Yes you are very right about this. In French it’s tu/vous in Spanish it’s tu/usted so the idea is not totally foreign to me but der die den is something I’m struggling with.
And gender. I made the same complaint about French. Why is a toaster feminine? Fuck if I know. English is not like this.
we got male Toasters 
Der Toaster
Der Mond(Moon) is male too,in spain the say Luna,what is Feminin
Ich spreche gut franzosich und ein bisschen Spanish so these things are not totally unusual to me but it is different and a bit difficult.
To an Anglo, German is a bit weird because at first glance you look at a sentence and it looks like you should understand it, but then you double check and it makes no sense 
ich spreche leider kein(oder nur wenig) france oder espaniol,and i forgot the most of the russian from back then in school
Interesting that you learn Russian in school. French is a hot commodity in Canada because of Quebec but it’s controversial. I went to a French only school for many years. Being bilingual (which I’m not) is a big advantage for things like federal jobs and knowing which poutine you want to order.
There is actually a French-Canadian keyboard layout which is common on many laptops sold in retail stores in Canada.
They are a curse and a pain to type with.
Most people use a 104 key QWERTY.
Also, peanut punch.
Unpopular opinion: peanut punch is just extra extra creamy peanut butter.
Never seen that before. Is it good?
It’s like a peanut butter milkshake, and it’s fantastic.
Check the Caribbean section at the super market.
Umlaut is Alt+129 in ASCII - ü 
On a Mac you can simply hold down the letter key for a moment. This displays the diacritical options for that letter.
What is the “a” second from the right with the degree symbol above it? Can’t recall having seen that before. The rest of them I know but not that one.
For the life of me I can’t recall it’s name, but I do know I’ve seen it “in use.”
I think it represents a vowel shift, but I’m not positive.
To stay on topic, the internal temperature of Foreigner’s steak was 145°F (62.8°C) Alt+248
Are you just guessing or making a judgement based in colouration?
(Either way you are correct)
If they were better steaks I would have gone lower but I wasn’t sure how much trust I had in them.
ja,back then beyond the iron curtain we all had russian in school,like chemics,math or physics…english was a “you can choose” thing and i choosed it.
A very practical choice. 
Lol, peanut punch always followed a joke abut the capital of Thailand 
Internal recommended temperature by the FDA for medium, rare is 145°F here in the states. I was guessing you were close to that
