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८३ [त्र्याऐंशी] भूतकाळ ३

83 [Tryā'ainśī] bhūtakāḷa 3

to make a call	टेलिफोन करणे; ṭēliphōna karaṇē
I made a call.	मी टेलिफोन केला.; mī ṭēliphōna kēlā.
I was talking on the phone all the time.	मी संपूर्ण वेळ टेलिफोनवर बोलत होतो. / होते.; Mī sampūrṇa vēḷa ṭēliphōnavara bōlata hōtō. / Hōtē.
to ask	विचारणे; Vicāraṇē
I asked.	मी विचारले.; mī vicāralē.
I always asked.	मी नेहेमीच विचारत आलो.; Mī nēhēmīca vicārata ālō.
to narrate	निवेदन करणे; Nivēdana karaṇē
I narrated.	मी निवेदन केले.; mī nivēdana kēlē.
I narrated the whole story.	मी पूर्ण कहाणी निवेदन केली.; Mī pūrṇa kahāṇī nivēdana kēlī.
to study	शिकणे / अभ्यास करणे; Śikaṇē/ abhyāsa karaṇē
I studied.	मी शिकले. / शिकलो.; mī śikalē. / Śikalō.
I studied the whole evening.	मी संपूर्ण संध्याकाळभर अभ्यास केला.; Mī sampūrṇa sandhyākāḷabhara abhyāsa kēlā.
to work	काम करणे; Kāma karaṇē
I worked.	मी काम केले.; mī kāma kēlē.
I worked all day long.	मी पूर्ण दिवस काम केले.; Mī pūrṇa divasa kāma kēlē.
to eat	जेवणे; Jēvaṇē
I ate.	मी जेवलो. / जेवले.; mī jēvalō. / Jēvalē.
I ate all the food.	मी सर्व जेवण जेवलो. / जेवले.; Mī sarva jēvaṇa jēvalō. / Jēvalē.

African Languages

In Africa, a great deal of different languages are spoken. No other continent has so many different languages. The variety of African languages is impressive. It is estimated that there are about 2,000 African languages. However, all of these languages are not alike! Quite the opposite – they are often completely different! The languages of Africa belong to four different language families. Some African languages have one-of-a-kind characteristics. For example, there are sounds that foreigners cannot imitate. Land boundaries are not always linguistic boundaries in Africa. In some regions, there are a great deal of different languages. In Tanzania, for example, languages from all four families are spoken. Afrikaans is an exception among the African languages. This language came into being in the colonial period. At that time people from different continents met each other. They came from Africa, Europe and Asia. A new language developed out of these contact situations. Afrikaans exhibits influences from many languages. It is most closely related to Dutch, however. Today Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa and Namibia more than anywhere else. The most unusual African language is the drum language. Every message can be theoretically sent with drums. The languages that are communicated with drums are tonal languages. The meaning of words or syllables depends on the pitch of the tones. That means that the tones have to be imitated by the drums. The drum language is even understood by children in Africa. And it is very efficient… The drum language can be heard for up to 12 kilometers!