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Imperatiivi 2

90 [ninety]

Imperative 2

Imperative 2

90 [yhdeksänkymmentä]

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Imperatiivi 2

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Shave! Aj- p------! Aja partasi! 0 +
Wash yourself! Pe-----! Peseydy! 0 +
Comb your hair! Ka---- h-------! Kampaa hiuksesi! 0 +
     
Call! So---- S--------! Soita! Soittakaa! 0 +
Begin! Al----- A---------! Aloita! Aloittakaa! 0 +
Stop! Lo----- L---------! Lopeta! Lopettakaa! 0 +
     
Leave it! An-- o---- A------ o---! Anna olla! Antakaa olla! 0 +
Say it! Sa-- s-- S------ s-! Sano se! Sanokaa se! 0 +
Buy it! Os-- s-- O------ s-! Osta se! Ostakaa se! 0 +
     
Never be dishonest! Äl- o-- i---- e------------! Älä ole ikinä epärehellinen! 0 +
Never be naughty! Äl- o-- i---- r------! Älä ole ikinä röyhkeä! 0 +
Never be impolite! Äl- o-- i---- e--------------! Älä ole ikinä epäystävällinen! 0 +
     
Always be honest! Ol- a--- r---------! Ole aina rehellinen! 0 +
Always be nice! Ol- a--- m-----! Ole aina mukava! 0 +
Always be polite! Ol- a--- k--------! Ole aina kohtelias! 0 +
     
Hope you arrive home safely! Pä----- h---- k-----! Pääskää hyvin kotiin! 0 +
Take care of yourself! Pi----- h----- i---------! Pitäkää huolta itsestänne! 0 +
Do visit us again soon! Tu---- k---- t--- k------! Tulkaa kohta taas käymään! 0 +
     

Babies can learn grammar rules

Children grow up very quickly. And they also learn very quickly! It has yet to be researched how children learn. Learning processes take place automatically. Children don't notice when they are learning. Nevertheless, every day they are capable of more. This also becomes clear with language. Babies can only cry in the first few months. With a few months they can say short words. Then sentences are created from those words. Eventually the children speak their native language. Unfortunately, that doesn't work in the case of adults. They need books or other material in order to learn. Only this way can they learn grammar rules, for example. Babies, however, learn grammar as early as four months old! Researchers taught German babies foreign grammar rules. In order to do this, they played Italian sentences aloud to them. These sentences contained certain syntactical structures. The babies listened to the correct sentences for about fifteen minutes. Afterwards, sentences were played for the babies again. This time, however, a few of the sentences were incorrect. While the babies listened to the sentences, their brainwaves were measured. This way the researchers could identify how the brain reacted to sentences. And the babies showed different levels of activity with the sentences! Although they had just learned them, they registered the mistakes. Naturally, babies do not understand why some sentences are wrong. They orient themselves toward phonetic patterns. But that is enough to learn a language – at least for babies…