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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [pedeset i šest]	Osjećaji

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The language of our ancestors

Modern languages can be analyzed by linguists. Various methods are used to do so. But how did people speak thousands of years ago? It is much more difficult to answer this question. Despite this, scientists have been busy researching for years. They would like to explore how people spoke earlier. In order to do this, they attempt to reconstruct ancient speech forms. American scientists have now made an exciting discovery. They analyzed more than 2,000 languages. In particular they analyzed the sentence structure of the languages. The results of their study were very interesting. About half of the languages had the S-O-V sentence structure. That is to say, the sentences are ordered by subject, object and verb. More than 700 languages follow the pattern S-V-O. And about 160 languages operate according to the V-S-O system. Only about 40 languages use the V-O-S pattern. 120 languages display a hybrid. On the other hand, O-V-S and O-S-V are distinctly rarer systems. The majority of the analyzed languages use the S-O-V principle. Persian, Japanese and Turkish are some examples. Most living languages follow the S-V-O pattern, however. This sentence structure dominates the Indo-European language family today. Researchers believe that the S-O-V model was used earlier. All languages are based on this system. But then the languages diverged. We don't yet know how that happened. However, the variation of sentence structures must have had a reason. Because in evolution, only that which has an advantage prevails…

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to feel like / want to	B_t_ r_s_o_o_e_ Biti raspoložen B___ r_________ Biti raspoložen ____ __________ Biti raspoložen
We feel like. / We want to.	R_s_o_o_e_i s_o_ Raspoloženi smo. R__________ s___ Raspoloženi smo. ___________ ____ Raspoloženi smo.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	N_s_o r_s_o_o_e_i_ Nismo raspoloženi. N____ r___________ Nismo raspoloženi. _____ ____________ Nismo raspoloženi.

to be afraid	B_j_t_ s_ Bojati se B_____ s_ Bojati se ______ __ Bojati se
I’m afraid.	J_ s_ b_j_m_ Ja se bojim. J_ s_ b_____ Ja se bojim. __ __ ______ Ja se bojim.
I am not afraid.	J_ s_ n_ b_j_m_ Ja se ne bojim. J_ s_ n_ b_____ Ja se ne bojim. __ __ __ ______ Ja se ne bojim.

to have time	I_a_i v_e_e_a Imati vremena I____ v______ Imati vremena _____ _______ Imati vremena
He has time.	O_ i_a v_e_e_a_ On ima vremena. O_ i__ v_______ On ima vremena. __ ___ ________ On ima vremena.
He has no time.	O_ n_m_ v_e_e_a_ On nema vremena. O_ n___ v_______ On nema vremena. __ ____ ________ On nema vremena.

to be bored	D_s_đ_v_t_ s_ Dosađivati se D_________ s_ Dosađivati se __________ __ Dosađivati se
She is bored.	O_a s_ d_s_đ_j_. Ona se dosađuje. O__ s_ d________ Ona se dosađuje. ___ __ _________ Ona se dosađuje.
She is not bored.	O_a s_ n_ d_s_đ_j_. Ona se ne dosađuje. O__ s_ n_ d________ Ona se ne dosađuje. ___ __ __ _________ Ona se ne dosađuje.

to be hungry	B_t_ g_a_a_ Biti gladan B___ g_____ Biti gladan ____ ______ Biti gladan
Are you hungry?	J_s_e l_ g_a_n_? Jeste li gladni? J____ l_ g______ Jeste li gladni? _____ __ _______ Jeste li gladni?
Aren’t you hungry?	V_ n_s_e g_a_n_? Vi niste gladni? V_ n____ g______ Vi niste gladni? __ _____ _______ Vi niste gladni?

to be thirsty	B_t_ ž_d_n Biti žedan B___ ž____ Biti žedan ____ _____ Biti žedan
They are thirsty.	O_i s_ ž_d_i_ Oni su žedni. O__ s_ ž_____ Oni su žedni. ___ __ ______ Oni su žedni.
They are not thirsty.	O_i n_s_ ž_d_i_ Oni nisu žedni. O__ n___ ž_____ Oni nisu žedni. ___ ____ ______ Oni nisu žedni.

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