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76 [sepdek ses] pravigi ion 2

Why didn’t you come?	Kial vi ne venis?
I was ill.	Mi estis malsana.
I didn’t come because I was ill.	Mi ne venis ĉar mi estis malsana.
Why didn’t she come?	Kial ŝi ne venis?
She was tired.	Ŝi estis laca.
She didn’t come because she was tired.	Ŝi ne venis ĉar ŝi estis laca.
Why didn’t he come?	Kial li ne venis?
He wasn’t interested.	Li ne emis.
He didn’t come because he wasn’t interested.	Li ne venis ĉar li ne emis.
Why didn’t you come?	Kial vi ne venis?
Our car is damaged.	Nia aŭto paneis.
We didn’t come because our car is damaged.	Ni ne venis ĉar nia aŭto paneis.
Why didn’t the people come?	Kial la homoj ne venis?
They missed the train.	Ili maltrafis la trajnon.
They didn’t come because they missed the train.	Ili ne venis ĉar ili maltrafis la trajnon.
Why didn’t you come?	Kial vi ne venis?
I was not allowed to.	Mi ne rajtis.
I didn’t come because I was not allowed to.	Mi ne venis ĉar mi ne rajtis.

Computers can reconstruct heard words

It has long been a dream of man to be able to read minds. Everyone would like to know what another is thinking at a given time. This dream has still not come true. Even with modern technology, we can't read minds. What others think remains a secret. But we can recognize what others hear! This has been proven by a scientific experiment. Researchers succeeded in reconstructing heard words. For this purpose, they analyzed the brain waves of test subjects. When we hear something, our brain becomes active. It has to process the heard language. A certain activity pattern emerges in the process. This pattern can be recorded with electrodes. And this recording can be processed further too! It can be converted into a sound pattern with a computer. The heard word can be identified this way. This principle works with all words. Every word that we hear produces a particular signal. This signal is always connected with the sound of the word. So it "only" needs to be translated into an acoustic signal. For if you know the sound pattern, you'll know the word. The test subjects heard real words and fake words in the experiment. Thus, part of the words did not exist. Despite this, these words could be reconstructed too. The recognized words can be expressed by a computer. It is also possible to have them just appear on a monitor. Now, researchers hope they will soon understand language signals better. So the dream of mind reading continues...