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68 [εξήντα οκτώ] μεγάλο – μικρό

68 [exḗnta oktṓ] megálo – mikró

big and small	μεγάλο και μικρό; megálo kai mikró
The elephant is big.	Ο ελέφαντας είναι μεγάλος.; O eléphantas eínai megálos.
The mouse is small.	Το ποντίκι είναι μικρό.; To pontíki eínai mikró.
dark and bright	σκοτεινός και φωτεινός; skoteinós kai phōteinós
The night is dark.	Η νύχτα είναι σκοτεινή.; Ē nýchta eínai skoteinḗ.
The day is bright.	Η μέρα είναι φωτεινή.; Ē méra eínai phōteinḗ.
old and young	μεγάλος και μικρός (σε ηλικία); megálos kai mikrós (se ēlikía)
Our grandfather is very old.	Ο παππούς μας είναι πολύ μεγάλος.; O pappoús mas eínai polý megálos.
70 years ago he was still young.	Πριν 70 χρόνια ήταν ακόμη νέος.; Prin 70 chrónia ḗtan akómē néos.
beautiful and ugly	όμορφος και άσχημος; ómorphos kai áschēmos
The butterfly is beautiful.	Η πεταλούδα είναι όμορφη.; Ē petaloúda eínai ómorphē.
The spider is ugly.	Η αράχνη είναι άσχημη.; Ē aráchnē eínai áschēmē.
fat and thin	χοντρός και αδύνατος; chontrós kai adýnatos
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat.	Μία γυναίκα βάρους 100 κιλών είναι χοντρή.; Mía gynaíka bárous 100 kilṓn eínai chontrḗ.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin.	Ένας άντρας βάρους 50 κιλών είναι αδύνατος.; Énas ántras bárous 50 kilṓn eínai adýnatos.
expensive and cheap	ακριβό και φτηνό; akribó kai phtēnó
The car is expensive.	Το αυτοκίνητο είναι ακριβό.; To autokínēto eínai akribó.
The newspaper is cheap.	Η εφημερίδα είναι φτηνή.; Ē ephēmerída eínai phtēnḗ.

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.