Japanese Lessons

  My teacher of Japanese is a very, very nice woman. She is super smart and intelligent: she was traveling around the Europe for 40 days, her husband is a professor at the Aichi University, she likes impressionists and speaks English and French... But she is so japanese =)

  I have one hour lesson twice a week. But sometimes the hour is not enough... So last time I was so excited I was making some progress that I simply kept asking the questions. The clock which I had in front of me (it was standing on the cupboard) kept showing me that we still have 20 minutes to go. Suddenly she said something like: "I'm terribly sorry but we have to finish for today because I have to go out". I was looking at the clock - still 20 minutes to go. So I was doubting if I would say it to her or not... But then I decided to say nothing this time 'cause usually she is so nice =) So I stood up and then accidentally I looked at my watch... What did I see??? It was half an hour later than the finish hour of our lesson!!! She didn't dare to say to me that the lesson was over half an hour ago. Now it was my turn to say: "Sumimasen" which means... of course, "I'm sorry" =)