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65 [sixty-five]

Negation 2

65 [ሱሳንሓሙሽተን] 65 [susaniḥamushiteni]	ኣሉታ 2 aluta 2

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Genetic mutation makes speaking possible

Man is the only living creature on Earth that can speak. This distinguishes him from animals and plants. Of course animals and plants also communicate with each other. However, they do not speak a complex syllable language. But why can man speak? Certain physical features are needed in order to be able to speak. These physical features are only found in humans. However, that does not necessarily mean that man developed them. In evolutionary history, nothing happens without a reason. Somewhere along the line, man began to speak. We do not yet know when exactly that was. But something must have happened that gave man speech. Researchers believe that a genetic mutation was responsible. Anthropologists have compared the genetic material of various living beings. It is well known that a particular gene influences speech. People in which it is damaged have problems with speech. They can't express themselves well and have a hard time understanding words. This gene was examined in people, apes, and mice. It is very similar in humans and chimpanzees. Only two small differences can be identified. But these differences make their presence known in the brain. Together with other genes, they influence certain brain activities. Thus humans can speak, whereas apes cannot. However, the riddle of the human language is not yet solved. For the gene mutation alone is not enough to enable speech. Researchers implanted the human gene variant in mice. It didn't give them the ability to speak… But their squeaks made quite a racket!

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Is the ring expensive?	እ_ ቀ_ቤ_ ክ_ር ድ_? i_ī k_e_e_ē_i k_b_r_ d_y_? እቲ ቀለቤት ክቡር ድዩ? itī k’elebēti kiburi diyu? እ_ ቀ___ ክ__ ድ__ i__ k________ k_____ d____ እቲ ቀለቤት ክቡር ድዩ? itī k’elebēti kiburi diyu? __ ____ ___ ___ ___ _________ ______ _____ እቲ ቀለቤት ክቡር ድዩ? itī k’elebēti kiburi diyu?
No, it costs only one hundred Euros.	ኖ_ ሚ_ቲ ኦ_ሮ ጥ_ይ ኢ_ ዋ_ኡ_ n_፣ m_’_t_ o_i_o t_i_a_i ī_u w_g_’_። ኖ፣ ሚእቲ ኦይሮ ጥራይ ኢዩ ዋግኡ። no፣ mī’itī oyiro t’irayi īyu wagi’u። ኖ_ ሚ__ ኦ__ ጥ__ ኢ_ ዋ___ n__ m_____ o____ t______ ī__ w______ ኖ፣ ሚእቲ ኦይሮ ጥራይ ኢዩ ዋግኡ። no፣ mī’itī oyiro t’irayi īyu wagi’u። __ ___ ___ ___ __ ____ ___ ______ _____ _______ ___ _______ ኖ፣ ሚእቲ ኦይሮ ጥራይ ኢዩ ዋግኡ። no፣ mī’itī oyiro t’irayi īyu wagi’u።
But I have only fifty.	ኣ_ ግ_ ሓ_ሳ ጥ_ይ ኣ_ኒ_ a_e g_n_ h_a_i_a t_i_a_i a_e_ī_ ኣነ ግን ሓምሳ ጥራይ ኣለኒ። ane gini ḥamisa t’irayi alenī። ኣ_ ግ_ ሓ__ ጥ__ ኣ___ a__ g___ h______ t______ a_____ ኣነ ግን ሓምሳ ጥራይ ኣለኒ። ane gini ḥamisa t’irayi alenī። __ __ ___ ___ ____ ___ ____ _______ _______ ______ ኣነ ግን ሓምሳ ጥራይ ኣለኒ። ane gini ḥamisa t’irayi alenī።

