We need a new
word in our language for failure - a word that means, it didn't work this way so lets try a different way.
Even when you communicate with
clear words in a language we both share... I most certainly do not have access to your thoughts.
The practical projects range from teaching a craft, playing a game, writing names in Korean, singing songs, and teaching
simple words in the language to displaying and wearing traditional clothing.
Dictionary doesn't just mean English words, either — dictionary, in this case, really means any commonly spoken or
typed word in any language.
I attempt to learn and use
key words in the languages and dialects of the children and families served so that they are better able to communicate.
Also, there is not some one
word in each language self - evidently equivalent with «love,» such that we could study its applications in each case and thus succeed in our comparison.
In either instance, the pragmatist contention is that since ideas in our minds and
words in our language figure in behavioral adaptations on the part of human organisms to the environment, it is no more likely that these ideas and words are totally out of synch with the environment than it is that our physical organs are.
Money lifted the word «gender» from its grammatical context («male» and «female»
words in languages such as French and Italian) and then redefined it as my sexual self - awareness within my mind.
«Humans organize their knowledge of social relationships into a hierarchical structure, and they also make use of hierarchical structures when deducing relationships
between words in language,» notes study co-author Robert Seyfarth.
When new words were introduced to their vocabularies, the English - Mandarin bilingual children surpassed their Mandarin monolingual peers as they could learn
words in each language more effectively.
Tim Shananan said it best: «Knowing the 10,000 most
frequent words in the language (words common in oral language) doesn't count for much, but knowing the next 20,000 — 40,000 most frequent words is what distinguishes the educated from the uneducated.»
To enter, competitors must create a two to three minute video using no more than 1,000
words in another language via the Language Show Live website.
Sometimes the choices for
transliterating words in languages with different writing systems can vary by country — the English and the American versions of «Al Quaeda» are different.
No wonder then that Martin Luther realised while in the process of translating the Hebrew Bible into German just how difficult it was to convey so much in so
few words in another language.
was one of the most
important words in any language: it allows us to stop, reflect, consider and respond with meaning and understanding to what is happening around us.
I encourage all staff and consultants to attempt to learn and use
key words in the languages and dialects of the children and families served so that they are better able to communicate.
Within the bilingual group of toddlers, those who had amassed a greater number of «doublets» — pairs
of words in each language, such as dog / chien — performed even better on the conflict inhibition tasks.
Understanding the time in which something was written, the cultural background, how a contemporary of the writer would have understood the writing, and even understanding the meaning of
the words in the language in which they were written can shed a lot of light on Scripture.
He knows all and he has given
his word in all languages!
A «picture may be worth a thousand
words in any language.»
For example if someone in Albania could look up pictures of frogs using
the word in his language, why can't I see pictures of frogs that are posted on Albanian or Greek or Japanese websites without needing to know the words in those languages?
Each word in our language is associated with a concept or mental image.
Our vision is that by working with churches, organisations and individuals from around the world all people will have access to God's
word in a language that they truly understand.
You can also teach her the equivalents of
these words in your language.
«There's
no word in the language I revere more than «teacher.»
In the most extreme example, if you knew
no words in a language, having a dictionary wouldn't help you in the least, since every definition would simply list more words you didn't know.
I liked learning a bit about the Ojibwe people, their culture and the few
words in their language that are salted throughout the book.