![]() ![]() And the sense of accomplishment that comes with taking on the challenge-and overcoming it-is invaluable. Here’s the good news when you’re excited to learn a new language, even the hardest ones can simply seem fun. Generally, if you’re an English speaker with no exposure to other languages, here are some of the most challenging: Mandarin Chinese, Arabic, Icelandic, Thai, Vietnamese, Finnish, Japanese, and Korean. Plus, there are an incredible number of German and English words that aren’t simply related, but identical: arm, hand, kindergarten, angst, bitter, and many more. That’s why an English word like “friend” is “freund” in German. These most basic, common words in English and German derive from the same roots, making them amazingly similar. In fact, eighty of the hundred most used words in English are of Germanic origin. That’s because these languages are true linguistic siblings-originating from the exact same mother tongue. German is widely considered among the easier languages for native English speakers to pick up. ![]()
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