communist892003,

Let's take a very simple example.

Say "Sky is blue" in English and Chinese.

In English,

"Sky is blue"

"Sky was blue"

and so on.  You had fixed the time when sky is blue.

But, if you said it in Chinese, there is NO INDICATION of time when this had happened.  In fact, time is IRRELEVANT.

As in EVERYTHING in English, it is VERY HARD to hard and said anything without knowing its place in time.  However, in Chinese, it is the REVERSE.  It is EASY to say something without specifying the time. 

The language reflect the different philosophies.  In English, time proceed linearly.  You cannot go back.  In Chinese, time repeat itself over and over again.  Hence, in Chinese, history is studied extensively because its belief that event repeat itself.

Dreamer