That's right, I said "Oy."
Keep in mind, this is a small class to begin with, and the handful of us last week were at varying levels. My fiance speaks Danish very well, but has been out of Denmark for a year and wants to brush up. One girl is a beginner, but her husband is Danish and she also speaks 3 or 4 other languages, so she has a leg up. And then there was a Spanish girl who was as much of a beginner as I am, if not more so.
Well, this week, my fiance had a work event, and the Spanish girl dropped out.
So, it was me and the girl for whom languages clearly come pretty naturally. Not to mention that I definitely hadn't studied nearly as much as I should have.
From what I understand, the class is moving infinitely faster than a traditional, formal Danish class would, so I take a bit of comfort in that. But...
Yeesh.
I felt so lost today. While the other girl read through sentences like they were in English, I struggled with the pronunciation of half of the words I saw and couldn't remember the meanings of most of them.
I definitely feel like I'm learning important stuff here, but...
Oy.
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