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59 [penkiasdešimt devyni] Pašte

Where is the nearest post office?	Kur (yra) artimiausias / sekantis paštas?
Is the post office far from here?	Ar toli iki artimiausio / sekančio pašto?
Where is the nearest mail box?	Kur (yra) artimiausia / sekanti pašto dėžutė?
I need a couple of stamps.	Man reikia kelių pašto ženklų.
For a card and a letter.	Atvirukui ir laiškui.
How much is the postage to America?	Koks (yra) siuntimo mokestis į Ameriką?
How heavy is the package?	Kiek sveria siuntinys?
Can I send it by air mail?	Ar galiu siųsti jį oro paštu?
How long will it take to get there?	Kaip ilgai jis eis? / Kiek ilgai užtruks, kol jis nueis?
Where can I make a call?	Kur galiu paskambinti?
Where is the nearest telephone booth?	Kur (yra) artimiausia / sekanti telefono būdelė?
Do you have calling cards?	Ar turite telefono kortelių?
Do you have a telephone directory?	Ar turite telefonų knygą?
Do you know the area code for Austria?	Ar žinote Austrijos kodą?
One moment, I’ll look it up.	Minutėlę, (aš) tuoj pažiūrėsiu.
The line is always busy.	Linija visuomet užimta.
Which number did you dial?	Kokį numerį surinkote?
You have to dial a zero first!	Pirmiausia turite rinkti nulį.

The native language is always the most important language

Our native language is the first language we learn. This happens automatically, so we don't notice it. Most people only have one native language. All other languages are studied as foreign languages. Of course there are also people who grow up with multiple languages. However, they typically speak these languages with differing levels of fluency. Often, the languages are also used differently. One language is used at work, for example. The other is used at home. How well we speak a language is dependent on multiple factors. When we learn it as small children, we typically learn it very well. Our speech center works most effectively in these years of life. How often we speak a language is also important. The more often we use it, the better we speak it. But researchers believe a person can never speak two languages equally well. One language is always the more important language. Experiments seem to confirm this hypothesis. Various people were tested in one study. Half of the test subjects spoke two languages fluently. Chinese was the native language and English the second. The other half of the subjects only spoke English as their native language. The test subjects had to solve simple tasks in English. While doing so, the activity of their brains was measured. And differences appeared in the brains of the test subjects! In the multilingual individuals, one region of the brain was especially active. The monolingual individuals, on the other hand, showed no activity in this region. Both groups solved the tasks equally fast and well. Despite this, the Chinese still translated everything into their native language…