[He takes that as a sign that he needn't consider marriage in the immediate future.]

Even if I say it very slowly, none of it will make sense. People made this mistake with me when I first traveled outside of Russia and spoke very little Standard, and I thought they were ridiculous for thinking that saying words I don't know sloooowly would help me to learn them.

[And, seriously, because emotional whiplash is fun:] But thank you for learning that much.