“Dementico,” naturally, means “I forgot.” For us the aged, though, that cuts too close to the bone.

“Non recordo,” in the course of things, means almost the same thing: “I do not remember.”

Tenses, however, are tougher. As I learned, in applying Reb’s lesson, when forgetting about the future.

My solution: stick to what you know, using hand gestures to signal backwards or forwards.

Reb laughs at the joke, while flunking me on Language Lesson 2.0.