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৮৫ [পঁচাশি] প্রশ্ন – অতীত কাল ১

85 [pam̐cāśi] praśna – atīta kāla 1

How much did you drink?	আপনি কতটা পান করেছেন?; āpani kataṭā pāna karēchēna?
How much did you work?	আপনি কত কাজ করেছেন?; Āpani kata kāja karēchēna?
How much did you write?	আপনি কত লিখেছেন?; Āpani kata likhēchēna?
How did you sleep?	আপনি কীভাবে ঘুমিয়েছিলেন?; Āpani kībhābē ghumiẏēchilēna?
How did you pass the exam?	আপনি কীভাবে পরীক্ষায় পাশ করেছিলেন?; Āpani kībhābē parīkṣāẏa pāśa karēchilēna?
How did you find the way?	আপনি কীভাবে রাস্তা খুঁজে পেলেন?; Āpani kībhābē rāstā khum̐jē pēlēna?
Who did you speak to?	আপনি কার সাথে কথা বলছিলেন?; Āpani kāra sāthē kathā balachilēna?
With whom did you make an appointment?	আপনি কার সাথে দেখা করেছিলেন?; Āpani kāra sāthē dēkhā karēchilēna?
With whom did you celebrate your birthday?	আপনি কার সাথে আপনার জন্মদিন পালন করেছিলেন?; Āpani kāra sāthē āpanāra janmadina pālana karēchilēna?
Where were you?	আপনি কোথায় ছিলেন?; Āpani kōthāẏa chilēna?
Where did you live?	আপনি কোথায় থাকতেন?; Āpani kōthāẏa thākatēna?
Where did you work?	আপনি কোথায় কাজ করেছেন?; Āpani kōthāẏa kāja karēchēna?
What did you suggest?	আপনি কী পরামর্শ দিয়েছেন?; Āpani kī parāmarśa diẏēchēna?
What did you eat?	আপনি কী খেয়েছেন?; Āpani kī khēẏēchēna?
What did you come to know?	আপনি কী অভিজ্ঞতা লাভ করেছেন?; Āpani kī abhijñatā lābha karēchēna?
How fast did you drive?	আপনি কত দ্রুত গাড়ী চালিয়েছেন?; Āpani kata druta gāṛī cāliẏēchēna?
How long did you fly?	আপনি কতক্ষণ ধরে বিমানে যাত্রা করেছেন?; Āpani katakṣaṇa dharē bimānē yātrā karēchēna?
How high did you jump?	আপনি কত ঊঁচু পর্যন্ত লাফ দিয়েছেন?; Āpani kata ūm̐cu paryanta lāpha diẏēchēna?

Big letters, big feelings

Advertising uses a lot of pictures. Pictures awaken our particular interests. We look at them longer and more intently than letters. As a result, we remember advertisements with pictures better. Pictures also produce strong emotional reactions. The brain recognizes pictures very quickly. It knows immediately what can be seen in the picture. Letters function differently than pictures. They are abstract characters. Therefore, our brain reacts slower to letters. First, it must understand the meaning of the word. One might say the characters must be translated by the language part of the brain. But emotions can be produced using letters too. The text just needs to be very large. Studies show that big letters have a big effect as well. Large letters aren't just more noticeable than small letters. They also produce a stronger emotional reaction. This is true for positive as well as negative feelings. The size of things has always been important to mankind. Man must react quickly to danger. And when something is large, it's usually already quite close! So it's understandable that large pictures cause strong reactions. Less clear is how we react to large letters. Letters aren't actually a signal for the brain. Despite this, it shows greater activity when it sees large letters. This result is very interesting to scientists. It shows how important letters have become for us. Our brain has somehow learned how to react to writing…