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30 [tretti - tredve] På restaurant 2

An apple juice, please.	Ein eplejus, er du snill.
A lemonade, please.	Ein brus, er du snill.
A tomato juice, please.	Ein tomatjus, er du snill.
I’d like a glass of red wine.	Eg vil gjerne ha eit glas raudvin.
I’d like a glass of white wine.	Eg vil gjerne ha eit glas kvitvin.
I’d like a bottle of champagne.	Eg vil gjerne ha ei flaske musserande.
Do you like fish?	Likar du fisk?
Do you like beef?	Likar du oksekjøt?
Do you like pork?	Likar du svin?
I’d like something without meat.	Eg vil gjerne ha noko utan kjøt.
I’d like some mixed vegetables.	Eg vil gjerne ha ein grønsaksrett.
I’d like something that won’t take much time.	Eg vil gjerne ha noko som ikkje tek lang tid.
Would you like that with rice?	Vil du ha ris til?
Would you like that with pasta?	Vil du ha pasta til?
Would you like that with potatoes?	Vil du ha poteter til?
That doesn’t taste good.	Det smakar ikkje godt.
The food is cold.	Maten er kald.
I didn’t order this.	Det var ikkje det eg tinga.

Tonal Languages

Most of all the languages spoken worldwide are tonal languages. With tonal languages, the pitch of the tones is crucial. They determine what meaning words or syllables have. Thus, the tone belongs firmly to the word. Most of the languages spoken in Asia are tonal languages. For example, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese. There are also various tonal languages in Africa. Many indigenous languages in America are tonal languages as well. Indo-European languages mostly contain only tonal elements. This applies to Swedish or Serbian, for example. The number of tone pitches is varied in individual languages. Four different tones are distinguishable in Chinese. With this, the syllable ma can have four meanings. They are mother, hemp, horse and to rant . Interestingly, tonal languages also impact our hearing. Studies on absolute hearing have shown this. Absolute hearing is the ability to identify heard tones accurately. Absolute hearing occurs very rarely in Europe and North America. Fewer than 1 in 10,000 people have it. It's different with native speakers of Chinese. Here, 9 times as many people have this special ability. We all had absolute hearing when we were infants. We used it to learn to speak correctly. Unfortunately, most people lose it later on. The pitch of tones is also important in music. This is especially true for cultures that speak a tonal language. They must adhere to the melody very precisely. Otherwise a beautiful love song comes out as an absurd song!