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৫৯ [ঊনষাট ] ডাকঘরে

59 [ūnaṣāṭa] ḍākagharē

Where is the nearest post office?	সবথেকে কাছের ডাকঘরটি কোথায়?; sabathēkē kāchēra ḍākagharaṭi kōthāẏa?
Is the post office far from here?	ডাকঘরটি কি এখান থেকে অনেক দূরে?; Ḍākagharaṭi ki ēkhāna thēkē anēka dūrē?
Where is the nearest mail box?	সবথেকে কাছাকাছি ডাক বাক্স কোথায়?; Sabathēkē kāchākāchi ḍāka bāksa kōthāẏa?
I need a couple of stamps.	আমার কিছু ডাক টিকিট চাই ৷; Āmāra kichu ḍāka ṭikiṭa cā'i
For a card and a letter.	একটা কার্ড এবং একটা চিঠির জন্য ৷; ēkaṭā kārḍa ēbaṁ ēkaṭā ciṭhira jan'ya
How much is the postage to America?	আমেরিকার জন্য ডাক শুল্ক কত?; āmērikāra jan'ya ḍāka śulka kata?
How heavy is the package?	প্যাকেটের ওজন কত?; Pyākēṭēra ōjana kata?
Can I send it by air mail?	আমি কি এটা হাওয়াই ডাকের (এয়ার মেইলের) মাধ্যমে পাঠাতে পারি?; Āmi ki ēṭā hā'ōẏā'i ḍākēra (ēẏāra mē'ilēra) mādhyamē pāṭhātē pāri?
How long will it take to get there?	এটা ওখানে পৌঁছাতে কত সময় লাগবে?; Ēṭā ōkhānē paum̐chātē kata samaẏa lāgabē?
Where can I make a call?	আমি কোথা থেকে ফোন করতে পারি?; Āmi kōthā thēkē phōna karatē pāri?
Where is the nearest telephone booth?	সবথেকে কাছের টেলিফোন বুথ কোথায়?; Sabathēkē kāchēra ṭēliphōna butha kōthāẏa?
Do you have calling cards?	আপনার কাছে কলিং কার্ড আছে কি?; Āpanāra kāchē kaliṁ kārḍa āchē ki?
Do you have a telephone directory?	আপনার কাছে টেলিফোন ডাইরেক্টরি (টেলিফোন বুক) আছে কি?; Āpanāra kāchē ṭēliphōna ḍā'irēkṭari (ṭēliphōna buka) āchē ki?
Do you know the area code for Austria?	আপনি অস্ট্রিয়ার এরিয়া কোড জানেন?; Āpani asṭriẏāra ēriẏā kōḍa jānēna?
One moment, I’ll look it up.	এক মিনিট, আমি দেখছি ৷; Ēka miniṭa, āmi dēkhachi
The line is always busy.	লাইনটা সবসময় ব্যস্ত থাকে ৷; lā'inaṭā sabasamaẏa byasta thākē
Which number did you dial?	আপনি কোন নম্বর ডায়াল করেছেন?; āpani kōna nambara ḍāẏāla karēchēna?
You have to dial a zero first!	আপনাকে প্রথমে একটা শূণ্য ডায়াল করতে হবে!; Āpanākē prathamē ēkaṭā śūṇya ḍāẏāla karatē habē!

The native language is always the most important language

Our native language is the first language we learn. This happens automatically, so we don't notice it. Most people only have one native language. All other languages are studied as foreign languages. Of course there are also people who grow up with multiple languages. However, they typically speak these languages with differing levels of fluency. Often, the languages are also used differently. One language is used at work, for example. The other is used at home. How well we speak a language is dependent on multiple factors. When we learn it as small children, we typically learn it very well. Our speech center works most effectively in these years of life. How often we speak a language is also important. The more often we use it, the better we speak it. But researchers believe a person can never speak two languages equally well. One language is always the more important language. Experiments seem to confirm this hypothesis. Various people were tested in one study. Half of the test subjects spoke two languages fluently. Chinese was the native language and English the second. The other half of the subjects only spoke English as their native language. The test subjects had to solve simple tasks in English. While doing so, the activity of their brains was measured. And differences appeared in the brains of the test subjects! In the multilingual individuals, one region of the brain was especially active. The monolingual individuals, on the other hand, showed no activity in this region. Both groups solved the tasks equally fast and well. Despite this, the Chinese still translated everything into their native language…