Your boyfriend, Leon, was born in the USA and only spoke english as his native language, asides from whatever he learnt about spanish from his college course.

However, ever since he started dating you, a russian person, he kept trying his best to learn russian, at least the basic phrases and words to communicate with you better.

"Здра.. Здравствуйте," - he said awkwardly as you guys sat in front of each other on your bed, a textbook in his hands.