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Questions – Past tense 2

Questions – Past tense 2

86 [osemdesiatšesť]

Otázky – minulý čas 2

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Which tie did you wear? K---ú kra--tu-si ----l? K____ k______ s_ n_____ K-o-ú k-a-a-u s- n-s-l- ----------------------- Ktorú kravatu si nosil? 0
Which car did you buy? Ktor--a-t--si-kú-il? K____ a___ s_ k_____ K-o-é a-t- s- k-p-l- -------------------- Ktoré auto si kúpil? 0
Which newspaper did you subscribe to? K--ré n-v-ny-si--- ----pl---l? K____ n_____ s_ s_ p__________ K-o-é n-v-n- s- s- p-e-p-a-i-? ------------------------------ Ktoré noviny si si predplatil? 0
Who did you see? K--- ste --d-l-? K___ s__ v______ K-h- s-e v-d-l-? ---------------- Koho ste videli? 0
Who did you meet? Ko-o s-- -t---l-? K___ s__ s_______ K-h- s-e s-r-t-i- ----------------- Koho ste stretli? 0
Who did you recognize? K-h--s-e s--z-a-i? K___ s__ s________ K-h- s-e s-o-n-l-? ------------------ Koho ste spoznali? 0
When did you get up? Ke---st------li? K___ s__ v______ K-d- s-e v-t-l-? ---------------- Kedy ste vstali? 0
When did you start? K--y s---z-č-l-? K___ s__ z______ K-d- s-e z-č-l-? ---------------- Kedy ste začali? 0
When did you finish? Ke----t--p-es--li? K___ s__ p________ K-d- s-e p-e-t-l-? ------------------ Kedy ste prestali? 0
Why did you wake up? Pr-čo--te -a-z-bud-li? P____ s__ s_ z________ P-e-o s-e s- z-b-d-l-? ---------------------- Prečo ste sa zobudili? 0
Why did you become a teacher? Prečo -te--a -ta----či-e-o-? P____ s__ s_ s____ u________ P-e-o s-e s- s-a-i u-i-e-o-? ---------------------------- Prečo ste sa stali učiteľom? 0
Why did you take a taxi? Pre-o --- -šl- t--í--m? P____ s__ i___ t_______ P-e-o s-e i-l- t-x-k-m- ----------------------- Prečo ste išli taxíkom? 0
Where did you come from? O-k-aľ ----pr---i? O_____ s__ p______ O-k-a- s-e p-i-l-? ------------------ Odkiaľ ste prišli? 0
Where did you go? Ka- s-- -šli? K__ s__ i____ K-m s-e i-l-? ------------- Kam ste išli? 0
Where were you? Kd--s-e b--i? K__ s__ b____ K-e s-e b-l-? ------------- Kde ste boli? 0
Who did you help? Kom- -- p-m----? K___ s_ p_______ K-m- s- p-m-h-l- ---------------- Komu si pomohol? 0
Who did you write to? Ko-u-si-pí--l? K___ s_ p_____ K-m- s- p-s-l- -------------- Komu si písal? 0
Who did you reply to? K-m- si --p---d--? K___ s_ o_________ K-m- s- o-p-v-d-l- ------------------ Komu si odpovedal? 0

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Bilingualism improves hearing

People who speak two languages hear better. They can distinguish between different sounds more accurately. An American study has come to this conclusion. Researchers tested several teenagers. Part of the test subjects grew up bilingual. These teenagers spoke English and Spanish. The other part of the subjects only spoke English. The young people had to listen to a particular syllable. It was the syllable ‘da’. It didn't belong to either of the languages. The syllable was played for the test subjects using headphones. At the same time, their brain activity was measured with electrodes. After this test the teenagers had to listen to the syllable again. This time, however, they could hear many disruptive sounds as well. There were various voices saying meaningless sentences. The bilingual individuals reacted very strongly to the syllable. Their brain showed a lot of activity. They could identify the syllable exactly, with and without the disruptive sounds. The monolingual individuals were not successful. Their hearing was not as good as the bilingual test subjects. The result of the experiment surprised researchers. Until then it was only known that musicians have an especially good ear. But it appears that bilingualism also trains the ear. People that are bilingual are constantly confronted with different sounds. Therefore, their brain must develop new abilities. It learns how to distinguish different linguistic stimuli. Researchers are now testing how language skills affect the brain. Maybe hearing can still benefit when a person learns languages later in life…