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If you are looking to express gratitude in English, a superficial ‹thanks› quickly comes to mind. If you are being sincere, you say «thank you», always addressing the other person, or one step further, «I am grateful». It comes from the Latin word «gratias,» in turn leading back to ‹grate›:...
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›...
When asked to comment on the word ‹thank you› in my native language, Russian, I was quickly torn between two...
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In Arabic, ‹shukran› stands for the German word ‹danke›. However, ‹shukran› is not sufficient to express every form of gratitude in Arabic. This is illustrated by a question that many native Arabic speakers ask sooner or later while in the process of learning German. A question that points to discomfort...
In India, ‹Dhanyawaad› is the word closest to the German word ‹Danke›. It means ‹I feel deep gratitude›. Accordingly, it...
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When visiting another country, I show my appreciation for ‹foreign› people and their culture by trying to thank, greet, and...
The teacher should look at the students medically, and the doctor should look at his patients pedagogically. In our complex world, it is worthwhile to follow Rudolf Steiner’s call for interdisciplinary cooperation. This is about more than just cooperation. The cooperation begins in one’s own soul. Thus, a mathematics teacher...
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