03-27-2009, 04:17 PM
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While she had nothing against English, in fact she owed it a great deal for she would have been lost here without it, it would never compare to her native tongue. Her second language could be blunt and choppy, but Italian was like music to her ears. Flowing just like a spring stream. The only time she really spoke it anymore was when she and Ehno had private conversations. She really did miss using it. But maybe now that Kansas was learning she would have more of an opportunity again. Secretly someday she hoped that she could take him back to her land of birth. Not to stay forever, just a trip. To show him where she came from and the beauty of the place.
Savina smiled encouragingly up at her mate as he did his best to repeat the sentence she had translated. He stumbled a few times, but that was to be expected. "Yes, it was hard, but you did wonderfully love. I'm very impressed." It was harder for adults to learn a new language. She had been taught English was she was still quite young. She intended to immerse their pups in both languages from the start. It was her turn to work her way through a sentence now. Staring at the little black marks on the page she tried to make sense of them in her mind. "T-Tom was a gli...glitter...glittering hero once m-more--the p...pet of the old, the en...vy of the y-young." She took a deep breath looking shyly up at his handsome face. "How was that?" The fey wondered if she'd ever be able to make the words soar from the page like he could.
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While she had nothing against English, in fact she owed it a great deal for she would have been lost here without it, it would never compare to her native tongue. Her second language could be blunt and choppy, but Italian was like music to her ears. Flowing just like a spring stream. The only time she really spoke it anymore was when she and Ehno had private conversations. She really did miss using it. But maybe now that Kansas was learning she would have more of an opportunity again. Secretly someday she hoped that she could take him back to her land of birth. Not to stay forever, just a trip. To show him where she came from and the beauty of the place.
Savina smiled encouragingly up at her mate as he did his best to repeat the sentence she had translated. He stumbled a few times, but that was to be expected. "Yes, it was hard, but you did wonderfully love. I'm very impressed." It was harder for adults to learn a new language. She had been taught English was she was still quite young. She intended to immerse their pups in both languages from the start. It was her turn to work her way through a sentence now. Staring at the little black marks on the page she tried to make sense of them in her mind. "T-Tom was a gli...glitter...glittering hero once m-more--the p...pet of the old, the en...vy of the y-young." She took a deep breath looking shyly up at his handsome face. "How was that?" The fey wondered if she'd ever be able to make the words soar from the page like he could.