The Like/Hate Thread

[Tyr]

Holy hell you know 5 languages already? Japanese is only my second. I learnt a little French and German in school, then forgot it entirely (because I never decided to learn them in the first place, thus all those lessons were a massive waste of time). I really love it though. It's actually surprisingly easy especially because it's so damn interesting. I find the verb system super cool. There's a lot of 'beneath the surface' stuff to learn (like for example, the use - or lack thereof - of pronouns. You can learn the word for 'you' or 'this guy', but using those words is rude unless the person is a friend) but that's what makes it so interesting and cool to play with.

Oh fuck no, I only barely comprehend German and then I'm fluent in Danish and English. It's a recent goal I added to my bucket list, my current plan is to have the fifth nailed down around 25, so after a few years of Japanese. I started learning Spanish then ditched it due to lack of commitment. Going for Japanese -> Spanish (again) and then the last is up to a coin toss.

I find it so hard to learn Japanese though - so they use two (and an archaic third one sometimes?) alphabets to pronounce words but then they don't even write with it, they use Kanji. It all seems so crazy coming from latin-origin languages where I can somewhat guess how a word is pronounced depending on the letters in it. Japanese... not so much.


(also why the fuck did they make TWO pronunciation alphabets with identical sounds just different characters?)