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76 [seitsekümmend kuus] midagi põhjendama 2

Why didn’t you come?	Miks sa ei tulnud?
I was ill.	Ma olin haige.
I didn’t come because I was ill.	Ma ei tulnud, sest ma olin haige.
Why didn’t she come?	Miks ta ei tulnud?
She was tired.	Ta oli väsinud.
She didn’t come because she was tired.	Ta ei tulnud, sest ta oli väsinud.
Why didn’t he come?	Miks ta ei tulnud?
He wasn’t interested.	Tal ei olnud tuju.
He didn’t come because he wasn’t interested.	Ta ei tulnud, sest tal ei olnud tuju.
Why didn’t you come?	Miks te ei tulnud?
Our car is damaged.	Meie auto on katki.
We didn’t come because our car is damaged.	Me ei tulnud, sest me auto on katki.
Why didn’t the people come?	Miks need inimesed ei tulnud?
They missed the train.	Nad jäid rongist maha.
They didn’t come because they missed the train.	Nad ei tulnud, sest jäid rongist maha.
Why didn’t you come?	Miks sa ei tulnud?
I was not allowed to.	Ma ei tohtinud.
I didn’t come because I was not allowed to.	Ma ei tulnud, sest ma ei tohtinud.

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...