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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

‫56 [חמישים ושש]‬ 56 [xamishim w'shesh]	‫רגשות‬ regashot

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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	‫_ש ח_ק_ y_s_ x_s_e_ ‫יש חשק‬ yesh xesheq ‫__ ח___ y___ x_____ ‫יש חשק‬ yesh xesheq ___ ____ ____ ______ ‫יש חשק‬ yesh xesheq
We feel like. / We want to.	‫_ש ל_ו ח_ק_‬ y_s_ l_n_ x_s_e_. ‫יש לנו חשק.‬ yesh lanu xesheq. ‫__ ל__ ח____ y___ l___ x______ ‫יש לנו חשק.‬ yesh lanu xesheq. ___ ___ _____ ____ ____ _______ ‫יש לנו חשק.‬ yesh lanu xesheq.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	‫_י_ ל_ו ח_ק_‬ e_n l_n_ x_s_e_. ‫אין לנו חשק.‬ eyn lanu xesheq. ‫___ ל__ ח____ e__ l___ x______ ‫אין לנו חשק.‬ eyn lanu xesheq. ____ ___ _____ ___ ____ _______ ‫אין לנו חשק.‬ eyn lanu xesheq.

to be afraid	‫_פ_ד_ l_f_x_d ‫לפחד‬ lefaxed ‫_____ l______ ‫לפחד‬ lefaxed ______ _______ ‫לפחד‬ lefaxed
I’m afraid.	‫_נ_ פ_ח_ / ת_‬ a_i p_x_d_p_x_d_t_ ‫אני פוחד / ת.‬ ani poxed/poxedet. ‫___ פ___ / ת__ a__ p_____________ ‫אני פוחד / ת.‬ ani poxed/poxedet. ____ ____ _ ___ ___ ______________ ‫אני פוחד / ת.‬ ani poxed/poxedet.
I am not afraid.	‫_נ_ ל_ פ_ח_ / ת ב_ל_._ a_i l_ p_x_d_p_x_d_t b_k_l_l_ ‫אני לא פוחד / ת בכלל.‬ ani lo poxed/poxedet bikhlal. ‫___ ל_ פ___ / ת ב_____ a__ l_ p____________ b_______ ‫אני לא פוחד / ת בכלל.‬ ani lo poxed/poxedet bikhlal. ____ __ ____ _ _ ______ ___ __ _____________ ________ ‫אני לא פוחד / ת בכלל.‬ ani lo poxed/poxedet bikhlal.

to have time	‫_ש ז_ן_ y_s_ z_a_ ‫יש זמן‬ yesh zman ‫__ ז___ y___ z___ ‫יש זמן‬ yesh zman ___ ____ ____ ____ ‫יש זמן‬ yesh zman
He has time.	‫_ש ל_ ז_ן_‬ y_s_ l_ z_a_. ‫יש לו זמן.‬ yesh lo zman. ‫__ ל_ ז____ y___ l_ z____ ‫יש לו זמן.‬ yesh lo zman. ___ __ _____ ____ __ _____ ‫יש לו זמן.‬ yesh lo zman.
He has no time.	‫_י_ ל_ ז_ן_‬ e_n l_ z_a_. ‫אין לו זמן.‬ eyn lo zman. ‫___ ל_ ז____ e__ l_ z____ ‫אין לו זמן.‬ eyn lo zman. ____ __ _____ ___ __ _____ ‫אין לו זמן.‬ eyn lo zman.

to be bored	‫_ש_ע_ם_ m_s_o_a_a_ ‫משועמם‬ mesho'amam ‫_______ m_________ ‫משועמם‬ mesho'amam ________ __________ ‫משועמם‬ mesho'amam
She is bored.	‫_י_ מ_ו_מ_ת_‬ h_ m_s_o_a_e_e_. ‫היא משועממת.‬ hi mesho'amemet. ‫___ מ________ h_ m____________ ‫היא משועממת.‬ hi mesho'amemet. ____ _________ __ _____________ ‫היא משועממת.‬ hi mesho'amemet.
She is not bored.	‫_י_ ל_ מ_ו_מ_ת_‬ h_ l_ m_s_o_a_e_e_. ‫היא לא משועממת.‬ hi lo mesho'amemet. ‫___ ל_ מ________ h_ l_ m____________ ‫היא לא משועממת.‬ hi lo mesho'amemet. ____ __ _________ __ __ _____________ ‫היא לא משועממת.‬ hi lo mesho'amemet.

to be hungry	‫_ה_ו_ ר_ב_ l_h_o_ r_'_v_m_r_'_v ‫להיות רעב‬ lihiot re'evim/re'ev ‫_____ ר___ l_____ r____________ ‫להיות רעב‬ lihiot re'evim/re'ev ______ ____ ______ _____________ ‫להיות רעב‬ lihiot re'evim/re'ev
Are you hungry?	‫_ת_ ר_ב_ם_‬ a_e_ r_'_v_m_ ‫אתם רעבים?‬ atem re'evim? ‫___ ר______ a___ r_______ ‫אתם רעבים?‬ atem re'evim? ____ _______ ____ ________ ‫אתם רעבים?‬ atem re'evim?
Aren’t you hungry?	‫_ת_ ל_ ר_ב_ם_‬ a_e_ l_ r_'_v_m_ ‫אתם לא רעבים?‬ atem lo re'evim? ‫___ ל_ ר______ a___ l_ r_______ ‫אתם לא רעבים?‬ atem lo re'evim? ____ __ _______ ____ __ ________ ‫אתם לא רעבים?‬ atem lo re'evim?

to be thirsty	‫_ה_ו_ צ_א_ l_h_o_ t_a_e ‫להיות צמא‬ lihiot tsame ‫_____ צ___ l_____ t____ ‫להיות צמא‬ lihiot tsame ______ ____ ______ _____ ‫להיות צמא‬ lihiot tsame
They are thirsty.	‫_ם / ן צ_א_ם / ו_._ h_m_h_n t_m_'_m_t_m_'_t_ ‫הם / ן צמאים / ות.‬ hem/hen tsme'im/tsme'ot. ‫__ / ן צ____ / ו___ h______ t_______________ ‫הם / ן צמאים / ות.‬ hem/hen tsme'im/tsme'ot. ___ _ _ _____ _ ____ _______ ________________ ‫הם / ן צמאים / ות.‬ hem/hen tsme'im/tsme'ot.
They are not thirsty.	‫_ם / ן ל_ צ_א_ם / ו_._ h_m_h_n l_ t_m_'_m_t_m_'_t_ ‫הם / ן לא צמאים / ות.‬ hem/hen lo tsme'im/tsme'ot. ‫__ / ן ל_ צ____ / ו___ h______ l_ t_______________ ‫הם / ן לא צמאים / ות.‬ hem/hen lo tsme'im/tsme'ot. ___ _ _ __ _____ _ ____ _______ __ ________________ ‫הם / ן לא צמאים / ות.‬ hem/hen lo tsme'im/tsme'ot.

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