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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [penkiasdešimt šeši]	Jausmai

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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	N_r_t_. / T_r_t_ n_r_. Norėti. / Turėti norą. N______ / T_____ n____ Norėti. / Turėti norą. _______ _ ______ _____ Norėti. / Turėti norą.
We feel like. / We want to.	(_e_) n_r_m_. / T_r_m_ n_r_. (Mes) norime. / Turime norą. (____ n______ / T_____ n____ (Mes) norime. / Turime norą. _____ _______ _ ______ _____ (Mes) norime. / Turime norą.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	(_e_) n_t_r_m_ n_r_. (Mes) neturime norą. (____ n_______ n____ (Mes) neturime norą. _____ ________ _____ (Mes) neturime norą.

to be afraid	B_j_t_ Bijoti B_____ Bijoti ______ Bijoti
I’m afraid.	(_š_ b_j_u_ (Aš) bijau. (___ b_____ (Aš) bijau. ____ ______ (Aš) bijau.
I am not afraid.	(_š_ n_b_j_u_ (Aš) nebijau. (___ n_______ (Aš) nebijau. ____ ________ (Aš) nebijau.

to have time	T_r_t_ l_i_o Turėti laiko T_____ l____ Turėti laiko ______ _____ Turėti laiko
He has time.	J_s t_r_ l_i_o_ Jis turi laiko. J__ t___ l_____ Jis turi laiko. ___ ____ ______ Jis turi laiko.
He has no time.	J_s n_t_r_ l_i_o_ Jis neturi laiko. J__ n_____ l_____ Jis neturi laiko. ___ ______ ______ Jis neturi laiko.

to be bored	N_o_o_ž_a_t_ Nuobodžiauti N___________ Nuobodžiauti ____________ Nuobodžiauti
She is bored.	J_ n_o_o_ž_a_j_. Ji nuobodžiauja. J_ n____________ Ji nuobodžiauja. __ _____________ Ji nuobodžiauja.
She is not bored.	J_ n_n_o_o_ž_a_j_. Ji nenuobodžiauja. J_ n______________ Ji nenuobodžiauja. __ _______________ Ji nenuobodžiauja.

to be hungry	B_t_ i_a_k_s Būti išalkus B___ i______ Būti išalkus ____ _______ Būti išalkus
Are you hungry?	A_ j_s i_a_k_ (_š_l_u_i_s_ / a_k_n_? Ar jūs išalkę (išalkusios) / alkani? A_ j__ i_____ (___________ / a______ Ar jūs išalkę (išalkusios) / alkani? __ ___ ______ ____________ _ _______ Ar jūs išalkę (išalkusios) / alkani?
Aren’t you hungry?	A_ j_s n_i_a_k_ / n_i_a_k_s_o_? Ar jūs neišalkę / neišalkusios? A_ j__ n_______ / n____________ Ar jūs neišalkę / neišalkusios? __ ___ ________ _ _____________ Ar jūs neišalkę / neišalkusios?

to be thirsty	B_t_ i_t_o_k_s Būti ištroškus B___ i________ Būti ištroškus ____ _________ Būti ištroškus
They are thirsty.	J_e i_t_o_k_. / J_s i_t_o_k_s_o_. Jie ištroškę. / Jos ištroškusios. J__ i________ / J__ i____________ Jie ištroškę. / Jos ištroškusios. ___ _________ _ ___ _____________ Jie ištroškę. / Jos ištroškusios.
They are not thirsty.	J_e n_i_t_o_k_. / J_s n_i_t_o_k_s_o_. Jie neištroškę. / Jos neištroškusios. J__ n__________ / J__ n______________ Jie neištroškę. / Jos neištroškusios. ___ ___________ _ ___ _______________ Jie neištroškę. / Jos neištroškusios.

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