12 Languages - "Sure!"

As I haven't posted anything for a long while, I wish to at least fill your brains with some food for thought. My goal is to someday become a polyglot, or multilingual. So everyday I'll make the effort to learn one word in 11 languages (and 1 dead language for fun). To start us off:

12 Languages - Sure!

Chinese (T): Dangran! 當然！
French: Bien sûr!
German: Sure!
Greek: Sigoura - Σίγουρα!
Hindi: Zarura ज़रूर!
Italian: Certo!
Japanese: Tashika ni! 確かに！
Korean: Mullon! 물론!
Latin: Certus
Portuguese: Claro
Russian: Koneshno! Конечно!
Spanish: Claro

Practice that! Just be careful what you're saying "sure" to.

- A Dakota Lopez blog.

Busy Busy

So, the past week has become an extremely busy time for me. I started a new blog about comic books a bit ago (not at all a daily thing, don't worry), and I've re-opened my Sonic Opus blog about music. Yesterday/today I recorded/edited my very first podcast for Sonic Opus with some great friends of mine with great opinions.

Also, a friend of mine has moved into my household, and as much as anyone can enjoy the experience, it takes away from your schedule. Today was my first day on my new job at Radio City Music Hall selling merchandise (demeaning, but it pays) and this definitely takes time.

But don't fret, when I get back to posting, oh shall I get back to posting! Three books just came in from Amazon today about the ancient chinese connection with the book of Genesis and how they actually used to be a monotheistic people. Look forward to much much more postings in the realm of the Chinese :)

Ancient Chinese Character Examination: Create

Ancient Chinese character for 'create'

Now here's an interesting one. Turns out, contrary to popular belief, the ancient Chinese weren't evolutionists, but actually creationists! I'm just kidding, evolutionism in ancient China was certainly not a popular belief. But the character above is another great example that the primitive Chinese believed the events written in the book of Genesis were factual, or at least that's what we're led to assume.

The ancient form of the character meaning 'to create' is depicted at the top of the post, and then just below it, it is broken down a little. The majority of the character is a depiction of being able to 'speak'. Within the speak character are three lesser ones. I mentioned a few days ago that the 'mouth' was another way to say human. The next character, in the center of speak is used to describe 'dust', or 'mud'. The small character just to the right of dust is the simple stroke that meant 'life' or 'movement' in some translations. Those three characters create speak, but the last one, underneath speak, means 'to walk'.

So what does this all mean, and why am I comparing it to the events is Genesis? Well, interestingly enough, this character for creation depicts just what the Hebrew scriptures says about how God breathed the breath of life into man, whom he created from the dust of the ground, and he "became a living soul", capable of walking and speaking.

Ancient Chinese Character Examination: Forbidden

Ancient Chinese character for 'forbidden'

This is interesting, the primitive character for the word 'forbidden', is very, very similar to the word covet. Again with the two trees. But this time, instead of there being a symbol of a woman underneath, there's an abbreviated character of the word for 'God'.

Just as I mentioned yesterday about how the God of the Bible forbid Adam and Eve to partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, this is the same thing, and the character for forbidden continues in that same vein.

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I think this is incredible stuff, personally, and it's great to hear that some of you readers out there think so too. If you know any others, or if you want to tip me in on something you personally find interesting, lemme know!

Ancient Chinese Character Examination: Covet, Desire

Ancient Chinese character for Desire

The definition of 'covet', according to Dictionary.com is to "desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others." So why is this ancient Chinese character so special?

If you remember the tale of Adam & Eve, the Biblical first man and woman, they could eat from any tree of the Garden of Eden that they wished, except for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, because they would "positively die". Eve came to covet the fruit of this tree very much, so when the Devil in disguise as a serpent told her she could eat from it, she did. She shared some with Adam, and they brought death into the world, as their bodies slowly began to wither and die.

In the picture there are two trees. In the Bible, it makes mention of two distinct trees of importance within the Garden: the tree of the knowledge of good and bad, and the tree of life. So the inventors of the ancient Chinese characters must have felt that to covet something had much to do with a woman and two trees.

Ancient Chinese Character Examination: Boat

Ancient Chinese character for "boat"

To begin, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the most ancient form of the Chinese character for a boat. As I've been posting about the past few days, history, mythology, and theology collide with the story of Noah's ark. This Chinese character, shares a striking similarity to the account in Genesis.

Chinese is a picture language, meaning that it's almost a drawing of a word. Many times, it's a mix of a few symbols, just as this character for boat is. Within it, are three words, VESSEL, EIGHT, and MOUTH. A boat is a vessel that holds eight mouths. A mouth in many ancient cultures, is another way of saying a person. So eight persons. How many persons were aboard the ark that Noah was told to build, according to the Mosaic account? Eight.

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And yes, I did draw this.

Ancient Chinese and it's Connection with the Book of Genesis

So, yesterday I went and spoke a bit about the events in the book of Genesis that correlated with the ancient mythologies of many nations. Today, I just want to take a look at Chinese. The ancient Chinese language actually. You see, not too long ago, I found evidence that the events in the book of Genesis were also found depicted in a few Chinese characters and symbols. So today, I'll do my best to show you what I mean.

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(EDIT) I've decided to post a few at a time, so that I may save some Chinese characters for off days.