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84 [eighty-four]

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84 [osemdesiatštyri]	Minulý čas 4

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Bilingualism improves hearing

People who speak two languages hear better. They can distinguish between different sounds more accurately. An American study has come to this conclusion. Researchers tested several teenagers. Part of the test subjects grew up bilingual. These teenagers spoke English and Spanish. The other part of the subjects only spoke English. The young people had to listen to a particular syllable. It was the syllable "da". It didn't belong to either of the languages. The syllable was played for the test subjects using headphones. At the same time, their brain activity was measured with electrodes. After this test the teenagers had to listen to the syllable again. This time, however, they could hear many disruptive sounds as well. There were various voices saying meaningless sentences. The bilingual individuals reacted very strongly to the syllable. Their brain showed a lot of activity. They could identify the syllable exactly, with and without the disruptive sounds. The monolingual individuals were not successful. Their hearing was not as good as the bilingual test subjects. The result of the experiment surprised researchers. Until then it was only known that musicians have an especially good ear. But it appears that bilingualism also trains the ear. People that are bilingual are constantly confronted with different sounds. Therefore, their brain must develop new abilities. It learns how to distinguish different linguistic stimuli. Researchers are now testing how language skills affect the brain. Maybe hearing can still benefit when a person learns languages later in life…

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to read	č_t_ť čítať č____ čítať _____ čítať
I read.	Č_t_l s_m_ Čítal som. Č____ s___ Čítal som. _____ ____ Čítal som.
I read the whole novel.	P_e_í_a_ s_m c_l_ r_m_n_ Prečítal som celý román. P_______ s__ c___ r_____ Prečítal som celý román. ________ ___ ____ ______ Prečítal som celý román.

to understand	r_z_m_e_ rozumieť r_______ rozumieť ________ rozumieť
I understood.	R_z_m_l s_m_ Rozumel som. R______ s___ Rozumel som. _______ ____ Rozumel som.
I understood the whole text.	P_c_o_i_ s_m c_l_ t_x_. Pochopil som celý text. P_______ s__ c___ t____ Pochopil som celý text. ________ ___ ____ _____ Pochopil som celý text.

to answer	o_p_v_d_ť odpovedať o________ odpovedať _________ odpovedať
I answered.	O_p_v_d_l s_m_ Odpovedal som. O________ s___ Odpovedal som. _________ ____ Odpovedal som.
I answered all the questions.	O_p_v_d_l s_m n_ v_e_k_ o_á_k_. Odpovedal som na všetky otázky. O________ s__ n_ v_____ o______ Odpovedal som na všetky otázky. _________ ___ __ ______ _______ Odpovedal som na všetky otázky.

I know that – I knew that.	V_e_ t_ – v_d_l s_m t_. Viem to – vedel som to. V___ t_ – v____ s__ t__ Viem to – vedel som to. ____ __ _ _____ ___ ___ Viem to – vedel som to.
I write that – I wrote that.	P_š_m t_ – n_p_s_l s_m t_. Píšem to – napísal som to. P____ t_ – n______ s__ t__ Píšem to – napísal som to. _____ __ _ _______ ___ ___ Píšem to – napísal som to.
I hear that – I heard that.	P_č_j_m t_ – p_č_l s_m t_. Počujem to – počul som to. P______ t_ – p____ s__ t__ Počujem to – počul som to. _______ __ _ _____ ___ ___ Počujem to – počul som to.

I’ll get it – I got it.	P_i_e_i_m t_ – p_i_i_s_l s_m t_. Prinesiem to – priniesol som to. P________ t_ – p________ s__ t__ Prinesiem to – priniesol som to. _________ __ _ _________ ___ ___ Prinesiem to – priniesol som to.
I’ll bring that – I brought that.	D_n_s_e_ t_ – d_n_e_o_ s_m t_. Donesiem to – doniesol som to. D_______ t_ – d_______ s__ t__ Donesiem to – doniesol som to. ________ __ _ ________ ___ ___ Donesiem to – doniesol som to.
I’ll buy that – I bought that.	K_p_m t_ – k_p_l s_m t_. Kúpim to – kúpil som to. K____ t_ – k____ s__ t__ Kúpim to – kúpil som to. _____ __ _ _____ ___ ___ Kúpim to – kúpil som to.

I expect that – I expected that.	O_a_á_a_ t_ – o_a_á_a_ s_m t_. Očakávam to – očakával som to. O_______ t_ – o_______ s__ t__ Očakávam to – očakával som to. ________ __ _ ________ ___ ___ Očakávam to – očakával som to.
I’ll explain that – I explained that.	V_s_e_ľ_j_m t_ – v_s_e_l_l s_m t_. Vysvetľujem to – vysvetlil som to. V__________ t_ – v________ s__ t__ Vysvetľujem to – vysvetlil som to. ___________ __ _ _________ ___ ___ Vysvetľujem to – vysvetlil som to.
I know that – I knew that.	P_z_á_ t_ – p_z_a_ s_m t_. Poznám to – poznal som to. P_____ t_ – p_____ s__ t__ Poznám to – poznal som to. ______ __ _ ______ ___ ___ Poznám to – poznal som to.

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