Asal Dardan describes how she becomes familiar with the German language. How she can easily write letters for offices and authorities in the name of her mother, but becomes hesitant when it comes to schoolwork, who has to carefully approach the correct use of the language - and who hopes for support from Helmut, her mother's friend. In the end, of course, the German language becomes completely her own. And maybe the ability to use language sensitively is the result of the initially experienced gap between the self and this language? Dardan, the supposed barbarian, produces a piece of German culture.