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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [elli altı]	Duygular

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The language of our ancestors

Modern languages can be analyzed by linguists. Various methods are used to do so. But how did people speak thousands of years ago? It is much more difficult to answer this question. Despite this, scientists have been busy researching for years. They would like to explore how people spoke earlier. In order to do this, they attempt to reconstruct ancient speech forms. American scientists have now made an exciting discovery. They analyzed more than 2,000 languages. In particular they analyzed the sentence structure of the languages. The results of their study were very interesting. About half of the languages had the S-O-V sentence structure. That is to say, the sentences are ordered by subject, object and verb. More than 700 languages follow the pattern S-V-O. And about 160 languages operate according to the V-S-O system. Only about 40 languages use the V-O-S pattern. 120 languages display a hybrid. On the other hand, O-V-S and O-S-V are distinctly rarer systems. The majority of the analyzed languages use the S-O-V principle. Persian, Japanese and Turkish are some examples. Most living languages follow the S-V-O pattern, however. This sentence structure dominates the Indo-European language family today. Researchers believe that the S-O-V model was used earlier. All languages are based on this system. But then the languages diverged. We don't yet know how that happened. However, the variation of sentence structures must have had a reason. Because in evolution, only that which has an advantage prevails…

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to feel like / want to	Z_v_, h_z a_m_k Zevk, haz almak Z____ h__ a____ Zevk, haz almak _____ ___ _____ Zevk, haz almak
We feel like. / We want to.	Z_v_ a_ı_o_u_. Zevk alıyoruz. Z___ a________ Zevk alıyoruz. ____ _________ Zevk alıyoruz.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	Z_v_ a_m_y_r_z_ Zevk almıyoruz. Z___ a_________ Zevk almıyoruz. ____ __________ Zevk almıyoruz.

to be afraid	K_r_m_k Korkmak K______ Korkmak _______ Korkmak
I’m afraid.	B_n k_r_u_o_u_. Ben korkuyorum. B__ k__________ Ben korkuyorum. ___ ___________ Ben korkuyorum.
I am not afraid.	K_r_m_y_r_m_ Korkmuyorum. K___________ Korkmuyorum. ____________ Korkmuyorum.

to have time	Z_m_n_ o_m_k Zamanı olmak Z_____ o____ Zamanı olmak ______ _____ Zamanı olmak
He has time.	O_u_ (_r_e_) z_m_n_ v_r_ Onun (erkek) zamanı var. O___ (______ z_____ v___ Onun (erkek) zamanı var. ____ _______ ______ ____ Onun (erkek) zamanı var.
He has no time.	O_u_ (_r_e_) z_m_n_ y_k_ Onun (erkek) zamanı yok. O___ (______ z_____ y___ Onun (erkek) zamanı yok. ____ _______ ______ ____ Onun (erkek) zamanı yok.

to be bored	C_n_ s_k_l_a_ Canı sıkılmak C___ s_______ Canı sıkılmak ____ ________ Canı sıkılmak
She is bored.	C_n_ s_k_l_y_r_ Canı sıkılıyor. C___ s_________ Canı sıkılıyor. ____ __________ Canı sıkılıyor.
She is not bored.	C_n_ s_k_l_ı_o_. Canı sıkılmıyor. C___ s__________ Canı sıkılmıyor. ____ ___________ Canı sıkılmıyor.

to be hungry	A_ı_m_k Acıkmak A______ Acıkmak _______ Acıkmak
Are you hungry?	A_ m_s_n_z_ (_o_u_) Aç mısınız? (çoğul) A_ m_______ (______ Aç mısınız? (çoğul) __ ________ _______ Aç mısınız? (çoğul)
Aren’t you hungry?	A_ d_ğ_l m_s_n_z_ (_o_u_) Aç değil misiniz? (çoğul) A_ d____ m_______ (______ Aç değil misiniz? (çoğul) __ _____ ________ _______ Aç değil misiniz? (çoğul)

to be thirsty	S_s_m_k Susamak S______ Susamak _______ Susamak
They are thirsty.	S_s_m_ş_a_. Susamışlar. S__________ Susamışlar. ___________ Susamışlar.
They are not thirsty.	S_s_m_m_ş_a_. Susamamışlar. S____________ Susamamışlar. _____________ Susamamışlar.

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