I just needed to write one more thing before I go to bed because it is something I just want to share. I want to bring you into my world here a little more and tell you some in detail stuff about the normality of my world here.
DINNERS:
Dinners have to be one of the most entertaining parts of my day. It might be that my biological family bonds the most around the dinner table, so I just have a pre-formed love for this part of the day. Or my host family dinners are really just that entertaining.
Our dinners are not so much odd in the presentation of food or anything as much as the conversation is just entertaining. They are so patient with me and my terribly broken French. But the conversation seems to always come back to words.
Last week, my host dad explained the idea behind the word 'inherit' because he wanted to know the english term for it.
That is pretty normal for any two nationalities talking to each other. But my favorites have occurred in the past two dinners:
- Last night, my family was discussing something very quickly in French that I only picked up bits and pieces of...but my host mom turned to me and asked me (in French) to give her the etymology of the word 'maffia' and what it means. I don't know if I could even do that in English, to be honest. Therefore, we consulted Wikipedia.
- Last night we also debated over the pronunciation of 'Facebook', but that is definitely a story that needs to be saved for an in-person reenactement. :)
- Tonight, while we were eating ice cream for dessert, there was some dispute of the lost translations from English to French and the pronunciation of some words. Such as the pronuncation of the word, 'praline'. But my favorite tonight was when my host dad brought me a haagen daz (I know I spelled that wrong) carton that was titled 'Cookie Dough Chip'. I giggled and said that in America it's called Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Then he asked me to basically define every word in the title:
-- We got what 'cookie' is because it is the same in French.
-- 'Chip' is the equivalent of 'morceau' (or morsel)
-- 'Dough' was the tricky one. I honestly didn't know how to explain it in French. However, after many words and descriptions, we got it.
These might be stories you have to be there for, but I want you guys to see the kinds of things I experience in everyday life here. I love it here and I love this family I am with. I have only been here a little over a week and I already feel apart of the family.
Je vous aime!!
Bon nuit!!
No comments:
Post a Comment