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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [쉰여섯] 56 [swin-yeoseos]	감정 gamjeong

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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	하_ 싶_요 h_g_ s_p_e_y_ 하고 싶어요 hago sip-eoyo 하_ 싶__ h___ s_______ 하고 싶어요 hago sip-eoyo __ ___ ____ ________ 하고 싶어요 hago sip-eoyo
We feel like. / We want to.	우_는 – 하_ 싶_요_ u_i_e_n – h_g_ s_p_e_y_. 우리는 – 하고 싶어요. ulineun – hago sip-eoyo. 우__ – 하_ 싶___ u______ – h___ s________ 우리는 – 하고 싶어요. ulineun – hago sip-eoyo. ___ _ __ ____ _______ _ ____ _________ 우리는 – 하고 싶어요. ulineun – hago sip-eoyo.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	우_는 – 하_ 싶_ 않_요_ u_i_e_n – h_g_ s_p_i a_h_a_o_ 우리는 – 하고 싶지 않아요. ulineun – hago sipji anh-ayo. 우__ – 하_ 싶_ 않___ u______ – h___ s____ a_______ 우리는 – 하고 싶지 않아요. ulineun – hago sipji anh-ayo. ___ _ __ __ ____ _______ _ ____ _____ ________ 우리는 – 하고 싶지 않아요. ulineun – hago sipji anh-ayo.

to be afraid	두_워_ d_l_e_w_y_ 두려워요 dulyeowoyo 두___ d_________ 두려워요 dulyeowoyo ____ __________ 두려워요 dulyeowoyo
I’m afraid.	저_ 두_워_. j_o_e_n d_l_e_w_y_. 저는 두려워요. jeoneun dulyeowoyo. 저_ 두____ j______ d__________ 저는 두려워요. jeoneun dulyeowoyo. __ _____ _______ ___________ 저는 두려워요. jeoneun dulyeowoyo.
I am not afraid.	저_ 안 두_워_. j_o_e_n a_ d_l_e_w_y_. 저는 안 두려워요. jeoneun an dulyeowoyo. 저_ 안 두____ j______ a_ d__________ 저는 안 두려워요. jeoneun an dulyeowoyo. __ _ _____ _______ __ ___________ 저는 안 두려워요. jeoneun an dulyeowoyo.

to have time	시_이 있_요 s_g_n_i i_s_e_y_ 시간이 있어요 sigan-i iss-eoyo 시__ 있__ s______ i_______ 시간이 있어요 sigan-i iss-eoyo ___ ___ _______ ________ 시간이 있어요 sigan-i iss-eoyo
He has time.	그_ 시_이 있_요_ g_u_e_n s_g_n_i i_s_e_y_. 그는 시간이 있어요. geuneun sigan-i iss-eoyo. 그_ 시__ 있___ g______ s______ i________ 그는 시간이 있어요. geuneun sigan-i iss-eoyo. __ ___ ____ _______ _______ _________ 그는 시간이 있어요. geuneun sigan-i iss-eoyo.
He has no time.	그_ 시_이 없_요_ g_u_e_n s_g_n_i e_b_-_o_o_ 그는 시간이 없어요. geuneun sigan-i eobs-eoyo. 그_ 시__ 없___ g______ s______ e_________ 그는 시간이 없어요. geuneun sigan-i eobs-eoyo. __ ___ ____ _______ _______ __________ 그는 시간이 없어요. geuneun sigan-i eobs-eoyo.

to be bored	심_해_ s_m_i_h_e_o 심심해요 simsimhaeyo 심___ s__________ 심심해요 simsimhaeyo ____ ___________ 심심해요 simsimhaeyo
She is bored.	그_는 심_해_. g_u_y_o_e_n s_m_i_h_e_o_ 그녀는 심심해요. geunyeoneun simsimhaeyo. 그__ 심____ g__________ s___________ 그녀는 심심해요. geunyeoneun simsimhaeyo. ___ _____ ___________ ____________ 그녀는 심심해요. geunyeoneun simsimhaeyo.
She is not bored.	그_는 안 심_해_. g_u_y_o_e_n a_ s_m_i_h_e_o_ 그녀는 안 심심해요. geunyeoneun an simsimhaeyo. 그__ 안 심____ g__________ a_ s___________ 그녀는 안 심심해요. geunyeoneun an simsimhaeyo. ___ _ _____ ___________ __ ____________ 그녀는 안 심심해요. geunyeoneun an simsimhaeyo.

to be hungry	배_파_ b_e_o_a_o 배고파요 baegopayo 배___ b________ 배고파요 baegopayo ____ _________ 배고파요 baegopayo
Are you hungry?	배 고_요_ b_e g_p_y_? 배 고파요? bae gopayo? 배 고___ b__ g______ 배 고파요? bae gopayo? _ ____ ___ _______ 배 고파요? bae gopayo?
Aren’t you hungry?	배 안 고_요_ b_e a_ g_p_y_? 배 안 고파요? bae an gopayo? 배 안 고___ b__ a_ g______ 배 안 고파요? bae an gopayo? _ _ ____ ___ __ _______ 배 안 고파요? bae an gopayo?

to be thirsty	목_ 말_요 m_g_i m_l_a_o 목이 말라요 mog-i mallayo 목_ 말__ m____ m______ 목이 말라요 mog-i mallayo __ ___ _____ _______ 목이 말라요 mog-i mallayo
They are thirsty.	그_은 목_ 말_요_ g_u_e_l_e_n m_g_i m_l_a_o_ 그들은 목이 말라요. geudeul-eun mog-i mallayo. 그__ 목_ 말___ g__________ m____ m_______ 그들은 목이 말라요. geudeul-eun mog-i mallayo. ___ __ ____ ___________ _____ ________ 그들은 목이 말라요. geudeul-eun mog-i mallayo.
They are not thirsty.	그_은 목_ 안 말_요_ g_u_e_l_e_n m_g_i a_ m_l_a_o_ 그들은 목이 안 말라요. geudeul-eun mog-i an mallayo. 그__ 목_ 안 말___ g__________ m____ a_ m_______ 그들은 목이 안 말라요. geudeul-eun mog-i an mallayo. ___ __ _ ____ ___________ _____ __ ________ 그들은 목이 안 말라요. geudeul-eun mog-i an mallayo.

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