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English is the only language I had to learn (besides Latin) and I still struggle with a lot of things, especially correct tense usage, prepositions, word order and the large vocabulary.
I think I'm just not very talented at languages.
But aren't Finns exposed to English-language music, movies and television?
Doesn't make English any easier to learn if you're not actively using it. You may understand it better, but producing, as opposed to consuming/listening to English, is not taught through the TV or music.
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I'm learning Japanese at the moment and have been in the process of learning it for the last 9-10 months now. This is to learn the language now so that way I can move to Tokyo after I finish graduate school here in London.
Yes, Japanese is incredibly difficult to learn. I haven't ever struggled like this with English, Spanish, French, or Hindi. I even taught myself German (really easy language to pick up yourself within a few years).
I started to learn Japanese last month cause my new girlfriend is Japanese, the different grammar isn't so bad, only the Chinese characters are difficult, but at this point only speaking and listening is important to me, I don't have the intention to live there but her parents speak zero English so, damn
But aren't Finns exposed to English-language music, movies and television?
Yes, but as Finnish and Swedish both are my native languages, the only one I had to learn was English. I have studied some French and German, but that was voluntary. I can't say which one of those two is the more difficult one.
And yes, I have been exposed to English all my life, so I can't say it was particularly hard to learn.
I did Latin and its major descendants; Greek, including ancient, koine, a bit of katharevousa, and modern Greek, all with relative ease, and still use some combination of them all everyday. Of those, Greek is the most difficult.
I started Czech, German and Russian, but abandoned them due to lack of enduring interest. I found Czech and Russian more difficult than German.
I really tried Hungarian, but gave up due to difficulty and, eventually, lack of enduring interest.
I would like to try Hebrew, but I'm probably too old.
Anyone try it? How does it stack up compared to other languages tried?
German was the hardest for me. I learned to speak French and Spanish fluently at home ( parents native languages).
My brother and I grew up speaking English, French and Spanish. I do ok with conversational German but not nearly as fluent as the other languages I speak.
Manchu language for me. Even my teacher couldn't speak it well
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