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81 [aštuoniasdešimt vienas] Praeitis 1

to write	rašyti
He wrote a letter.	Jis (pa)rašė laišką.
And she wrote a card.	O ji (už)rašė atviruką.
to read	skaityti
He read a magazine.	Jis skaitė iliustruotą žurnalą.
And she read a book.	O ji skaitė knygą.
to take	imti
He took a cigarette.	Jis paėmė cigaretę.
She took a piece of chocolate.	Ji paėmė gabalėlį šokolado.
He was disloyal, but she was loyal.	Jis buvo neištikimas, bet ji buvo ištikima.
He was lazy, but she was hard-working.	Jis buvo tinginys, bet ji buvo darbšti.
He was poor, but she was rich.	Jis buvo neturtingas, bet ji buvo turtinga.
He had no money, only debts.	Jis turėjo ne pinigų, bet skolų.
He had no luck, only bad luck.	Jis neturėjo laimės, jam nesisekė.
He had no success, only failure.	Jam nesisekė, jį persekiojo nesėkmės.
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied.	Jis buvo ne patenkintas, bet nepatenkintas.
He was not happy, but sad.	Jis buvo ne laimingas, bet nelaimingas.
He was not friendly, but unfriendly.	Jis buvo ne simpatiškas, bet nesimpatiškas.

The history of linguistics

Languages have always fascinated mankind. The history of linguistics is therefore very long. Linguistics is the systematic study of language. Even thousands of years ago people contemplated language. In doing so, different cultures developed different systems. As a result, different descriptions of languages emerged. Today's linguistics are based on ancient theories more than anything else. Many traditions were established in Greece in particular. The oldest known work about language comes from India, however. It was written 3,000 years ago by the grammarian Sakatayana. In ancient times, philosophers like Plato busied themselves with languages. Later, Roman authors developed their theories further. Arabians, too, developed their own traditions in the 8th century. Even then, their works show precise descriptions of the Arabian language. In modern times, man particularly wanted to research where language comes from. Scholars were especially interested in the history of language. In the 18th century, people started to compare languages with each other. They wanted to understand how languages develop. Later they concentrated on languages as a system. The question of how languages function was the focal point. Today, a great number of schools of thought exist within linguistics. Many new disciplines have developed since the fifties. These were in part strongly influenced by other sciences. Examples are psycholinguistics or intercultural communication. The newer linguistic schools of thought are very specialized. One example of this is feminist linguistics. So the history of linguistics continues… As long as there are languages, man will contemplate them!