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84 [eighty-four]

Past tense 4

Past tense 4

84 [ሰማንያንኣርባዕተን]

84 [semaniyani’ariba‘iteni]

ሕሉፍ 4

ḥilufi 4

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to read ኣን-በ፣-ምን-ብ ኣ____ ም___ ኣ-በ-፣ ም-ባ- ---------- ኣንበበ፣ ምንባብ 0
ḥ---fi-4 ḥ_____ 4 h-i-u-i 4 --------- ḥilufi 4
I read. ኣነ-ኣ--በ። ኣ_ ኣ____ ኣ- ኣ-ቢ-። -------- ኣነ ኣንቢበ። 0
h-il-f--4 ḥ_____ 4 h-i-u-i 4 --------- ḥilufi 4
I read the whole novel. ኣ--ንቲ ----ሮማ- ኣ--በዮ። ኣ_ ን_ ም__ ሮ__ ኣ_____ ኣ- ን- ም-እ ሮ-ን ኣ-ቢ-ዮ- -------------------- ኣነ ንቲ ምሉእ ሮማን ኣንቢበዮ። 0
a---e--፣-----b-bi a_______ m_______ a-i-e-e- m-n-b-b- ----------------- anibebe፣ minibabi
to understand ተረ-አ- -ር-እ ተ____ ም___ ተ-ድ-፣ ም-ዳ- ---------- ተረድአ፣ ምርዳእ 0
an--e--፣-m-niba-i a_______ m_______ a-i-e-e- m-n-b-b- ----------------- anibebe፣ minibabi
I understood. ኣነ -ረ-ኡኒ። ኣ_ ተ_____ ኣ- ተ-ዲ-ኒ- --------- ኣነ ተረዲኡኒ። 0
ani----- -in--a-i a_______ m_______ a-i-e-e- m-n-b-b- ----------------- anibebe፣ minibabi
I understood the whole text. ኣ- እ--ም---ጽ---ተ-ዲ-ኒ። ኣ_ እ_ ም__ ጽ__ ተ_____ ኣ- እ- ም-እ ጽ-ፍ ተ-ዲ-ኒ- -------------------- ኣነ እቲ ምሉእ ጽሑፍ ተረዲኡኒ። 0
a-- a--b-b-። a__ a_______ a-e a-i-ī-e- ------------ ane anibībe።
to answer መ------ሲ መ___ መ__ መ-ሸ- መ-ሲ -------- መለሸ፣ መልሲ 0
a-e a---ībe። a__ a_______ a-e a-i-ī-e- ------------ ane anibībe።
I answered. ኣነ መሊ-። ኣ_ መ___ ኣ- መ-ሰ- ------- ኣነ መሊሰ። 0
an---n---b-። a__ a_______ a-e a-i-ī-e- ------------ ane anibībe።
I answered all the questions. ኣነ ኣብ -ሎም ሕቶታት -ሊሰ። ኣ_ ኣ_ ኩ__ ሕ___ መ___ ኣ- ኣ- ኩ-ም ሕ-ታ- መ-ሰ- ------------------- ኣነ ኣብ ኩሎም ሕቶታት መሊሰ። 0
ane ---ī--ilu-i-romani---i--b-y-። a__ n___ m_____ r_____ a_________ a-e n-t- m-l-’- r-m-n- a-i-ī-e-o- --------------------------------- ane nitī milu’i romani anibībeyo።
I know that – I knew that. ኣነ-እ--ጦ------ነ-ፈ--ዮ ---። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ፈ___ ነ___ ኣ- እ-ል-‘- - ኣ- ፈ-ጠ- ነ-ረ- ------------------------ ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ ነይረ። 0
an--n-tī m--u----oman--ani--b-yo። a__ n___ m_____ r_____ a_________ a-e n-t- m-l-’- r-m-n- a-i-ī-e-o- --------------------------------- ane nitī milu’i romani anibībeyo።
I write that – I wrote that. ኣ- እጽ--‘- - ኣነ-ጽ-ፈዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ጽ____ ኣ- እ-ሕ-‘- - ኣ- ጽ-ፈ-። -------------------- ኣነ እጽሕፎ‘የ - ኣነ ጽሒፈዮ። 0
