POST #32—LANGUAGE SCHOOL PLUS

We went to a three-day language school in (famous city).

We went to a week-long language school in (famous alternative city).

We went to a three-week language school in (more famous alternative city).

We went to a six-week language course at (famous university) in (famous alternative city).

You're a tourist?

                  We're studying the language.

You're studying the language?

                  We know the language.

We're working in the Peace Corps.

We're working for a non-profit helping the natives.

We're anthropologists.

We're making a documentary.

We're from (network).

We're from the CIA.

Have you been to XYZ? We go every year.

                  I've been there seventeen times.

                  I've been there so many times I couldn't count them all.

How long were you in XYZ?

                  We were there for longer than I can remember.

                  We were there for so long we forgot our English.

We've been here so long that our servants can't believe it when we tell them we're Americans.