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81 [seksen bir] Geçmiş zaman 1

to write	yazmak
He wrote a letter.	O (erkek) bir mektup yazdı.
And she wrote a card.	O da (kadın) bir kart yazmıştı.
to read	okumak
He read a magazine.	O (erkek) bir dergi okudu.
And she read a book.	O da (kadın) bir kitap okudu.
to take	almak
He took a cigarette.	O (erkek) bir sigara aldı.
She took a piece of chocolate.	O (kadın) bir parça çikolata aldı.
He was disloyal, but she was loyal.	O (erkek) sadık değildi, ama o (kadın) sadıktı.
He was lazy, but she was hard-working.	O (erkek) tembeldi, ama o (kadın) çalışkandı.
He was poor, but she was rich.	O (erkek) fakirdi, ama o (kadın) zengindi.
He had no money, only debts.	Onun (erkek) parası değil, bilakis borçları vardı.
He had no luck, only bad luck.	O (erkek) şanslı değil, bilakis talihsizdi.
He had no success, only failure.	O (erkek) başarılı değil, bilakis başarısızdı.
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied.	O (erkek) memnun değil, hoşnutsuzdu.
He was not happy, but sad.	O (erkek) mutlu değil, mutsuzdu.
He was not friendly, but unfriendly.	O (erkek) sempatik değil, antipatikti.

The history of linguistics

Languages have always fascinated mankind. The history of linguistics is therefore very long. Linguistics is the systematic study of language. Even thousands of years ago people contemplated language. In doing so, different cultures developed different systems. As a result, different descriptions of languages emerged. Today's linguistics are based on ancient theories more than anything else. Many traditions were established in Greece in particular. The oldest known work about language comes from India, however. It was written 3,000 years ago by the grammarian Sakatayana. In ancient times, philosophers like Plato busied themselves with languages. Later, Roman authors developed their theories further. Arabians, too, developed their own traditions in the 8th century. Even then, their works show precise descriptions of the Arabian language. In modern times, man particularly wanted to research where language comes from. Scholars were especially interested in the history of language. In the 18th century, people started to compare languages with each other. They wanted to understand how languages develop. Later they concentrated on languages as a system. The question of how languages function was the focal point. Today, a great number of schools of thought exist within linguistics. Many new disciplines have developed since the fifties. These were in part strongly influenced by other sciences. Examples are psycholinguistics or intercultural communication. The newer linguistic schools of thought are very specialized. One example of this is feminist linguistics. So the history of linguistics continues… As long as there are languages, man will contemplate them!