a-e-ni-- -i---i rom--i--n-----yo። a__ n___ m_____ r_____ a_________ a-e n-t- m-l-’- r-m-n- a-i-ī-e-o- --------------------------------- ane nitī milu’i romani anibībeyo።
I hear that – I heard that. ኣነ -ሰ--‘--- -ነ-ሰ---። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ሰ____ ኣ- እ-ም-‘- - ኣ- ሰ-ዐ-። -------------------- ኣነ እሰምዖ‘የ - ኣነ ሰሚዐዮ። 0
t-r-d--ā- -irid--i t________ m_______ t-r-d-’-፣ m-r-d-’- ------------------ teredi’ā፣ mirida’i
I’ll get it – I got it. ኣ----ጽኦ‘- - ----ም-አዮዮ። ኣ_ የ_____ - ኣ_ ኣ______ ኣ- የ-ጽ-‘- - ኣ- ኣ-ጺ-ዮ-። ---------------------- ኣነ የምጽኦ‘የ - ኣነ ኣምጺአዮዮ። 0
t--ed--ā--m---da-i t________ m_______ t-r-d-’-፣ m-r-d-’- ------------------ teredi’ā፣ mirida’i
I’ll bring that – I brought that. ኣነ-የብ-ሖ‘የ - -ነ-ኣብጺ-ዮ። ኣ_ የ_____ - ኣ_ ኣ_____ ኣ- የ-ጽ-‘- - ኣ- ኣ-ጺ-ዮ- --------------------- ኣነ የብጽሖ‘የ - ኣነ ኣብጺሐዮ። 0
ter-d-’-፣ --rida’i t________ m_______ t-r-d-’-፣ m-r-d-’- ------------------ teredi’ā፣ mirida’i
I’ll buy that – I bought that. ኣ---ገዝ-‘የ------ገ-አ-። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ገ____ ኣ- እ-ዝ-‘- - ኣ- ገ-አ-። -------------------- ኣነ እገዝኦ‘የ - ኣነ ገዚአዮ። 0
a---t-re-ī’unī። a__ t__________ a-e t-r-d-’-n-። --------------- ane teredī’unī።
I expect that – I expected that. ኣ- እጽ-ዮ‘የ -----ተጸቢ--። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ተ_____ ኣ- እ-በ-‘- - ኣ- ተ-ቢ-ዮ- --------------------- ኣነ እጽበዮ‘የ - ኣነ ተጸቢአዮ። 0
a-e-t-r--ī--nī። a__ t__________ a-e t-r-d-’-n-። --------------- ane teredī’unī።
I’ll explain that – I explained that. ኣ----ልጾ‘- - ኣነ ገሊጸ-። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ገ____ ኣ- እ-ል-‘- - ኣ- ገ-ጸ-። -------------------- ኣነ እገልጾ‘የ - ኣነ ገሊጸዮ። 0
a-e------ī--nī። a__ t__________ a-e t-r-d-’-n-። --------------- ane teredī’unī።
I know that – I knew that. ኣነ እ-ልጦ-የ ---ነ ---ዮ። ኣ_ እ_____ - ኣ_ ፈ____ ኣ- እ-ል-‘- - ኣ- ፈ-ጠ-። -------------------- ኣነ እፈልጦ‘የ - ኣነ ፈሊጠዮ። 0
an- -t-----u’i ts-i--u-i t--ed--u-ī። a__ i__ m_____ t_______ t__________ a-e i-ī m-l-’- t-’-h-u-i t-r-d-’-n-። ------------------------------------ ane itī milu’i ts’iḥufi teredī’unī።

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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…