Dealing With One’s Enemy (5)
Series: Dealing With...
Donald Cantrell
Romans 12:17-21
Theme: ‘‘As Christian’s we must deal with our enemies differently’’
I - The Truth of One’s Enemies
II - The Types of One’s Enemies
III - The Toll of One’s Enemies
IV - The Treatment of One’s Enemies
V - The Triumphing of One’s Enemies
Veiled Satisfaction
Clarence Darrow, the famed criminal lawyer once joked: ‘‘Everyone is a potential murderer. I have not killed anyone - but I frequently get satisfaction out of obituary notices.’’
The Hardest Language to Learn
Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the writing system is extremely difficult for English speakers (and anyone else) accustomed to the Latin alphabet.
In addition to the usual challenges that come with learning any language from scratch, people studying Mandarin must also memorize thousands of special characters, unlike anything seen in Latin-based languages.
But writing isn’t the only difficult part of learning Mandarin.
The tonal nature of the language makes speaking it very hard as well. There are several Chinese dialects, including Cantonese - spoken primarily in southeastern China, as well as in Hong Kong and other parts of Southeast Asia - which have different written characters and pronunciations, and are also very difficult to learn.
Mandarin Chinese (the most common dialect) has four tones, so one word can be pronounced four different ways, and each pronunciation has a different meaning. For instance, the word ma can mean ‘‘mother,’’ ‘‘horse,’’ ‘‘rough’’ or ‘‘scold’’ - depending on how you say it.
Babbel -Languages
The Top Ten Hardest English Words to Spell
10 - Ingenious
09 - Sacrilegious
08 - Accommodate
07 - Orangutan
06 - Mischievous
05 - Gubernatorial
04 - Acquiesce
03 - Conscientious
02 - Paraphernalia
01 ...
Series: Dealing With...
Donald Cantrell
Romans 12:17-21
Theme: ‘‘As Christian’s we must deal with our enemies differently’’
I - The Truth of One’s Enemies
II - The Types of One’s Enemies
III - The Toll of One’s Enemies
IV - The Treatment of One’s Enemies
V - The Triumphing of One’s Enemies
Veiled Satisfaction
Clarence Darrow, the famed criminal lawyer once joked: ‘‘Everyone is a potential murderer. I have not killed anyone - but I frequently get satisfaction out of obituary notices.’’
The Hardest Language to Learn
Interestingly, the hardest language to learn is also the most widely spoken native language in the world. Mandarin Chinese is challenging for a number of reasons. First and foremost, the writing system is extremely difficult for English speakers (and anyone else) accustomed to the Latin alphabet.
In addition to the usual challenges that come with learning any language from scratch, people studying Mandarin must also memorize thousands of special characters, unlike anything seen in Latin-based languages.
But writing isn’t the only difficult part of learning Mandarin.
The tonal nature of the language makes speaking it very hard as well. There are several Chinese dialects, including Cantonese - spoken primarily in southeastern China, as well as in Hong Kong and other parts of Southeast Asia - which have different written characters and pronunciations, and are also very difficult to learn.
Mandarin Chinese (the most common dialect) has four tones, so one word can be pronounced four different ways, and each pronunciation has a different meaning. For instance, the word ma can mean ‘‘mother,’’ ‘‘horse,’’ ‘‘rough’’ or ‘‘scold’’ - depending on how you say it.
Babbel -Languages
The Top Ten Hardest English Words to Spell
10 - Ingenious
09 - Sacrilegious
08 - Accommodate
07 - Orangutan
06 - Mischievous
05 - Gubernatorial
04 - Acquiesce
03 - Conscientious
02 - Paraphernalia
01 ...
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