Are you finished?	ወ_እ_ ዲ_? w_d_’_k_ d_h_a_ ወዲእካ ዲኻ? wedī’ika dīẖa? ወ___ ዲ__ w_______ d_____ ወዲእካ ዲኻ? wedī’ika dīẖa? ____ ___ ________ ______ ወዲእካ ዲኻ? wedī’ika dīẖa?
No, not yet.	ኖ ጌ_ ኣ_ወ_ኣ_ን_ n_ g_n_ a_i_e_i_a_̱_n_። ኖ ጌና ኣይወድኣኹን። no gēna ayiwedi’aẖuni። ኖ ጌ_ ኣ_______ n_ g___ a______________ ኖ ጌና ኣይወድኣኹን። no gēna ayiwedi’aẖuni። _ __ ________ __ ____ _______________ ኖ ጌና ኣይወድኣኹን። no gēna ayiwedi’aẖuni።
But I’ll be finished soon.	ግ_ ሕ_ ክ_ድ_‘_። g_n_ h_i_ī k_w_d_’_‘_e_ ግን ሕጂ ክውድእ‘የ። gini ḥijī kiwidi’i‘ye። ግ_ ሕ_ ክ______ g___ h____ k___________ ግን ሕጂ ክውድእ‘የ። gini ḥijī kiwidi’i‘ye። __ __ _______ ____ _____ ____________ ግን ሕጂ ክውድእ‘የ። gini ḥijī kiwidi’i‘ye።

Do you want some more soup?	መ_ቕ ት_ሊ ዲ_። m_r_k_’_ t_d_l_ d_h_a_ መረቕ ትደሊ ዲኻ። mereḵ’i tidelī dīẖa። መ__ ት__ ዲ__ m_______ t_____ d_____ መረቕ ትደሊ ዲኻ። mereḵ’i tidelī dīẖa። ___ ___ ___ ________ ______ ______ መረቕ ትደሊ ዲኻ። mereḵ’i tidelī dīẖa።
No, I don’t want anymore.	ኖ መ_ቕ ኣ_ደ_ኹ_። n_ m_r_k_’_ a_i_e_e_̱_n_። ኖ መረቕ ኣይደለኹን። no mereḵ’i ayideleẖuni። ኖ መ__ ኣ______ n_ m_______ a____________ ኖ መረቕ ኣይደለኹን። no mereḵ’i ayideleẖuni። _ ___ _______ __ ________ _____________ ኖ መረቕ ኣይደለኹን። no mereḵ’i ayideleẖuni።
But another ice cream.	ግ_ ሓ_ቲ ኣ_ስ_ክ_ም g_n_ h_a_i_ī a_i_i_k_r_m_ ግን ሓንቲ ኣይስ-ክሪም gini ḥanitī ayisi-kirīmi ግ_ ሓ__ ኣ______ g___ h______ a___________ ግን ሓንቲ ኣይስ-ክሪም gini ḥanitī ayisi-kirīmi __ ___ _______ ____ _______ ____________ ግን ሓንቲ ኣይስ-ክሪም gini ḥanitī ayisi-kirīmi

Have you lived here long?	ኣ_ዚ ነ_ሕ ጌ_ካ ዲ_? a_i_ī n_w_h_i g_r_k_ d_h_a_ ኣብዚ ነዊሕ ጌርካ ዲኻ? abizī newīḥi gērika dīẖa? ኣ__ ነ__ ጌ__ ዲ__ a____ n______ g_____ d_____ ኣብዚ ነዊሕ ጌርካ ዲኻ? abizī newīḥi gērika dīẖa? ___ ___ ___ ___ _____ _______ ______ ______ ኣብዚ ነዊሕ ጌርካ ዲኻ? abizī newīḥi gērika dīẖa?
No, only for a month.	ኖ_ ሓ_ ወ_ሒ ጥ_ይ_ n_፣ h_a_e w_r_h_ī t_i_a_i_ ኖ፣ ሓደ ወርሒ ጥራይ። no፣ ḥade weriḥī t’irayi። ኖ_ ሓ_ ወ__ ጥ___ n__ h____ w______ t_______ ኖ፣ ሓደ ወርሒ ጥራይ። no፣ ḥade weriḥī t’irayi። __ __ ___ ____ ___ _____ _______ ________ ኖ፣ ሓደ ወርሒ ጥራይ። no፣ ḥade weriḥī t’irayi።
But I already know a lot of people.	ግ_ ን_ዙ_ት ሰ_ት እ_ ዝ_ል_። g_n_ n_b_z_h_a_i s_b_t_ i_e z_f_l_t_i_ ግን ንብዙሓት ሰባት እየ ዝፈልጥ። gini nibizuḥati sebati iye zifelit’i። ግ_ ን____ ሰ__ እ_ ዝ____ g___ n__________ s_____ i__ z_________ ግን ንብዙሓት ሰባት እየ ዝፈልጥ። gini nibizuḥati sebati iye zifelit’i። __ _____ ___ __ _____ ____ ___________ ______ ___ __________ ግን ንብዙሓት ሰባት እየ ዝፈልጥ። gini nibizuḥati sebati iye zifelit’i።

