ዳ_ ተረድአ፣ ምርዳእ ተ____ ም___ ተረድአ፣ ምርዳእ _____ ____ ተረድአ፣ ምርዳእ
I understood.	ኣ_ ተ_ዲ_ኒ_ ኣነ ተረዲኡኒ። ኣ_ ተ_____ ኣነ ተረዲኡኒ። __ ______ ኣነ ተረዲኡኒ።
I understood the whole text.	ኣ_ እ_ ም_እ ጽ_ፍ ተ_ዲ_ኒ_ ኣነ እቲ ምሉእ ጽሑፍ ተረዲኡኒ። ኣ_ እ_ ም__ ጽ__ ተ_____ ኣነ እቲ ምሉእ ጽሑፍ ተረዲኡኒ። __ __ ___ ___ ______ ኣነ እቲ ምሉእ ጽሑፍ ተረዲኡኒ።

to answer	መ_ሸ_ መ_ሲ መለሸ፣ መልሲ መ___ መ__ መለሸ፣ መልሲ ____ ___ መለሸ፣ መልሲ
I answered.	ኣ_ መ_ሰ_ ኣነ መሊሰ። ኣ_ መ___ ኣነ መሊሰ። __ ____ ኣነ መሊሰ።
I answered all the questions.	ኣ_ ኣ_ ኩ_ም ሕ_ታ_ መ_ሰ_ ኣነ ኣብ ኩሎም ሕቶታት መሊሰ። ኣ_ ኣ_ ኩ__ ሕ___ መ___ ኣነ ኣብ ኩሎም ሕቶታት መሊሰ። __ __ ___ ____ ____ ኣነ ኣብ ኩሎም ሕቶታት መሊሰ።

I know that – I knew that.	ኣ_ እ_ል_‘_ - ኣ_ ፈ_ጠ_ ነ_ረ_ ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ ነይረ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ፈ___ ነ___ ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ ነይረ። __ ______ _ __ ____ ____ ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ ነይረ።
I write that – I wrote that.	ኣ_ እ_ሕ_‘_ - ኣ_ ጽ_ፈ_። ኣነ እጽሕፎ‘የ - ኣነ ጽሒፈዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ጽ____ ኣነ እጽሕፎ‘የ - ኣነ ጽሒፈዮ። __ ______ _ __ _____ ኣነ እጽሕፎ‘የ - ኣነ ጽሒፈዮ።
I hear that – I heard that.	ኣ_ እ_ም_‘_ - ኣ_ ሰ_ዐ_። ኣነ እሰምዖ‘የ - ኣነ ሰሚዐዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ሰ____ ኣነ እሰምዖ‘የ - ኣነ ሰሚዐዮ። __ ______ _ __ _____ ኣነ እሰምዖ‘የ - ኣነ ሰሚዐዮ።

I’ll get it – I got it.	ኣ_ የ_ጽ_‘_ - ኣ_ ኣ_ጺ_ዮ_። ኣነ የምጽኦ‘የ - ኣነ ኣምጺአዮዮ። ኣ_ የ_____ - ኣ_ ኣ______ ኣነ የምጽኦ‘የ - ኣነ ኣምጺአዮዮ። __ ______ _ __ _______ ኣነ የምጽኦ‘የ - ኣነ ኣምጺአዮዮ።
I’ll bring that – I brought that.	ኣ_ የ_ጽ_‘_ - ኣ_ ኣ_ጺ_ዮ_ ኣነ የብጽሖ‘የ - ኣነ ኣብጺሐዮ። ኣ_ የ_____ - ኣ_ ኣ_____ ኣነ የብጽሖ‘የ - ኣነ ኣብጺሐዮ። __ ______ _ __ ______ ኣነ የብጽሖ‘የ - ኣነ ኣብጺሐዮ።
I’ll buy that – I bought that.	ኣ_ እ_ዝ_‘_ - ኣ_ ገ_አ_። ኣነ እገዝኦ‘የ - ኣነ ገዚአዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ገ____ ኣነ እገዝኦ‘የ - ኣነ ገዚአዮ። __ ______ _ __ _____ ኣነ እገዝኦ‘የ - ኣነ ገዚአዮ።

I expect that – I expected that.	ኣ_ እ_በ_‘_ - ኣ_ ተ_ቢ_ዮ_ ኣነ እጽበዮ‘የ - ኣነ ተጸቢአዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ተ_____ ኣነ እጽበዮ‘የ - ኣነ ተጸቢአዮ። __ ______ _ __ ______ ኣነ እጽበዮ‘የ - ኣነ ተጸቢአዮ።
I’ll explain that – I explained that.	ኣ_ እ_ል_‘_ - ኣ_ ገ_ጸ_። ኣነ እገልጾ‘የ - ኣነ ገሊጸዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ገ____ ኣነ እገልጾ‘የ - ኣነ ገሊጸዮ። __ ______ _ __ _____ ኣነ እገልጾ‘የ - ኣነ ገሊጸዮ።
I know that – I knew that.	ኣ_ እ_ል_‘_ - ኣ_ ፈ_ጠ_። ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ፈ____ ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ። __ ______ _ __ _____ ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ።

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