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68 [gjashtёdhjetёetetё] i madh – i vogёl

big and small	i madh dhe i vogёl
The elephant is big.	Elefanti ёshtё i madh.
The mouse is small.	Miu ёshtё i vogёl.
dark and bright	i errёt dhe i çelёt
The night is dark.	Nata ёshtё e errёt.
The day is bright.	Dita ёshtё me dritё.
old and young	i vjetёr dhe i ri
Our grandfather is very old.	Gjyshi ynё ёshtё shumё i vjetёr.
70 years ago he was still young.	Para 70 vjetёsh ai ishte akoma i ri.
beautiful and ugly	i bukur dhe i shёmtuar
The butterfly is beautiful.	Flutura ёshtё e bukur.
The spider is ugly.	Merimanga ёshtё e shёmtuar.
fat and thin	i trashё dhe i hollё
A woman who weighs a hundred kilos is fat.	Njё grua 100 kile ёshtё e shёndoshё.
A man who weighs fifty kilos is thin.	Njё burrё 50 kile ёshtё i dobёt.
expensive and cheap	i shtrenjtё dhe i lirё
The car is expensive.	Makina ёshtё e shtrenjtё.
The newspaper is cheap.	Gazeta ёshtё e lirё.

Two languages = two speech centers!

When we learn a language matters to our brain. This is because it has different storage areas for different languages. Not all the languages we learn are stored together. Languages we learn as adults have their own storage area. That means the brain processes the new rules in a different place. They aren't stored with the native language. People who grow up bilingual, on the other hand, only use one region of the brain. Multiple studies have come to this conclusion. Neuroscientists examined various test subjects. These subjects spoke two languages fluently. One part of the test group, however, had grown up with both languages. The other part, in contrast, had learned the second language later in life. Researchers could measure brain activity during language tests. This way they could see which areas of the brain functioned during the tests. And they saw that the ‘late’ learners had two speech centers! Researchers had already long suspected that this would be so. People with brain injuries show different symptoms. So, damage to the brain can also lead to speech problems. Those affected can't pronounce or understand words as well. But bilingual accident victims sometimes show unusual symptoms. Their speech problems don't always affect both languages. If only one area of the brain is injured, the other can still function. Then the patients speak one language better than the other. The two different languages are also re-learned at different speeds. This proves that both languages aren't stored in the same place. Since they weren't learned at the same time, they form two centers. It is still unknown how our brain manages multiple languages. But new findings could lead to new learning strategies.