Jag Lär Mig

So whenever I try to talk to strangers in Swedish, I usually preface it by saying: "Jag lär att prata svenska så min svenska är inte så bra." Which I thought meant, "I am learning to speak swedish, so my swedish is not so good." Turns out, lära means both to teach and to learn, but learn is reflexive (yep, they lost me on that one too). So, what I really have been saying to everyone is, "I am teaching swedish so my swedish is not so good." Ha! They probably are thinking, man- her students are jätte-screwed!!!

(For the few of you that care, I will now say, "Jag lär mig att prata svenska så min svenska är inte så bra.")