Today I went to get my french cell phone with my Portable French Culture Navigating Device (PFCND) which only I have and which looks a lot like a 14 year old french girl named Yanna. As I was waiting to become french person #06 35 90 27 24, I tried to ask the lady if I could sit down in the chair in front of me when I realized I hadn’t learned the verb “to sit.” My PFCND was texting a friend and had figured out the whole phone situation so far so I didn’t want to pester her any further than I already had.
So I stood.
Learning a language through immersion has been a host of things, mainly a lesson in appreciation for the nuts and bolts that go into our ability to function on a daily basis. Trying to stammer through what everyone around you can do as easily as they breath is hard.
Like…..hard.
BUT! This is the way this kind of thing happens. There is an unlimited amount of “je suis désolé”s and the term “fluency” is a daily reminder to go with the flow.
Everything is temporary.
Heavy……..yikes!
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