Thread 214260114

Is it harder for English speakers to learn Japanese or Japanese speakers to learn English?

The Japanese dont use an alphabet dude. Writing Japanese is retardedly hard

>>214260114 (OP)
I suppose the former is harder.
our language has lots of patterns that are grammatically correct but rhythmically wrong, which are stupid.
I'm still bad at English, but like to stick to English and can gain more presence in meetings than in Japanese.

A foreign learner starts Japanese as a functional illiterate, that’s an insane learning obstacle.

>>214260114 (OP)
I can't learn about American people :(

>>214260275
>grammatically correct but rhythmically wrong
can you give an example?

A Jap has to learn one alphabet and contend with a retarded, incoherent pronunciation system. English learners have to contend with learning three alphabets (one of which has tens of thousands of characters), and a more straightforward pronunciation system (for hiragana and katakana.) Also there's more rules (social and grammatical) one has to follow. I definitely think English learners have a steeper curve.

>>214260114 (OP)
Japanese people are exposed to English from early childhood, through school, media, loanwords, etc. By the time a Japanese decides to actually learn English they have a lifetime of English exposure to base it on, even if they can't speak it the pieces are there in their brain waiting to be put into place

An English person who decides to start learning Japanese has zero knowledge of Japanese except maybe a couple words they picked up from anime. They will have a much harder time gaining exposure to the language. Basically you need to live in Japan for some time to actually become fluent, unless you're a savant at languages

>>214260114 (OP)
ofc harder
English is 10x easier
but yes, I struggle to learn it

>>214261422
not to mention Japs have a lot more to gain learning English than English speakers have to gain learning Jap

>>214261673
because you don't lesson true English to us >:3

>>214260114 (OP)
the bar for being somewhat understandable is much lower in english than japanese

>>214260840
Learn about Texas, anon. There is nothing else worth learning.

>>214261925
okay I learned ;3
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