Learn Languages with Steve Kaufmann Why Are Some Languages Harder to Learn Than Others? 2 Polyglots Share Their Experience
Jul 28, 2023
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Learning in Small Bites
- Reduce the amount of new vocabulary you encounter at once.
- Use tools like sentence mode to focus on smaller chunks of language.
Language Quirks
- Quirks like spelling, gendered nouns, or case systems add complexity.
- English, French, Greek, German, and Slavic languages all have such quirks.
Subjective Difficulty
- Perceived language difficulty varies by native language.
- Poles find Polish hard, Koreans find Korean hard, and Steve Kaufmann struggles with Arabic.