To not know how to handle this?

[Diamondring]

My ds has a medical condition which amongst many other things results in him being overweight.
There is a girl in his class who has started to be picked up by his grandmother. The grandmother doesn't speak any English. She has taken a liking to me and ds and tries to chat with me at pick up time. Unfortunately I can't understand anything she says, I'm not sure which language it is
Now I think but I'm not sure that she is trying to give me advice about ds's weight, because the one word I did pick out is endicronologist.
I find it embarrassing that I don't understand her, I just smile and nod though.
Where it gets tricky now though is that she has taken to talking to ds, and to patting his tummy when she sees him, and ds really hates it.
How can I deal with this without offending her, when we don't speak the same language?

She can't speak English, you can't understand anything she says but she can say Endocrinologist and know what field of medicine they work in

That's impressive

Next time she pats your son's stomach you should pat hers

She said endicronologist in her language, it just sounded the same! Not sure if you're saying I'm making it up, I'm overreacting or she's wrong or what?

Why wouldn't she know what field of medicine they work in?

Sorry, no I'm not implying you are making it up, I do believe you as I know a lot of medical profession titles are very similar irrespective of language. Apologies if my post read differently

Surely if she said and meant endocrinologist and it sounds the same in her language as it does in english,then there will be many other words that are quite easy to pick out?

No, truly not!

ODFOD

What the hell's happened to this place lately? !

I am German, the word for endicronologist is Endikronologe in German, does that mean somebody who doesn't know German would understand me if I spoke to them?

Does the child she picks up speak English? You don't indicate ages in your post, but could you at least ask the girl what language her grandmother is speaking, or failing that one of the teachers? You could then perhaps print out what you want to say to her via an internet translation service (or ask on here!).

You are making assumptions here about who knows what. If you don't like her touching your son then tell her.

How do I tell her when she doesn't understand English?

Diamond, I have no idea why people are questioning the endocrinologist bit. It's very often the more technical words which are similar between different languages.

As for how to handle it, that's really tricky. Have you made it clear you don't understand? Any ideas at all what language she's speaking?

This is year 3. Yes should maybe try to ask the teacher about the language.

Just shake your head and say no, no when she touches his stomach.

When she speaks to me I shake my head at times, smile and say I don't understand.

I think it must be Russian/Eastern European.

I mum in my daughter's class always chats to me she love my youngest she's talking English I think: s but has a really strong accent I feel really bad that I sometimes just nod and laugh just ignore it it's only a few minutes a day ha

I don't mind at all when she talks to me but I just want her to leave ds alone

Next time she touches his belly just put your hand on.hers and say no and shake your head

Ok... Will try to be assertive yet friendly

pinky why so rude??

Only just saw pinky's post... What does odfod mean?

Apologies. After the other troll threads I thought this was another one!

ODFOD - Oh do fuck off, dear (for Diamondring)

Oh

What I wrote wasn't that bad was it? It really is true!

But I take it back, sorry OP! At first glance I really did think it was one of those threads. Apologies again!