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85 [eighty-five]

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85 [fünfundachtzig]

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How much did you drink? Wi- v--- h---- S-- g--------? Wie viel haben Sie getrunken? 0 +
How much did you work? Wi- v--- h---- S-- g---------? Wie viel haben Sie gearbeitet? 0 +
How much did you write? Wi- v--- h---- S-- g----------? Wie viel haben Sie geschrieben? 0 +
     
How did you sleep? Wi- h---- S-- g---------? Wie haben Sie geschlafen? 0 +
How did you pass the exam? Wi- h---- S-- d-- P------ b--------? Wie haben Sie die Prüfung bestanden? 0 +
How did you find the way? Wi- h---- S-- d-- W-- g-------? Wie haben Sie den Weg gefunden? 0 +
     
Who did you speak to? Mi- w-- h---- S-- g---------? Mit wem haben Sie gesprochen? 0 +
With whom did you make an appointment? Mi- w-- h---- S-- s--- v---------? Mit wem haben Sie sich verabredet? 0 +
With whom did you celebrate your birthday? Mi- w-- h---- S-- G--------- g-------? Mit wem haben Sie Geburtstag gefeiert? 0 +
     
Where were you? Wo s--- S-- g------? Wo sind Sie gewesen? 0 +
Where did you live? Wo h---- S-- g------? Wo haben Sie gewohnt? 0 +
Where did you work? Wo h---- S-- g---------? Wo haben Sie gearbeitet? 0 +
     
What did you suggest? Wa- h---- S-- e--------? Was haben Sie empfohlen? 0 +
What did you eat? Wa- h---- S-- g-------? Was haben Sie gegessen? 0 +
What did you come to know? Wa- h---- S-- e-------? Was haben Sie erfahren? 0 +
     
How fast did you drive? Wi- s------ s--- S-- g-------? Wie schnell sind Sie gefahren? 0 +
How long did you fly? Wi- l---- s--- S-- g-------? Wie lange sind Sie geflogen? 0 +
How high did you jump? Wi- h--- s--- S-- g---------? Wie hoch sind Sie gesprungen? 0 +
     

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African Languages

In Africa, a great deal of different languages are spoken. No other continent has so many different languages. The variety of African languages is impressive. It is estimated that there are about 2,000 African languages. However, all of these languages are not alike! Quite the opposite – they are often completely different! The languages of Africa belong to four different language families. Some African languages have one-of-a-kind characteristics. For example, there are sounds that foreigners cannot imitate. Land boundaries are not always linguistic boundaries in Africa. In some regions, there are a great deal of different languages. In Tanzania, for example, languages from all four families are spoken. Afrikaans is an exception among the African languages. This language came into being in the colonial period. At that time people from different continents met each other. They came from Africa, Europe and Asia. A new language developed out of these contact situations. Afrikaans exhibits influences from many languages. It is most closely related to Dutch, however. Today Afrikaans is spoken in South Africa and Namibia more than anywhere else. The most unusual African language is the drum language. Every message can be theoretically sent with drums. The languages that are communicated with drums are tonal languages. The meaning of words or syllables depends on the pitch of the tones. That means that the tones have to be imitated by the drums. The drum language is even understood by children in Africa. And it is very efficient… The drum language can be heard for up to 12 kilometers!