Russo-Deutsch

I haven’t really said much lately about my exploits in the German language. This is a slow yet steady progression. So, I spend some time with a group of people who are primarily Russian. I would love to learn Russian; however, I think it best that, for now, I focus my attention on the language of the country I’m in. Perhaps. Normally these people speak German and I can keep up with what’s going on (as for responding… well that’s another story). Anyway, this past week the group was a little more condensed than usual and I thought… well I don’t really know what I thought/expected. But suddenly I found myself unable to understand them. I thought:

Is my German getting worse?

Does everyone else dumb things down more for me?

Are their accents thicker than I thought?

What language have I been learning?

Are they even speaking German?

So I wrestled with these thoughts for the first day. I swear I heard some German words in there every once in a while. Mostly I was just confused. The second day one girl (whose dad is Russian but has lived in Germany for I don’t know how long) said (in German) “Hey. German please.” Bahahaha. Her dad kind of rolled his eyes and said “Kid,” but I felt TOTALLY validated. They were speaking Russian. See. I know my German. Ha.

I’m not sayin’; I’m just sayin’.