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John is from London.	John Londralıdır.
London is in Great Britain.	Londra Büyük Britanya’dadır.
He speaks English.	O (erkek için) İngilizce konuşuyor.
Maria is from Madrid.	Maria Madridlidir.
Madrid is in Spain.	Madrid İspanya’dadır.
She speaks Spanish.	O (kadın) İspanyolca konuşuyor.
Peter and Martha are from Berlin.	Peter ve Martha Berlinlidir.
Berlin is in Germany.	Berlin Almanya’dadır.
Do both of you speak German?	Siz ikiniz de Almanca konuşuyor musunuz?
London is a capital city.	Londra bir başkenttir.
Madrid and Berlin are also capital cities.	Madrid ve Berlin de başkentlerdir.
Capital cities are big and noisy.	Başkentler büyük ve gürültülüdür.
France is in Europe.	Fransa Avrupa’dadır.
Egypt is in Africa.	Mısır Afrika’dadır.
Japan is in Asia.	Japonya Asya’dadır.
Canada is in North America.	Kanada Kuzey Amerika’dadır.
Panama is in Central America.	Panama Orta Amerika’dadır.
Brazil is in South America.	Brezilya Güney Amerika’dadır.

Thinking and language

Our thinking depends on our language. When thinking, we are ‘speaking’ with ourselves. Therefore our language influences our view of things. But can we all think the same despite different languages? Or do we think differently because we speak differently? Every people has its own vocabulary. In some languages certain words are missing. There are people who do not distinguish between green and blue. They use the same word for both colors. And they have a harder time identifying the colors! They cannot identify different hues and secondary colors. They have problems describing the colors. Other languages have only a few words for numbers. Speakers of these languages can't count so well. There are also languages that don't recognize left and right . Here the people speak of north and south, east and west. They have a very good geographic orientation. But they don't understand the terms right and left . Of course, not only our language influences our thinking. Our environment and everyday life also shape our thoughts. So what role does language play? Does it set limits on our thoughts? Or do we only have words for what we think? What is cause, what is effect? All of these questions remain unanswered. They are keeping brain researchers and linguists busy. But this issue affects us all… You are what you speak?!