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We noticed that as we studied Chinese, we were struggling to differentiate the shapes and forms of the characters from one another, and wondered if there was a way to make them more pictorial – taking some of the characters back to their visual roots. So the project concentrates on merging Mandarin with appropriate pictograms – we call them Mandagrams. Here’s a quick preview of some examples. It’s relatively easy to see the ‘roots’ of a character such as ‘mountain’. But some characters only really make sense… GHETTOHIKES.COM. Chinese will take over the Internet in 5 years. DayOne Italian: Just Enough Italian for Your First Day in Rome- Learn Italian.
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Sanskrit and the Technological Age By Vyasa Houston M. A. The extraordinary thing about Sanskrit is that it offers direct accessibility to anyone to that elevated plane where the two —mathematics and music, brain and heart, analytical and intuitive, scientific and spiritual— become one. hitehead's Modes of Thought speaks highly of language: "...The mentality of mankind and the language of mankind created each other. But Whitehead's words are somewhat anbiguous, and may have created in readers as many different responses as there are readers.
The quote will actually take on meaning according to context, and the context is largely determined by the meanings we attribute to words. We have greatly underestimated the sacred power of language. This, along with the example of Whitehead's quote, points out what is perhaps the most important distinction we can make in the fulfillment of our lives: either language uses us or we use language. This discovery is of monumental significance. References. Ancient Sanskrit Online: Lesson 10. The world of the poets of the Rigveda was governed by laws of Newtonian orderliness, represented by a group of abstract nouns of complex meaning. One of these, vratá 'holy law, divine commandment', was described in the introduction to Lesson 7. Of similar complexity are dhā́man 'foundation, just law, precept', related to Greek θέμις and English doom, and dhárman 'support, fixed order', both of which are found in the Lesson 10 text, together with r̥tá (see below), a word which is repeated in the last two verses, joining them together into one grammatical sentence.
Reading and Textual Analysis The lesson text is verses 10-20 of an Archaic poem, VIII, 27 (647) which, like the Lesson 4 text, is in the alternating lyric br̥hatī/satobr̥hatī metre. Ásti hí vaḥ sajātíyaṃ riśādaso dévāso ásti ā́piyam prá naḥ pū́rvasmai suvitā́ya vocata makṣū́ sumnā́ya návyase idā́ hí va úpastutim idā́ vāmásya bhaktáye úpa vo viśvavedaso namasyúr ā́m̐ ásr̥kṣi ániyām iva.
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What is the secret of the show's appeal? Fans can and will explain the show's engrossing plotlines, fascinating characters, brilliant performances, realistic effects, and a unique visual aesthetic -- but if we had to choose one reason, it'd be the dialogue. Whedon created a vision of a human future where mankind speaks English primarily, with Mandarin Chinese added, as one might say, for "flavor" (i.e., profanity). Not only did the use of Mandarin help inform Firefly's future setting, it also often allowed the characters to express themselves in terms too absurd, obscene, or outrageous to be spoken in English. 15) Stupid Inbred Stack of Meat 笨天生的一堆肉。
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