[quote=Drake Baku] can we go back to english please? [/quote] Never got off the English language. [quote=Drake Baku] I know a little when I hear it but that would be a word or 2, so I dont know what is being said at all...They say Japanese, Korean are part of the most difficult onesBahasa Indonesia is also said to be trickyI know a little Japanese, understand a little Korean and know a little Indonesian.also fluent with English since... well as long as I can remember and I can remember FAR, its save to say I know English since I learned to talkand when I was 8 I knew enough words in dutch of a 30 year oldalso was able to learn German basics pretty quickly, knew enough of the material after just a few months while my class mates were still struggling with the first chapter, end of the year I knew the basics and the others were where at the point I was after those first few monthsI kinda got a nick to learn languagesthe French words I picked up were all words I heard when I was in French, before that I did not even know that muchthe Japanese words I know are 75% learned from watching anime's btw XD [/quote] As a student working with many linguists and people from different continents, I have to agree that for Europeans and people who mostly speak latin-based languages, Asian languages are generally considered hard to learn. It also appears that they have a hard time with Latin and Saxon languages from Europe. Many African languages have generally an easier go with other languages, even Chinese (which is essentially Japanese but with different sentence building and pronunciation.). From what I could understand, grammar in French is notorious for how irritating it can be for non-natives of the French tongue. But that can also depend on the individual I suppose. I personally find French's grammar difficult even though I pretty much master it, compared to English for instance. You seem to know quite a lot of languages, that must be useful in your every day life and career. Do you get to use your linguistic talents in your everyday life or is it more of a hobby for you?