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Минало време 4

84 [eighty-four]

Past tense 4

Past tense 4

84 [осемдесет и четири]

84 [osemdeset i chetiri]

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Минало време 4

[Minalo vreme 4]

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to read Че-а Чета 0
Ch--a Cheta 		+
I read. Аз ч----. Аз четох. 0
Az c------. Az chetokh. 		+
I read the whole novel. Аз п------- ц---- р----. Аз прочетох целия роман. 0
Az p--------- t------ r----. Az prochetokh tseliya roman. 		+
     
to understand Ра-----м Разбирам 0
Ra-----m Razbiram 		+
I understood. Аз р------. Аз разбрах. 0
Az r-------. Az razbrakh. 		+
I understood the whole text. Аз р------ ц---- т----. Аз разбрах целия текст. 0
Az r------- t------ t----. Az razbrakh tseliya tekst. 		+
     
to answer От------м Отговарям 0
Ot-------m Otgovaryam 		+
I answered. Аз о--------. Аз отговорих. 0
Az o---------. Az otgovorikh. 		+
I answered all the questions. Аз о-------- н- в----- в------. Аз отговорих на всички въпроси. 0
Az o--------- n- v------ v------. Az otgovorikh na vsichki vyprosi. 		+
     
I know that – I knew that. Аз з--- т--- – а- з---- т---. Аз зная това – аз знаех това. 0
Az z---- t--- – a- z----- t---. Az znaya tova – az znaekh tova. 		+
I write that – I wrote that. Аз п--- т--- – а- н------ т---. Аз пиша това – аз написах това. 0
Az p---- t--- – a- n------- t---. Az pisha tova – az napisakh tova. 		+
I hear that – I heard that. Аз ч---- т--- – а- ч-- т---. Аз чувам това – аз чух това. 0
Az c----- t--- – a- c---- t---. Az chuvam tova – az chukh tova. 		+
     
I’ll get it – I got it. Аз д------ т--- – а- д------ т---. Аз донасям това – аз донесох това. 0
Az d------- t--- – a- d------- t---. Az donasyam tova – az donesokh tova. 		+
I’ll bring that – I brought that. Аз н--- т--- – а- н---- т---. Аз нося това – аз носих това. 0
Az n---- t--- – a- n----- t---. Az nosya tova – az nosikh tova. 		+
I’ll buy that – I bought that. Аз к------ т--- – а- к---- т---. Аз купувам това – аз купих това. 0
Az k------ t--- – a- k----- t---. Az kupuvam tova – az kupikh tova. 		+
     
I expect that – I expected that. Аз о------ т--- – а- о------ т---. Аз очаквам това – аз очаквах това. 0
Az o------- t--- – a- o-------- t---. Az ochakvam tova – az ochakvakh tova. 		+
I’ll explain that – I explained that. Аз о-------- т--- – а- о------ т---. Аз обяснявам това – аз обясних това. 0
Az o---------- t--- – a- o-------- t---. Az obyasnyavam tova – az obyasnikh tova. 		+
I know that – I knew that. Аз п------- т--- – а- п------- т---. Аз познавам това – аз познавах това. 0
Az p------- t--- – a- p-------- t---. Az poznavam tova – az poznavakh tova. 		+
     

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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…