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68 [шэсцьдзесят восем] вялікі – маленькі

68 [shests’dzesyat vosem] vyalіkі – malen’kі

big and small	вялікі і маленькі; vyalіkі і malen’kі
The elephant is big.	Слон вялікі.; Slon vyalіkі.
The mouse is small.	Мыш маленькая.; Mysh malen’kaya.
dark and bright	цёмны і светлы; tsemny і svetly
The night is dark.	Ноч цёмная.; Noch tsemnaya.
The day is bright.	Дзень светлы.; Dzen’ svetly.
old and young	стары і малады; stary і malady
Our grandfather is very old.	Наш дзядуля вельмі стары.; Nash dzyadulya vel’mі stary.
70 years ago he was still young.	70 гадоў назад ён быў яшчэ малады.; 70 gadou nazad yon byu yashche malady.
beautiful and ugly	прыгожы і брыдкі; prygozhy і brydkі
The butterfly is beautiful.	Матылёк прыгожы.; Matylek prygozhy.
The spider is ugly.	Павук брыдкі.; Pavuk brydkі.
fat and thin	тоўсты і худы; tousty і khudy
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat.	Жанчына вагою 100 кг тоўстая.; Zhanchyna vagoyu 100 kg toustaya.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin.	Мужчына вагою 50 кг худы.; Muzhchyna vagoyu 50 kg khudy.
expensive and cheap	дарагі і танны; daragі і tanny
The car is expensive.	Аўтамабіль дарагі.; Autamabіl’ daragі.
The newspaper is cheap.	Газета танная.; Gazeta tannaya.

Two languages = two speech centers!

It doesn't matter to our brain when we learn a language. This is because it has different storage areas for different languages. Not all the languages we learn are stored together. Languages we learn as adults have their own storage area. That means the brain processes the new rules in a different place. They aren't stored with the native language. People who grow up bilingual, on the other hand, only use one region of the brain. Multiple studies have come to this conclusion. Neuroscientists examined various test subjects. These subjects spoke two languages fluently. One part of the test group, however, had grown up with both languages. The other part, in contrast, had learned the second language later in life. Researchers could measure brain activity during language tests. This way they could see which areas of the brain functioned during the tests. And they saw that the "late" learners had two speech centers! Researchers had already long suspected that this would be so. People with brain injuries show different symptoms. So, damage to the brain can also lead to speech problems. Those affected can't pronounce or understand words as well. But bilingual accident victims sometimes show unusual symptoms. Their speech problems don't always affect both languages. If only one area of the brain is injured, the other can still function. Then the patients speak one language better than the other. The two different languages are also re-learned at different speeds. This proves that both languages aren't stored in the same place. Since they weren't learned at the same time, they form two centers. It is still unknown how our brain manages multiple languages. But new findings could lead to new learning strategies.