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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [femtiseks]	Kjensler

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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	h_ l_s_ ha lyst h_ l___ ha lyst __ ____ ha lyst
We feel like. / We want to.	V_ h_r l_s_. Vi har lyst. V_ h__ l____ Vi har lyst. __ ___ _____ Vi har lyst.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	V_ h_r i_k_e l_s_. Vi har ikkje lyst. V_ h__ i____ l____ Vi har ikkje lyst. __ ___ _____ _____ Vi har ikkje lyst.

to be afraid	v_r_ r_d_ vere redd v___ r___ vere redd ____ ____ vere redd
I’m afraid.	E_ e_ r_d_. Eg er redd. E_ e_ r____ Eg er redd. __ __ _____ Eg er redd.
I am not afraid.	E_ e_ i_k_e r_d_. Eg er ikkje redd. E_ e_ i____ r____ Eg er ikkje redd. __ __ _____ _____ Eg er ikkje redd.

to have time	h_ t_d ha tid h_ t__ ha tid __ ___ ha tid
He has time.	H_n h_r t_d_ Han har tid. H__ h__ t___ Han har tid. ___ ___ ____ Han har tid.
He has no time.	H_n h_r i_k_e t_d_ Han har ikkje tid. H__ h__ i____ t___ Han har ikkje tid. ___ ___ _____ ____ Han har ikkje tid.

to be bored	k_i_ s_g keie seg k___ s__ keie seg ____ ___ keie seg
She is bored.	H_ k_i_r s_g_ Ho keiar seg. H_ k____ s___ Ho keiar seg. __ _____ ____ Ho keiar seg.
She is not bored.	H_ k_i_r s_g i_k_e_ Ho keiar seg ikkje. H_ k____ s__ i_____ Ho keiar seg ikkje. __ _____ ___ ______ Ho keiar seg ikkje.

to be hungry	v_r_ s_o_t_n vere svolten v___ s______ vere svolten ____ _______ vere svolten
Are you hungry?	E_ d_ s_o_t_e_ Er de svoltne? E_ d_ s_______ Er de svoltne? __ __ ________ Er de svoltne?
Aren’t you hungry?	E_ d_ i_k_e s_o_t_e_ Er de ikkje svoltne? E_ d_ i____ s_______ Er de ikkje svoltne? __ __ _____ ________ Er de ikkje svoltne?

to be thirsty	v_r_ t_r_t vere tyrst v___ t____ vere tyrst ____ _____ vere tyrst
They are thirsty.	D_i e_ t_r_t_. Dei er tyrste. D__ e_ t______ Dei er tyrste. ___ __ _______ Dei er tyrste.
They are not thirsty.	D_i e_ i_k_e t_r_t_. Dei er ikkje tyrste. D__ e_ i____ t______ Dei er ikkje tyrste. ___ __ _____ _______ Dei er ikkje tyrste.

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