#second language problems

It’s very kind of people I speak other languages with to assume that my slow comprehension and endless requests for repetition are as a result of us not speaking my first language, when in reality, my auditory processing is just complete shit.

I got a little perturbed the other day when I realised I don't have an English translation for "unne" (Norwegian), which is when someone has a little treat and they've deserved it, or when someone's getting what they've earned and everyone agrees that yes, the universe owes them that. I tried explaining the sentence structure in a kind of "I envy you your [xxx]" but it's something more agreeable than envy. "I think you're owed being cozy in bed" I guess? I asked my grandparents since he's a professor of English literature, and she translates books from Norwegian to English, but the only other translations they could come up with were "you've earned that" or "you certainly deserve that". I'm just kind of annoyed that I can't find anything that quite expresses the same sentiment

I have such domestic fanfic ideas and nice warm uwu stories but... ENGLISH DOES NOT HAVE THIS FORMAL/INFORMAL DISTINCTION LIKE MY FIRST LANGUAGE! AND!!!! THIS IS EATING ME UP!!? There are words in my language to call someone or refer to them with respect and elegance but English lacks it all 🥲

it’s “listen to the new stromae album” oclock

I'm getting really happy when someone understand me in this language, English. Because it's not my native, i always feel very uncomfortable with my words, my sentences, my grammar and i feel like someone gonna make fun of me. I'm pretty sure not everyone understand me perfectly and i'm doing a lot of mistakes but no one ever made a bad comment about that and i just wanted to thank. Thank you.