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88 [tetёdhjetёetetё] E shkuara e foljeve modale 2

My son did not want to play with the doll.	Djali im nuk donte tё luante me kukullёn.
My daughter did not want to play football / soccer (am.).	Vajza ime nuk donte tё luante futboll.
My wife did not want to play chess with me.	Gruaja ime nuk donte tё luante shah me mua.
My children did not want to go for a walk.	Fёmijёt e mi nuk donin tё dilnin shёtitje.
They did not want to tidy the room.	Ata nuk donin tё rregullonin dhomёn.
They did not want to go to bed.	Ata nuk donin tё shkonin nё shtrat.
He was not allowed to eat ice cream.	Nuk i lejohej tё hante akullore.
He was not allowed to eat chocolate.	Nuk i lejohej tё hante çokollatё.
He was not allowed to eat sweets.	Nuk i lejohej tё hante karamele.
I was allowed to make a wish.	Mё lejohej ti dёshiroja vetes diçka.
I was allowed to buy myself a dress.	Mё lejohej tё blija njё fustan.
I was allowed to take a chocolate.	Mё lejohej tё merrja njё copё çokollatё.
Were you allowed to smoke in the airplane?	A tё lejohej tё pije duhan nё aeroplan?
Were you allowed to drink beer in the hospital?	A tё lejohej tё pije birrё nё spital?
Were you allowed to take the dog into the hotel?	A tё lejohej tё merrje qenin me vete nё hotel?
During the holidays the children were allowed to remain outside late.	Gjatё pushimeve fёmijёve u lejohej tё rrinin jashtё gjatё.
They were allowed to play in the yard for a long time.	Ju lejohej tё luanin gjatё nё oborr.
They were allowed to stay up late.	Ju lejohej tё rrinin zgjuar gjatë.

Babies can learn grammar rules

Children grow up very quickly. And they also learn very quickly! It has yet to be researched how children learn. Learning processes take place automatically. Children don't notice when they are learning. Nevertheless, every day they are capable of more. This also becomes clear with language. Babies can only cry in the first few months. With a few months they can say short words. Then sentences are created from those words. Eventually the children speak their native language. Unfortunately, that doesn't work in the case of adults. They need books or other material in order to learn. Only this way can they learn grammar rules, for example. Babies, however, learn grammar as early as four months old! Researchers taught German babies foreign grammar rules. In order to do this, they played Italian sentences aloud to them. These sentences contained certain syntactical structures. The babies listened to the correct sentences for about fifteen minutes. Afterwards, sentences were played for the babies again. This time, however, a few of the sentences were incorrect. While the babies listened to the sentences, their brainwaves were measured. This way the researchers could identify how the brain reacted to sentences. And the babies showed different levels of activity with the sentences! Although they had just learned them, they registered the mistakes. Naturally, babies do not understand why some sentences are wrong. They orient themselves toward phonetic patterns. But that is enough to learn a language – at least for babies…