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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [cinquenta e seis]	Sentimentos

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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	t_r v_n_a_e ter vontade t__ v______ ter vontade ___ _______ ter vontade
We feel like. / We want to.	N_s t_m_s v_n_a_e_ Nós temos vontade. N__ t____ v_______ Nós temos vontade. ___ _____ ________ Nós temos vontade.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	N_s n_o t_m_s v_n_a_e_ Nós não temos vontade. N__ n__ t____ v_______ Nós não temos vontade. ___ ___ _____ ________ Nós não temos vontade.

to be afraid	t_r m_d_ ter medo t__ m___ ter medo ___ ____ ter medo
I’m afraid.	E_ t_n_o m_d_. Eu tenho medo. E_ t____ m____ Eu tenho medo. __ _____ _____ Eu tenho medo.
I am not afraid.	E_ n_o t_n_o m_d_. Eu não tenho medo. E_ n__ t____ m____ Eu não tenho medo. __ ___ _____ _____ Eu não tenho medo.

to have time	t_r t_m_o ter tempo t__ t____ ter tempo ___ _____ ter tempo
He has time.	E_e t_m t_m_o_ Ele tem tempo. E__ t__ t_____ Ele tem tempo. ___ ___ ______ Ele tem tempo.
He has no time.	E_e n_o t_m t_m_o_ Ele não tem tempo. E__ n__ t__ t_____ Ele não tem tempo. ___ ___ ___ ______ Ele não tem tempo.

to be bored	e_t_r a_o_r_c_d_ estar aborrecido e____ a_________ estar aborrecido _____ __________ estar aborrecido
She is bored.	E_a e_t_ a_o_r_c_d_. Ela está aborrecida. E__ e___ a__________ Ela está aborrecida. ___ ____ ___________ Ela está aborrecida.
She is not bored.	E_a n_o e_t_ a_o_r_c_d_. Ela não está aborrecida. E__ n__ e___ a__________ Ela não está aborrecida. ___ ___ ____ ___________ Ela não está aborrecida.

to be hungry	t_r f_m_ / e_t_r c_m f_m_ ter fome / estar com fome t__ f___ / e____ c__ f___ ter fome / estar com fome ___ ____ _ _____ ___ ____ ter fome / estar com fome
Are you hungry?	E_t_o c_m f_m_? Estão com fome? E____ c__ f____ Estão com fome? _____ ___ _____ Estão com fome?
Aren’t you hungry?	N_o e_t_o c_m f_m_? Não estão com fome? N__ e____ c__ f____ Não estão com fome? ___ _____ ___ _____ Não estão com fome?

to be thirsty	t_r s_d_ / e_t_r c_m s_d_ ter sede / estar com sede t__ s___ / e____ c__ s___ ter sede / estar com sede ___ ____ _ _____ ___ ____ ter sede / estar com sede
They are thirsty.	E_e_ e_t_o c_m s_d_. Eles estão com sede. E___ e____ c__ s____ Eles estão com sede. ____ _____ ___ _____ Eles estão com sede.
They are not thirsty.	E_e_ n_o e_t_o c_m s_d_. Eles não estão com sede. E___ n__ e____ c__ s____ Eles não estão com sede. ____ ___ _____ ___ _____ Eles não estão com sede.

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