I wonder, is English the hardest language to learn out of all languages?

[TEH]

I can imagine that it is hard to learn. Most folks need at least a college education to speak and write it without mistakes.

 

[null]

English is not even top 10

Chinese
Russian
German
Arabic

All way harder

german ain't as hard as japanese .

 

[MidniteJay]

Japanese by far.

Almost 3 years trying to learn that shyt and I still can't wrap my head around the grammar.

 

[null]

Almost 3 years trying to learn that shyt and I still can't wrap my head around the grammar.

i did about 18 months . and it was as hard as hell.

i was not really a fan of the language/culture which made it even more of a slog.

 

[null]

Old, but relevant.....

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[Batsute]

Almost 3 years trying to learn that shyt and I still can't wrap my head around the grammar.

The best advice I was ever given was read the sentence backwards. Japanese structure of Subject Object Verb fukks with Americans since we’re SVO.

Where you learning nihongo at breh?

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I thought it was Icelandic, personally. How the FUKK do you pronounce this shyt....

Hvannadalshnjúkur

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huak tuah

 

[tuckgod]

The English language, fundamentally is confusing on paper, so the majority of fluent non native speakers gain firm footholds watching established media rather than doing the theory on it, so alot of interaction and immersion through entertainment strengthens that grasp.​

It always tripped me out when folk be like their grandparents learned English by watching a particular tv show

Guess they wont bullshyttin

 

[mag357]

Man obviously English has to be the easiest.
People be only here for 2yrs and can have full blown conversations.
I'm always surprised how quickly people learn English.

 

[Silver Surfer]

The question should be as adults which one is harder.

American English seems very hard to learn

 

[inndaskKy]

Talkie England easable much much. OP beggar hardship neg neg

 

[MidniteJay]

The best advice I was ever given was read the sentence backwards. Japanese structure of Subject Object Verb fukks with Americans since we’re SVO.

Where you learning nihongo at breh?

Self learning. Fell off a bit because of life.

It always tripped me out when folk be like their grandparents learned English by watching a particular tv show

Guess they wont bullshyttin

Input Immersion. It's not for everybody but it's a good way to pick up a language. Spanish teacher in high school deadass said the curriculum she has to follow is ass and wanted us to watch an hour of Telemundo or Spanish TV/films without subtitles and do everything in Spanish for at least an hour a day and try to soak it in. Most of the class were on that.

But the ones that actually tried it were better at pronunciation and comprehension.

 

[tuckgod]

Self learning. Fell off a bit because of life.



Input Immersion. It's not for everybody but it's a good way to pick up a language. Spanish teacher in high school deadass said the curriculum she has to follow is ass and wanted us to watch an hour of Telemundo or Spanish TV/films without subtitles and everything in Spanish for at least an hour a day and try to soak it in. Most of the class were on that.

But the ones that actually tried it were better at pronunciation and comprehension.

I'm finna try that shyt.

How long they say it take?

 

[LiveFromLondon]

Probably, the grammar aint nothing to play with. I mean look at the were, where or whose, who's bs. So much nuance to it

 

[MidniteJay]

I'm finna try that shyt.

How long they say it take?

Depends on the language. 400-600 hours for romance languages (ie Spanish, Portuguese, French).