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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [seksoghalvtreds]	Følelser

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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	h_v_ l_s_ have lyst h___ l___ have lyst ____ ____ have lyst
We feel like. / We want to.	V_ h_r l_s_. Vi har lyst. V_ h__ l____ Vi har lyst. __ ___ _____ Vi har lyst.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	V_ h_r i_k_ l_s_. Vi har ikke lyst. V_ h__ i___ l____ Vi har ikke lyst. __ ___ ____ _____ Vi har ikke lyst.

to be afraid	v_r_ b_n_e være bange v___ b____ være bange ____ _____ være bange
I’m afraid.	J_g e_ b_n_e_ Jeg er bange. J__ e_ b_____ Jeg er bange. ___ __ ______ Jeg er bange.
I am not afraid.	J_g e_ i_k_ b_n_e Jeg er ikke bange J__ e_ i___ b____ Jeg er ikke bange ___ __ ____ _____ Jeg er ikke bange

to have time	h_v_ t_d have tid h___ t__ have tid ____ ___ have tid
He has time.	H_n h_r t_d_ Han har tid. H__ h__ t___ Han har tid. ___ ___ ____ Han har tid.
He has no time.	H_n h_r i_k_ t_d_ Han har ikke tid. H__ h__ i___ t___ Han har ikke tid. ___ ___ ____ ____ Han har ikke tid.

to be bored	k_d_ s_g kede sig k___ s__ kede sig ____ ___ kede sig
She is bored.	H_n k_d_r s_g_ Hun keder sig. H__ k____ s___ Hun keder sig. ___ _____ ____ Hun keder sig.
She is not bored.	H_n k_d_r s_g i_k_. Hun keder sig ikke. H__ k____ s__ i____ Hun keder sig ikke. ___ _____ ___ _____ Hun keder sig ikke.

to be hungry	v_r_ s_l_e_ være sulten v___ s_____ være sulten ____ ______ være sulten
Are you hungry?	E_ I s_l_n_? Er I sultne? E_ I s______ Er I sultne? __ _ _______ Er I sultne?
Aren’t you hungry?	E_ I i_k_ s_l_n_? Er I ikke sultne? E_ I i___ s______ Er I ikke sultne? __ _ ____ _______ Er I ikke sultne?

to be thirsty	v_r_ t_r_t_g være tørstig v___ t______ være tørstig ____ _______ være tørstig
They are thirsty.	D_ e_ t_r_t_g_. De er tørstige. D_ e_ t________ De er tørstige. __ __ _________ De er tørstige.
They are not thirsty.	D_ e_ i_k_ t_r_t_g_. De er ikke tørstige. D_ e_ i___ t________ De er ikke tørstige. __ __ ____ _________ De er ikke tørstige.

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