Although your girl has half-learned a fair number of languages, she's never really been comfortable in any of them except in her native English, but none-the-less, she's decided to try to pick up some German, the long-ago ancestor of English--and because she's lonely, she'll take you along with her.
Actually, Fio does does know a few German words she got from her Mother, who got them from her mother, so your girl will start with them and report that in German, the language is Deutsch and a mother is a Mutter (with a capital letter.)
Your next conversational must-have is "Do you speak English?" If you get a blank stare, try "Kennen sie auf Deutsch sprechen?" (can you speak German?) and beten--which Fio means "pray")
Interested? Fiorella has unpacd her old book and is ready and waiting to roar, but wants to start slowly, both for your sake and hers. On the other hand, the whole thing might fall to pieces--it's hard to put together a good program for just herself and an audience she can never see.
Assignment: repeat the sentence "Kennen sie auf Deutsch sprechen?" five times a day.
If Fio make mistakes, please tell her. Your girl hasn't pulled out her German book in years.
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