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81 [åttiein] Fortid 1

to write	skrive
He wrote a letter.	Han skreiv eit brev.
And she wrote a card.	Og ho skreiv eit kort.
to read	lese
He read a magazine.	Eg las eit magasin.
And she read a book.	Og ho las ei bok.
to take	ta
He took a cigarette.	Han tok ein sigarett.
She took a piece of chocolate.	Ho tok eit stykke sjokoladekake.
He was disloyal, but she was loyal.	Han var utru, men ho var trufast.
He was lazy, but she was hard-working.	Han var lat, men ho var flittig.
He was poor, but she was rich.	Han var fattig, men ho var rik.
He had no money, only debts.	Han hadde ingen pengar, berre gjeld.
He had no luck, only bad luck.	Han hadde ikkje flaks, berre uflaks.
He had no success, only failure.	Han lukkast ikkje, han berre mislukkast.
He was not satisfied, but dissatisfied.	Han var ikkje fornøgd, men misfornøgd.
He was not happy, but sad.	Han var ikkje lukkeleg, men ulukkeleg.
He was not friendly, but unfriendly.	Han var ikkje sympatisk, men usympatisk.

The history of linguistics

Languages have always fascinated mankind. The history of linguistics is therefore very long. Linguistics is the systematic study of language. Even thousands of years ago people contemplated language. In doing so, different cultures developed different systems. As a result, different descriptions of languages emerged. Today's linguistics are based on ancient theories more than anything else. Many traditions were established in Greece in particular. The oldest known work about language comes from India, however. It was written 3,000 years ago by the grammarian Sakatayana. In ancient times, philosophers like Plato busied themselves with languages. Later, Roman authors developed their theories further. Arabians, too, developed their own traditions in the 8th century. Even then, their works show precise descriptions of the Arabian language. In modern times, man particularly wanted to research where language comes from. Scholars were especially interested in the history of language. In the 18th century, people started to compare languages with each other. They wanted to understand how languages develop. Later they concentrated on languages as a system. The question of how languages function was the focal point. Today, a great number of schools of thought exist within linguistics. Many new disciplines have developed since the fifties. These were in part strongly influenced by other sciences. Examples are psycholinguistics or intercultural communication. The newer linguistic schools of thought are very specialized. One example of this is feminist linguistics. So the history of linguistics continues… As long as there are languages, man will contemplate them!