#also sidenote the hebrew version of merry christmas given is hag shmah which i'm guessing is the same as chag sameach? | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

coquelicoq · 1 day ago

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good morning can i show you guys the christmas card my little sister wrote me in french (she does not know any french)

joyeux Noël, j'espère que vous comprenez ce que je dis compte tenu de la fiabilité de Google Translate. Jespère qu'à l'avenir nous voir plus de deux fois par an. Je ne sais pas vraiment quoi dire d'autre, alors joyeux Noël et j'espère que papa t'a offert. Profitez également des autres choses que je mets sur la carte au lieu de vous ècrire un essai complet.

and then she wrote me a little crossword and a "connect the language to its way of saying 'merry christmas'" game 😭

#i really don't know what j'espère que papa t'a offert is supposed to be. seems to be missing a direct object #the previous sentence is also missing a couple words but i know what it is supposed to mean #french #sibling feels #anyway this was sweet #i am a little worried about her because a) one of the languages she put on the card for how to say merry christmas is hebrew #which is an odd choice if you're going to pick five languages to say merry christmas in lol #and i had just learned at dinner that b) she had never heard of chanukah. which is a bit concerning #also sidenote the hebrew version of merry christmas given is hag shmah which i'm guessing is the same as chag sameach?#which is used for any holiday not just christmas lol #i'm also a little worried because i think my brother gets more parental attention #or maybe my dad only pays attention to the sports that his kids play?#like my dad coaches my sister's team but didn't know what classes she has next semester #but seems to know all sorts of stuff about my brother's life #also she's 14 and i think wants to be much younger than that? or thinks 14 is very young (which it is but she is a teen. she called #herself a 'little girl' and was mad because she was home alone for the second time ever yesterday)#idk she's clearly just very sheltered. when they were driving me home we saw a homeless man on the side of the road holding #a sign and she said he was scary and i was like how come? he's just standing there #and she said one time she saw a guy like that and he was angry and now she thinks all of them (meaning homeless people ig)#are scary. so i had a conversation with her about that #like 14 is young she is a kid she has a lot of stuff to learn which is normal! but is she getting taught anything? is anyone paying #attention to her? i see her so rarely (as mentioned in the card) because i don't have a car and because i don't have #fond memories of that household and avoid my dad and stepmom but i should really try harder with her #my brother also wrote me a very nice card! he was pretty considerate yesterday which is also new #he did not discuss his opinion of the military or capitalism this time so i don't know how he is feeling about them these days lol #we talked a lot about sports lol

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