Last weekend in Medellin

[Latbear4blk]

1 hour ago, Marc in Calif said:

Not all Asian languages are as difficult to learn (and pronounce) as Thai, Chinese, and Korean. For example, the "island" languages in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have easier phonology to pronounce -- and somewhat simpler grammar.

If you think you are giving me any hope, you must be speaking in Korean.

[caeron]

Language is very hard to learn for adults. That part of the mind loses its strength in adulthood.

If I ever had a kid to raise, I would make them learn as much language as possible in childhood when the mind is malleable enough that it just all soaks in easily. For us older folks, it is a hard slog to mere incompetence. Fluency is beyond most of us.