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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [zesenvijftig]	Gevoelens

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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	z_n h_b_e_ zin hebben z__ h_____ zin hebben ___ ______ zin hebben
We feel like. / We want to.	W_j h_b_e_ z_n_ Wij hebben zin. W__ h_____ z___ Wij hebben zin. ___ ______ ____ Wij hebben zin.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	W_j h_b_e_ g_e_ z_n_ Wij hebben geen zin. W__ h_____ g___ z___ Wij hebben geen zin. ___ ______ ____ ____ Wij hebben geen zin.

to be afraid	b_n_ z_j_ bang zijn b___ z___ bang zijn ____ ____ bang zijn
I’m afraid.	I_ b_n b_n_. Ik ben bang. I_ b__ b____ Ik ben bang. __ ___ _____ Ik ben bang.
I am not afraid.	I_ b_n n_e_ b_n_. Ik ben niet bang. I_ b__ n___ b____ Ik ben niet bang. __ ___ ____ _____ Ik ben niet bang.

to have time	t_j_ h_b_e_ tijd hebben t___ h_____ tijd hebben ____ ______ tijd hebben
He has time.	H_j h_e_t t_j_. Hij heeft tijd. H__ h____ t____ Hij heeft tijd. ___ _____ _____ Hij heeft tijd.
He has no time.	H_j h_e_t g_e_ t_j_. Hij heeft geen tijd. H__ h____ g___ t____ Hij heeft geen tijd. ___ _____ ____ _____ Hij heeft geen tijd.

to be bored	z_c_ v_r_e_e_ zich vervelen z___ v_______ zich vervelen ____ ________ zich vervelen
She is bored.	Z_j v_r_e_l_ z_c_. Zij verveelt zich. Z__ v_______ z____ Zij verveelt zich. ___ ________ _____ Zij verveelt zich.
She is not bored.	Z_j v_r_e_l_ z_c_ n_e_. Zij verveelt zich niet. Z__ v_______ z___ n____ Zij verveelt zich niet. ___ ________ ____ _____ Zij verveelt zich niet.

to be hungry	h_n_e_ h_b_e_ honger hebben h_____ h_____ honger hebben ______ ______ honger hebben
Are you hungry?	H_b_e_ j_l_i_ h_n_e_? Hebben jullie honger? H_____ j_____ h______ Hebben jullie honger? ______ ______ _______ Hebben jullie honger?
Aren’t you hungry?	H_b_e_ j_l_i_ g_e_ h_n_e_? Hebben jullie geen honger? H_____ j_____ g___ h______ Hebben jullie geen honger? ______ ______ ____ _______ Hebben jullie geen honger?

to be thirsty	d_r_t h_b_e_ dorst hebben d____ h_____ dorst hebben _____ ______ dorst hebben
They are thirsty.	Z_j h_b_e_ d_r_t_ Zij hebben dorst. Z__ h_____ d_____ Zij hebben dorst. ___ ______ ______ Zij hebben dorst.
They are not thirsty.	Z_j h_b_e_ g_e_ d_r_t_ Zij hebben geen dorst. Z__ h_____ g___ d_____ Zij hebben geen dorst. ___ ______ ____ ______ Zij hebben geen dorst.

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