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52 [piecdesmit divi] Veikalā

Shall we go to the department store?	Vai aiziesim uz tirdzniecības namu?
I have to go shopping.	Man jāiepērkas.
I want to do a lot of shopping.	Es gribu veikt lielus pirkumus.
Where are the office supplies?	Kur ir kancelejas preces?
I need envelopes and stationery.	Man vajag aploksnes un vēstuļu papīru.
I need pens and markers.	Man vajag pildspalvas un flomasterus.
Where is the furniture?	Kur ir mēbeles?
I need a cupboard and a chest of drawers.	Man vajag skapi un kumodi.
I need a desk and a bookshelf.	Man vajag rakstāmgaldu un plauktu.
Where are the toys?	Kur ir rotaļlietas?
I need a doll and a teddy bear.	Man vajag lelli un rotaļu lācīti.
I need a football and a chess board.	Man vajag futbolbumbu un šahu.
Where are the tools?	Kur ir darba rīki?
I need a hammer and a pair of pliers.	Man vajag āmuru un stangas.
I need a drill and a screwdriver.	Man vajag urbi un skrūvgriezi.
Where is the jewellery / jewelry (am.) department?	Kur ir rotaslietas?
I need a chain and a bracelet.	Man vajag ķēdīti un rokassprādzi.
I need a ring and earrings.	Man vajag gredzenu un auskarus.

Who understands whom?

There are about 7 billion people in the world. They all have a language. Unfortunately, it's not always the same. So in order to speak with other nations, we must learn languages. That is often very arduous. But there are languages that are very similar. Their speakers understand one another, without mastering the other language. This phenomenon is called mutual intelligibility . Whereby two variants are distinguished. The first variant is oral mutual intelligibility . Here, the speakers understand each other when they talk. They do not understand the written form of the other language, however. This is because the languages have different written forms. Examples of this are the languages Hindi and Urdu. Written mutual intelligibility is the second variant. In this case, the other language is understood in its written form. But the speakers do not understand each other when they speak to each other. The reason for this is that they have very different pronunciation. German and Dutch are examples of this. The most closely related languages contain both variants. Meaning they are mutually intelligible both orally and in written form. Russian and Ukrainian or Thai and Laotian are examples. But there is also an asymmetrical form of mutual intelligibility. That is the case when speakers have different levels of understanding each other. Portuguese understand Spanish better than the Spanish understand Portuguese. Austrians also understand Germans better than the other way around. In these examples, pronunciation or dialect is a hindrance. He who really wants to have good conversations must learn something new…