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何かを望む

70 [seventy]

to like something

to like something

70 [七十]

70 [Shichijū]

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何かを望む

[nanika o nozomu]

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Would you like to smoke? タバコを 吸いたい です か ？ タバコを 吸いたい です か ？ 0
ta---- o s--------- k-? tabako o suitaidesu ka? 		+
Would you like to dance? 踊りたい です か ？ 踊りたい です か ？ 0
od---------- k-? odoritaidesu ka? 		+
Would you like to go for a walk? 散歩に 行きたい です か ？ 散歩に 行きたい です か ？ 0
sa--- n- i--------- k-? sanpo ni ikitaidesu ka? 		+
     
I would like to smoke. タバコが 吸いたい〔です〕 。 タバコが 吸いたい〔です〕 。 0
ta---- g- s----- 〔-----. tabako ga suitai 〔desu〕. 		+
Would you like a cigarette? タバコ 、 要ります か ？ タバコ 、 要ります か ？ 0
ta----- i------ k-? tabako, irimasu ka? 		+
He wants a light. 彼は ライターが 必要 です 。 彼は ライターが 必要 です 。 0
ka-- w- r---- g- h----------. kare wa raitā ga hitsuyōdesu. 		+
     
I want to drink something. 何か 飲みたいの です が 。 何か 飲みたいの です が 。 0
na-- k- n------ n-------. nani ka nomitai nodesuga. 		+
I want to eat something. 何か 食べたいの です が 。 何か 食べたいの です が 。 0
na---- t------ n-------. nanika tabetai nodesuga. 		+
I want to relax a little. 少し 休憩 したいの です が 。 少し 休憩 したいの です が 。 0
su----- k----- s----- n-------. sukoshi kyūkei shitai nodesuga. 		+
     
I want to ask you something. あなたに ちょっと お聞き したいの です が 。 あなたに ちょっと お聞き したいの です が 。 0
an--- n- c----- o k--- s----- n-------. anata ni chotto o kiki shitai nodesuga. 		+
I want to ask you for something. あなたに ちょっと お願いが あるの です が 。 あなたに ちょっと お願いが あるの です が 。 0
an--- n- c----- o----- g- a-- n-------. anata ni chotto onegai ga aru nodesuga. 		+
I want to treat you to something. あなたを ちょっと ご招待 したいの です が 。 あなたを ちょっと ご招待 したいの です が 。 0
an--- o c----- g- s----- s----- n-------. anata o chotto go shōtai shitai nodesuga. 		+
     
What would you like? 何が 欲しい です か ？ 何が 欲しい です か ？ 0
na-- g- h-------- k-? nani ga hoshīdesu ka? 		+
Would you like a coffee? コーヒーは いかが です か ？ コーヒーは いかが です か ？ 0
kō-- w- i-------- k-? kōhī wa ikagadesu ka? 		+
Or do you prefer a tea? それとも お茶の ほうが いい です か ？ それとも お茶の ほうが いい です か ？ 0
so------ o--- n- h- g- ī---- k-? soretomo ocha no hō ga īdesu ka? 		+
     
We want to drive home. 私達は 運転して 家へ 帰りたい です 。 私達は 運転して 家へ 帰りたい です 。 0
wa---------- w- u---- s---- i- e k-----------. watashitachi wa unten shite ie e kaeritaidesu. 		+
Do you want a taxi? タクシーは 要ります か ？ タクシーは 要ります か ？ 0
ta----- w- i------ k-? takushī wa irimasu ka? 		+
They want to make a call. 彼らは 電話を したいの です ね 。 彼らは 電話を したいの です ね 。 0
ka---- w- d---- o s----- n----- n-. karera wa denwa o shitai nodesu ne. 		+
     

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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.