“At the beginning, they explained everything almost with their fingers.” Figure skater Kovalev spoke about learning French

French figure skater of Russian origin Pavel Kovalev told that he came to France without knowing the language, a learning process that was not easy.

Kovalev competes for France in pairs skating with Kamil Kovalev.

— How is your French? What level have you reached?

— Enough for daily communication. I can’t say that I have reached a high level of language proficiency, but in everyday life I communicate calmly.

— Was it difficult to teach?

— It’s hard, but it’s also because I didn’t speak any language other than Russian. At school I studied pretty much like most Russian athletes, so there was no English at all. When I arrived in France, everything was explained to me almost in detail. “I decided to learn the language and started with English,” Kovalev said in an interview with .

More sports news in our telegram channel .