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‫עבר 4‬

84 [eighty-four]

Past tense 4

Past tense 4

‫84 [שמונים וארבע]‬

84 [shmonim w\'arba]

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‫עבר 4‬

[avar 4]

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to read ‫ל----‬ ‫לקרוא‬ 0
li--o liqro 		+
I read. ‫א-- ק----.‬ ‫אני קראתי.‬ 0
an- q------. ani qara'ti. 		+
I read the whole novel. ‫ק---- א- כ- ה----.‬ ‫קראתי את כל הרומן.‬ 0
qa----- e- k-- h------. qara'ti et kol haroman. 		+
     
to understand ‫ל----‬ ‫להבין‬ 0
le----n lehavin 		+
I understood. ‫א-- ה----.‬ ‫אני הבנתי.‬ 0
an- h------. ani hevanti. 		+
I understood the whole text. ‫ה---- א- כ- ה----.‬ ‫הבנתי את כל הטקסט.‬ 0
he----- e- k-- h------. hevanti et kol hateqst. 		+
     
to answer ‫ל----‬ ‫לענות‬ 0
la----t la'anot 		+
I answered. ‫א-- ע----.‬ ‫אני עניתי.‬ 0
an- a----. ani aniti. 		+
I answered all the questions. ‫ע---- ע- כ- ה-----.‬ ‫עניתי על כל השאלות.‬ 0
an--- a- k-- h---------. aniti al kol hashe'elut. 		+
     
I know that – I knew that. ‫א-- י--- / ת – א-- י----.‬ ‫אני יודע / ת – אני ידעתי.‬ 0
an- y-----/y------ – a-- y------. ani yode'a/yoda'at – ani yada'ti. 		+
I write that – I wrote that. ‫א-- כ--- / ת – א-- כ----.‬ ‫אני כותב / ת – אני כתבתי.‬ 0
an- k----/k------ – a-- k------. ani kotev/kotevet – ani katavti. 		+
I hear that – I heard that. ‫א-- ש--- / ת – א-- ש----.‬ ‫אני שומע / ת – אני שמעתי.‬ 0
an- s------/s------- – a-- s-------. ani shome'a/shoma'at – ani shama'ti. 		+
     
I’ll get it – I got it. ‫א-- א--- / ת – א-- א----.‬ ‫אני אוסף / ת – אני אספתי.‬ 0
an- o---/o----- – a-- a-----. ani osef/osefet – ani asafti. 		+
I’ll bring that – I brought that. ‫א-- מ--- / ה – א-- ה----.‬ ‫אני מביא / ה – אני הבאתי.‬ 0
an- m---/m------ – a-- h------. ani mevi/mevi'ah – ani heve'ti. 		+
I’ll buy that – I bought that. ‫א-- ק--- – א-- ק----.‬ ‫אני קונה – אני קניתי.‬ 0
an- q----/q---- – a-- q-----. ani qoneh/qonah – ani qaniti. 		+
     
I expect that – I expected that. ‫א-- מ--- ל-- – צ----- ל--.‬ ‫אני מצפה לזה – ציפיתי לזה.‬ 0
an- m-------/m------- l---- – t------ l----. ani metsapeh/metsapah lezeh – tsipiti lezeh. 		+
I’ll explain that – I explained that. ‫א-- מ---- / ה א- ז- – ה----- א- ז-.‬ ‫אני מסביר / ה את זה – הסברתי את זה.‬ 0
an- m-----/m------- e- z-- – h------- e- z--. ani masbir/masbirah et zeh – hisbarti et zeh. 		+
I know that – I knew that. ‫א-- מ--- / ה א- ז- – ה---- א- ז-.‬ ‫אני מכיר / ה את זה – הכרתי את זה.‬ 0
an- m----/m------ e- z-- – h------ e- z--. ani mekir/mekirah et zeh – hikarti et zeh. 		+
     

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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…