The teacher should look at the students medically, and the doctor should look at his patients pedagogically. In our complex...
When visiting another country, I show my appreciation for ‹foreign› people and their culture by trying to thank, greet, and...
In India, ‹Dhanyawaad› is the word closest to the German word ‹Danke›. It means ‹I feel deep gratitude›. Accordingly, it is rarely used. In India, I feel that it’s a matter of course to do things for each other without having to explicitly say thank you. It is facial expressions...
In Arabic, ‹shukran› stands for the German word ‹danke›. However, ‹shukran› is not sufficient to express every form of gratitude...
When asked to comment on the word ‹thank you› in my native language, Russian, I was quickly torn between two...
When writing in Chinese, one uses ‹感(gǎn)谢(xiè)› or colloquially ‹谢(xiè)谢› to express gratitude. ‹感(gǎn)› means ‹feel› and its subpart ‹心› is an image of the heart. Thus, in Chinese culture, one first expresses gratitude through feeling or from the heart. When speaking, one uses a double ‹谢(xiè)›, which soothes and...
If you are looking to express gratitude in English, a superficial ‹thanks› quickly comes to mind. If you are being...
Humanity is today crossing the threshold. This is a mysterious event, and it is connected also with the ‹Second Coming...
After Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, Finland now wants to join NATO quickly. How could the climate change so quickly? Hans Hasler By the way, this also applies externally. Even the seasons change very quickly. Today (May 14), the birch trees in front of our summer cottage got the...
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