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88 [seksen sekiz] Yardımcı fiillerin geçmiş zamanı 2

My son did not want to play with the doll.	Oğlum bebekle oynamak istemiyordu.
My daughter did not want to play football / soccer (am.).	Kızım futbol oynamak istemiyordu.
My wife did not want to play chess with me.	Karım benimle satranç oynamak istemiyordu.
My children did not want to go for a walk.	Çocuklarım gezinti yapmak istemiyorlardı.
They did not want to tidy the room.	Odayı toplamak istemiyorlardı.
They did not want to go to bed.	Yatmak istemiyorlardı.
He was not allowed to eat ice cream.	Onun (erkek) dondurma yemesine izin yoktu.
He was not allowed to eat chocolate.	Onun (erkek) çikolata yemesine izin yoktu.
He was not allowed to eat sweets.	Onun (erkek) şeker yemesine izin yoktu.
I was allowed to make a wish.	Bir dilekte bulunmama izin vardı.
I was allowed to buy myself a dress.	Kendime bir elbise almama izin vardı.
I was allowed to take a chocolate.	Bir fondan almama izin vardı.
Were you allowed to smoke in the airplane?	Uçakta sigara içmen serbest miydi?
Were you allowed to drink beer in the hospital?	Hastanede bira içmen serbest miydi?
Were you allowed to take the dog into the hotel?	Köpeği otele alman serbest miydi?
During the holidays the children were allowed to remain outside late.	Tatilde cocukların uzun süre dışarda kalmalarına izin vardı.
They were allowed to play in the yard for a long time.	Avluda uzun süre oynamalarına müsaade vardı.
They were allowed to stay up late.	Gece uzun süre uyanık kalmalarına müsaade vardı.

Babies can learn grammar rules

Children grow up very quickly. And they also learn very quickly! It has yet to be researched how children learn. Learning processes take place automatically. Children don't notice when they are learning. Nevertheless, every day they are capable of more. This also becomes clear with language. Babies can only cry in the first few months. With a few months they can say short words. Then sentences are created from those words. Eventually the children speak their native language. Unfortunately, that doesn't work in the case of adults. They need books or other material in order to learn. Only this way can they learn grammar rules, for example. Babies, however, learn grammar as early as four months old! Researchers taught German babies foreign grammar rules. In order to do this, they played Italian sentences aloud to them. These sentences contained certain syntactical structures. The babies listened to the correct sentences for about fifteen minutes. Afterwards, sentences were played for the babies again. This time, however, a few of the sentences were incorrect. While the babies listened to the sentences, their brainwaves were measured. This way the researchers could identify how the brain reacted to sentences. And the babies showed different levels of activity with the sentences! Although they had just learned them, they registered the mistakes. Naturally, babies do not understand why some sentences are wrong. They orient themselves toward phonetic patterns. But that is enough to learn a language – at least for babies…