Bible class was better today. We went over various versions of the 23rd Psalm to show the difficulty of translation. It was kind of fun. Then German was short. I really need to study my German badly. I keep forgetting really basic things like whether aus ausser bei mit, etc. denotes accusative or dative case. It's stuff I knew, but have slipped because I haven't studied them recently. I think I'm beginning to understand how my grandma, who spoke only Flemish until she was eighteen years old, has managed to forget how to speak the language, after years of speaking only English. I wonder if I spoke German to grandma, if she'd understand much of it. I'm not suggesting, of course, that Flemish and German are identical. But they have similarities, and I think, she must have picked up a little something during the Nazi occupation of Belgium. Speaking of which, perhaps it's best to forgo trying to speak German to her. She hates the Germans. She still cringes when she hears an ambulance going by. The sirens remind her of air raids.
My allergies are acting up. I slept really well last night though, for the first time in a while. I'm still tired anyway.
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