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Why should we learn how to discuss in Mandarin what lesson 13 of the Enjoy Life Forever! book says about World War II?
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What message do we have to offer to Mandarin-speaking people about the meaningfulness of life?
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What are some Mandarin expressions we can keep in mind when talking to Mandarin-speakers about whom we can trust?
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How can we talk in Mandarin about arguing? Should we use the same language to describe how Jesus spoke with the Pharisees, etc.?
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How can we talk in Mandarin about why it would be naive to think that life arose by chance?
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What connection is there between the Mandarin expressions for “demonstrating (as a protest)” and “Revelation”?
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How can we talk in Mandarin about how reading the Bible can seem to transport us to another time and place?
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Should we Chinese field language learners view the Learn From the Bible book as being “just stories for children”?
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Is it better to be inspired or to have love?
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Why continue to write “xǐshǒu” as one word in Pīnyīn when the more “experienced” English writing system writes “wash hands” as two words?
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When it comes to Mandarin word order, who’s on first? What’s on second?
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To be or not to be…a resultative verb that means “invade”?
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Are simplified Chinese characters simple in every way? Is Pīnyīn too simple for Mandarin and all its homophones (words that sound the same)?
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“Wēnhé” is the word that the Mandarin New World Translation Bible uses to translate “mildness” when referring to the fruitage of the spirit. How can “wēnhé” be an adjective, a verb, and also a noun?
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Is every Mandarin word monosyllabic (one syllable)? Is every Mandarin syllable a word?
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“Réncí” is the word that the Mandarin New World Translation Bible uses to translate “kindness” when referring to the fruitage of the spirit. How can “réncí” be an adjective, a verb, and also a noun?
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How is xǐlè an adjective, a verb, and also a noun?
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Do Mandarin words ever change in meaning over time, like words of other languages often do? Are Chinese people human too? 🙋🏻♂️
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The download pages for the Budapest courses have been refreshed, and passwords are no longer required to access the course files.
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All the Budapest Mandarin course files have been updated to their 2008 versions, except for the grammar course files, which have not changed. Also, all the PDF files have been recreated so that copying and pasting tables of material produces more usable results.
