August 29, 2007
Although a few people we've met speak English well enough, language has been a minor problem here for me; in retrospect, I should have studied French in school, rather than German. (Even Italian would have been better considering the time I spent in Italy.) That being said, my French language skills are coming along--except listening, speaking, and general comprehension. Although, I do have an excellant, nasal "non" and can flap my arms with disinterest expertly in the French style. Mostly, I tend to stick with stock phrases and sagely nod and brightly say "d'accord" (the French word for "okay") when I don't know what is going on. Leah usually steps in at this point (she wisely did study French and had some time to use it in Morocco), to elaborate on my nodding.
