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Why didn’t you come?	Kāpēc tu neatnāci?
I was ill.	Es biju slima.
I didn’t come because I was ill.	Es neatnācu, jo biju slima.
Why didn’t she come?	Kāpēc viņa neatnāca?
She was tired.	Viņa bija nogurusi.
She didn’t come because she was tired.	Viņa neatnāca, jo bija nogurusi.
Why didn’t he come?	Kāpēc viņš neatnāca?
He wasn’t interested.	Viņam nebija vēlēšanās.
He didn’t come because he wasn’t interested.	Viņš neatnāca, jo viņam nebija vēlēšanās.
Why didn’t you come?	Kāpēc jūs neatnācāt?
Our car is damaged.	Mūsu mašīna saplīsa.
We didn’t come because our car is damaged.	Mēs neatnācām, jo mūsu mašīna saplīsa.
Why didn’t the people come?	Kāpēc ļaudis neatnāca?
They missed the train.	Viņi nokavēja vilcienu.
They didn’t come because they missed the train.	Viņi neatnāca, jo nokavēja vilcienu.
Why didn’t you come?	Kāpēc tu neatnāci?
I was not allowed to.	Es nedrīkstēju.
I didn’t come because I was not allowed to.	Es neatnācu, jo nedrīkstēju.

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...