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82 [osemdesiatdva] Minulý čas 2

Did you have to call an ambulance?	Musel si zavolať sanitku?
Did you have to call the doctor?	Musel si zavolať lekára?
Did you have to call the police?	Musel si zavolať políciu?
Do you have the telephone number? I had it just now.	Máte telefónne číslo? Pred chvíľou som ho ešte mal.
Do you have the address? I had it just now.	Máte adresu? Pred chvíľou som ju ešte mal.
Do you have the city map? I had it just now.	Máte mapu mesta? Pred chvíľou som ju ešte mal.
Did he come on time? He could not come on time.	Prišiel načas? Nemohol prísť načas.
Did he find the way? He could not find the way.	Našiel cestu? Nemohol nájsť cestu.
Did he understand you? He could not understand me.	Rozumel ti? Nerozumel mi.
Why could you not come on time?	Prečo si nemohol prísť načas?
Why could you not find the way?	Prečo si nemohol nájsť cestu?
Why could you not understand him?	Prečo si mu nemohol rozumieť?
I could not come on time because there were no buses.	Nemohol som prísť načas, pretože nešiel žiaden autobus.
I could not find the way because I had no city map.	Nemohol som nájsť cestu, pretože som nemal mapu mesta.
I could not understand him because the music was so loud.	Nerozumel som mu, pretože hudba bola príliš hlasná.
I had to take a taxi.	Musel som ísť taxíkom.
I had to buy a city map.	Musel som kúpiť mapu mesta.
I had to switch off the radio.	Musel som vypnúť rádio.

Negative words aren't translated into the native language

When reading, multilinguals translate subconsciously into their native language. This happens automatically; that is, the readers do it without realizing. It could be said that the brain functions like a simultaneous translator. But it doesn't translate everything! One study has shown that the brain has a built-in filter. This filter decides what gets translated. And it appears that the filter ignores certain words. Negative words aren't translated into the native language. Researchers selected native speakers of Chinese for their experiment. All test subjects spoke English as their second language. The test subjects had to rate various English words. These words had different emotional content. There were positive, negative and neutral terms. While the test subjects read the words, their brains were examined. That is, the researchers measured the electrical brain activity. In doing so, they could see how the brain worked. Certain signals are generated during the translation of words. They indicate that the brain is active. However, the test subjects showed no activity with the negative words. Only the positive or neutral terms were translated. Researchers don't yet know why this is. Theoretically, the brain has to process all words the same. It could be, however, that the filter quickly examines each word. It is analyzed while still being read in the second language. If a word is negative, the memory is blocked. In other words, it can't think of the word in the native language. People can react very sensitively to words. Perhaps the brain wants to protect them from emotional shock…