The word “the” is a really important word in our English dictionary. Some would argue that it’s of the biggest words. I would guess that we all say it atleast several times a day; how could we function without? I am currently learning Swedish and guess what? As far as I am aware, they don’t use the word “the”.
In Swedish, the word “a / an” can be translated to “en / ett”. For example, “en hund” is “a dog”, and “ett hus” is “a house”. The intent of these words is referring to a random singular amongst many of one type of object. For example, “you can take a dog with you” hints that there are several dogs you can choose from.
To say “the dog” or “the house” in Swedish, you move the “en / ett” from in front of the word to behind it and apart of it. These words become “hunden” and “huset”, respectively. At this point, I realized that a word does not need a direct translation; it’s the intent of the word that needs to be translated. “The dog” refers to one dog amongst the plenty; “hunden” refers to one dog amongst the plenty.
I think this can be tied to my understanding of different styles of Kung Fu; sometimes I try to make a very straightforward connection or linkage. “How does this punch translate to something new” turns into me looking for some new punch, but in reality it’s the intent of the punch I should look for.
I’m not sure if this makes a lot of sense, but it has helped me a lot with my understanding of both Tai Chi and Snake over the last few weeks.
Numbers (Last 7 Days)
Pushups
62-62-62-62-62-62-62 (little bits of consistency!)
Sit-ups
62-62-62-62-62-62-62 (more consistency!)
AOK
5 a day
KM
16 total per last 7 days
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