Shu Lin

I’ve been learning to speak/read Greek since April so please excuse my slower pace, mispronunciation with a few words and bad intonation but the intention was to secretly learn to speak Greek to surprise my mother-in-law in her native tongue on the night of our wedding reception in Greece (at her taverna!) My mother-in-law knew I was learning Greek but I told everyone it was only to learn enough to order at restaurants (half true as I’m motivated by food and that’s made me learn more vocab lol) but JOKING ASIDE, the truth is, I was learning to surprise her on the day and didn’t tell ANY of our Greek friends and family so nobody would spoil the surprise. My mother-in-law is an incredible human: full of love, strength, warmth, care, generosity, humour and that’s only a few traits I’ve experienced since I’ve been so warmly welcome into the family on day one through wine, happy tears and lots of Google translate conversations. I’m hoping to share even more of my love, respect and appreciation for her in Greek as my language skills develop! Σ’ αγαπώ πολύ, η μαμά μου ♥️🩵 The biggest thank you to my Greek teacher Eliza for so patiently teaching me from April and for going above and beyond (even with a lesson the day before the wedding) to go through the script together. She even translated it to Greek for me and sent voicenotes so I can practise my pace, listening and intonation too. She’s the best. ♥️♥️♥️ #greece #greekwedding #ελληνικα #cantonese #languagelearning