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84 [nyolcvannégy] Múlt 4

to read	olvasni
I read.	Olvastam.
I read the whole novel.	Ez egész regényt elolvastam.
to understand	megérteni
I understood.	Megértettem.
I understood the whole text.	Az egész szöveget megértettem.
to answer	válaszolni
I answered.	Válaszoltam.
I answered all the questions.	Minden kérdésre válaszoltam.
I know that – I knew that.	Tudom (ezt) – Én tudtam ezt.
I write that – I wrote that.	(Ezt) írom – Én írtam ezt.
I hear that – I heard that.	Hallom (ezt) – Én hallottam ezt.
I’ll get it – I got it.	Hozom (ezt) – Én hoztam ezt.
I’ll bring that – I brought that.	Hozom (ezt) – Én hoztam ezt.
I’ll buy that – I bought that.	Én megveszem ezt – Én megvettem ezt.
I expect that – I expected that.	Én elvárom ezt – Én elvártam ezt.
I’ll explain that – I explained that.	Én megmagyarázom ezt – Én megmagyaráztam ezt.
I know that – I knew that.	Én ismerem ezt – Én ismertem ezt.

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…