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56 [fifty-six]

Feelings

56 [пятьдесят шесть] 56 [pyatʹdesyat shestʹ]	Чувства Chuvstva

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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	Х_т_т_ K_o_e_ʹ Хотеть Khotetʹ Х_____ K______ Хотеть Khotetʹ ______ _______ Хотеть Khotetʹ
We feel like. / We want to.	М_ х_т_м_ M_ k_o_i_. Мы хотим. My khotim. М_ х_____ M_ k______ Мы хотим. My khotim. __ ______ __ _______ Мы хотим. My khotim.
We don’t feel like. / We do’t want to.	М_ н_ х_т_м_ M_ n_ k_o_i_. Мы не хотим. My ne khotim. М_ н_ х_____ M_ n_ k______ Мы не хотим. My ne khotim. __ __ ______ __ __ _______ Мы не хотим. My ne khotim.

to be afraid	Б_я_ь_я B_y_t_s_a Бояться Boyatʹsya Б______ B________ Бояться Boyatʹsya _______ _________ Бояться Boyatʹsya
I’m afraid.	Я б_ю_ь_ Y_ b_y_s_. Я боюсь. Ya boyusʹ. Я б_____ Y_ b______ Я боюсь. Ya boyusʹ. _ ______ __ _______ Я боюсь. Ya boyusʹ.
I am not afraid.	Я н_ б_ю_ь_ Y_ n_ b_y_s_. Я не боюсь. Ya ne boyusʹ. Я н_ б_____ Y_ n_ b______ Я не боюсь. Ya ne boyusʹ. _ __ ______ __ __ _______ Я не боюсь. Ya ne boyusʹ.

to have time	И_е_ь в_е_я I_e_ʹ v_e_y_ Иметь время Imetʹ vremya И____ в____ I____ v_____ Иметь время Imetʹ vremya _____ _____ _____ ______ Иметь время Imetʹ vremya
He has time.	У н_г_ е_т_ в_е_я_ U n_g_ y_s_ʹ v_e_y_. У него есть время. U nego yestʹ vremya. У н___ е___ в_____ U n___ y____ v______ У него есть время. U nego yestʹ vremya. _ ____ ____ ______ _ ____ _____ _______ У него есть время. U nego yestʹ vremya.
He has no time.	У н_г_ н_т в_е_е_и_ U n_g_ n_t v_e_e_i_ У него нет времени. U nego net vremeni. У н___ н__ в_______ U n___ n__ v_______ У него нет времени. U nego net vremeni. _ ____ ___ ________ _ ____ ___ ________ У него нет времени. U nego net vremeni.

to be bored	С_у_а_ь S_u_h_t_ Скучать Skuchatʹ С______ S_______ Скучать Skuchatʹ _______ ________ Скучать Skuchatʹ
She is bored.	Е_ с_у_н_. Y_y s_u_h_o_ Ей скучно. Yey skuchno. Е_ с______ Y__ s_______ Ей скучно. Yey skuchno. __ _______ ___ ________ Ей скучно. Yey skuchno.
She is not bored.	Е_ н_ с_у_н_. Y_y n_ s_u_h_o_ Ей не скучно. Yey ne skuchno. Е_ н_ с______ Y__ n_ s_______ Ей не скучно. Yey ne skuchno. __ __ _______ ___ __ ________ Ей не скучно. Yey ne skuchno.

to be hungry	Б_т_ г_л_д_ы_(_й_ B_t_ g_l_d_y_(_y_ Быть голодным(ой) Bytʹ golodnym(oy) Б___ г___________ B___ g___________ Быть голодным(ой) Bytʹ golodnym(oy) ____ ____________ ____ ____________ Быть голодным(ой) Bytʹ golodnym(oy)
Are you hungry?	В_ г_л_д_ы_? V_ g_l_d_y_e_ Вы голодные? Vy golodnyye? В_ г________ V_ g_________ Вы голодные? Vy golodnyye? __ _________ __ __________ Вы голодные? Vy golodnyye?
Aren’t you hungry?	В_ н_ г_л_д_ы_? V_ n_ g_l_d_y_e_ Вы не голодные? Vy ne golodnyye? В_ н_ г________ V_ n_ g_________ Вы не голодные? Vy ne golodnyye? __ __ _________ __ __ __________ Вы не голодные? Vy ne golodnyye?

to be thirsty	Х_т_т_ п_т_ K_o_e_ʹ p_t_ Хотеть пить Khotetʹ pitʹ Х_____ п___ K______ p___ Хотеть пить Khotetʹ pitʹ ______ ____ _______ ____ Хотеть пить Khotetʹ pitʹ
They are thirsty.	О_и х_т_т п_т_. O_i k_o_y_t p_t_. Они хотят пить. Oni khotyat pitʹ. О__ х____ п____ O__ k______ p____ Они хотят пить. Oni khotyat pitʹ. ___ _____ _____ ___ _______ _____ Они хотят пить. Oni khotyat pitʹ.
They are not thirsty.	О_и н_ х_т_т п_т_. O_i n_ k_o_y_t p_t_. Они не хотят пить. Oni ne khotyat pitʹ. О__ н_ х____ п____ O__ n_ k______ p____ Они не хотят пить. Oni ne khotyat pitʹ. ___ __ _____ _____ ___ __ _______ _____ Они не хотят пить. Oni ne khotyat pitʹ.

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