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82 [seksen iki] Geçmiş zaman 2

Did you have to call an ambulance?	Bir ambulans çağırmak zorunda mıydın?
Did you have to call the doctor?	Doktoru çağırmak zorunda mıydın?
Did you have to call the police?	Polisi çağırmak zorunda mıydın?
Do you have the telephone number? I had it just now.	Sizde telefon numarası var mı? Daha şimdi vardı.
Do you have the address? I had it just now.	Sizde adres var mı? Daha şimdi vardı.
Do you have the city map? I had it just now.	Sizde şehir planı var mı? Daha şimdi vardı.
Did he come on time? He could not come on time.	O, vaktinde geldi mi (erkek için)? Vaktinde gelemedi.
Did he find the way? He could not find the way.	O, yolu buldu mu (erkek için)? Yolu bulamadı.
Did he understand you? He could not understand me.	O, seni anladı mı (erkek için)? Beni anlayamadı.
Why could you not come on time?	Neden vaktinde gelemedin?
Why could you not find the way?	Neden yolu bulamadın?
Why could you not understand him?	Neden onu (erkek için) anlayamadın?
I could not come on time because there were no buses.	Vaktinde gelemedim çünkü otobüs yoktu.
I could not find the way because I had no city map.	Yolu bulamadım çünkü şehir planım yoktu.
I could not understand him because the music was so loud.	Onu (erkek için) anlayamadım çünkü müzik çok sesliydi.
I had to take a taxi.	Taksiye binmek zorundaydım.
I had to buy a city map.	Şehir planı almak zorundaydım.
I had to switch off the radio.	Radyoyu kapatmak zorundaydım.

Negative words aren't translated into the native language

When reading, multilinguals translate subconsciously into their native language. This happens automatically; that is, the readers do it without realizing. It could be said that the brain functions like a simultaneous translator. But it doesn't translate everything! One study has shown that the brain has a built-in filter. This filter decides what gets translated. And it appears that the filter ignores certain words. Negative words aren't translated into the native language. Researchers selected native speakers of Chinese for their experiment. All test subjects spoke English as their second language. The test subjects had to rate various English words. These words had different emotional content. There were positive, negative and neutral terms. While the test subjects read the words, their brains were examined. That is, the researchers measured the electrical brain activity. In doing so, they could see how the brain worked. Certain signals are generated during the translation of words. They indicate that the brain is active. However, the test subjects showed no activity with the negative words. Only the positive or neutral terms were translated. Researchers don't yet know why this is. Theoretically, the brain has to process all words the same. It could be, however, that the filter quickly examines each word. It is analyzed while still being read in the second language. If a word is negative, the memory is blocked. In other words, it can't think of the word in the native language. People can react very sensitively to words. Perhaps the brain wants to protect them from emotional shock…