Are you driving home tomorrow?	ጽ_ሕ ን_ዛ_ ት_ይ_ ዲ_? t_’_b_h_i n_g_z_h_a t_h_e_i_i d_h_a_ ጽባሕ ንገዛኻ ትኸይድ ዲኻ? ts’ibaḥi nigezaẖa tiẖeyidi dīẖa? ጽ__ ን___ ት___ ዲ__ t________ n________ t________ d_____ ጽባሕ ንገዛኻ ትኸይድ ዲኻ? ts’ibaḥi nigezaẖa tiẖeyidi dīẖa? ___ ____ ____ ___ _________ _________ _________ ______ ጽባሕ ንገዛኻ ትኸይድ ዲኻ? ts’ibaḥi nigezaẖa tiẖeyidi dīẖa?
No, only on the weekend.	ኖ_ ኣ_ ቀ_መ_ሰ_በ_። n_፣ a_i k_e_a_e_s_n_b_t_። ኖ፣ ኣብ ቀዳመ-ሰንበት። no፣ abi k’edame-senibeti። ኖ_ ኣ_ ቀ________ n__ a__ k________________ ኖ፣ ኣብ ቀዳመ-ሰንበት። no፣ abi k’edame-senibeti። __ __ _________ ___ ___ _________________ ኖ፣ ኣብ ቀዳመ-ሰንበት። no፣ abi k’edame-senibeti።
But I will be back on Sunday.	ግ_ ሰ_በ_ ክ_ለ_‘_። g_n_ s_n_b_t_ k_m_l_s_‘_e_ ግን ሰንበት ክምለስ‘የ። gini senibeti kimilesi‘ye። ግ_ ሰ___ ክ______ g___ s_______ k___________ ግን ሰንበት ክምለስ‘የ። gini senibeti kimilesi‘ye። __ ____ _______ ____ ________ ____________ ግን ሰንበት ክምለስ‘የ። gini senibeti kimilesi‘ye።

Is your daughter an adult?	ጋ_ካ ዓ_ይ ድ_? g_l_k_ ‘_b_y_ d_y_? ጋልካ ዓባይ ድያ? galika ‘abayi diya? ጋ__ ዓ__ ድ__ g_____ ‘_____ d____ ጋልካ ዓባይ ድያ? galika ‘abayi diya? ___ ___ ___ ______ ______ _____ ጋልካ ዓባይ ድያ? galika ‘abayi diya?
No, she is only seventeen.	ኣ_ኮ_ት_ ጌ_ ዓ_ር_ሸ_ዓ_ ኢ_ ዘ_። a_i_o_e_i_i g_n_ ‘_s_r_t_s_e_i_a_e ī_a z_l_። ኣይኮነትን ጌና ዓሰርተሸውዓተ ኢያ ዘላ። ayikonetini gēna ‘aseriteshewi‘ate īya zela። ኣ_____ ጌ_ ዓ_______ ኢ_ ዘ__ a__________ g___ ‘________________ ī__ z____ ኣይኮነትን ጌና ዓሰርተሸውዓተ ኢያ ዘላ። ayikonetini gēna ‘aseriteshewi‘ate īya zela። ______ __ ________ __ ___ ___________ ____ _________________ ___ _____ ኣይኮነትን ጌና ዓሰርተሸውዓተ ኢያ ዘላ። ayikonetini gēna ‘aseriteshewi‘ate īya zela።
But she already has a boyfriend.	ግ_ ከ_ ሓ_ ዓ_ኪ ኣ_ዋ ። g_n_ k_’_ h_a_e ‘_r_k_ a_e_a ። ግን ከኣ ሓደ ዓርኪ ኣለዋ ። gini ke’a ḥade ‘arikī alewa ። ግ_ ከ_ ሓ_ ዓ__ ኣ__ ። g___ k___ h____ ‘_____ a____ ። ግን ከኣ ሓደ ዓርኪ ኣለዋ ። gini ke’a ḥade ‘arikī alewa ። __ __ __ ___ ___ _ ____ ____ _____ ______ _____ _ ግን ከኣ ሓደ ዓርኪ ኣለዋ ። gini ke’a ḥade ‘arikī alewa ።

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