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Brainrot. the word 'goon' took me days to properly understand it

Brainrot. the word 'goon' took me days to properly understand it

@amr3303 said in #29:

In my experiences, it's definitely Arabic because it's hard to talk to someone in Arabic with their own dialect. French and Tamil is also languages that I couldn't understand or read a single word in it.
Yes, Tamil is hard. I know because I'm a native speaker.

@amr3303 said in #29: > In my experiences, it's definitely Arabic because it's hard to talk to someone in Arabic with their own dialect. French and Tamil is also languages that I couldn't understand or read a single word in it. Yes, Tamil is hard. I know because I'm a native speaker.

@TPT2010 said in #32:

Brainrot. the word 'goon' took me days to properly understand it
Totally agree- took me a week even though I'm Gen Z

@TPT2010 said in #32: > Brainrot. the word 'goon' took me days to properly understand it Totally agree- took me a week even though I'm Gen Z

@StephenPS said in #9:

The "hardest" language depends on what language you speak.

Agreed. It largely depends on where you are coming from, and how close the second language is to whatever languages you already speak. I have lived in China for many years, and am still learning Mandarin. Coming from an English speaking country, I find Chinese incredibly idiosyncratic. There is a grammar (can there be a language without?) and there are rules, of a sort, to the construction of complex words, but there are so many exceptions as to make it all seem like guesswork. Funnily enough, most Chinese students find English incredibly idiosyncratic too. And they're right, it is. But English is such a mongrel, "Heinz 57 varieties" language, it can't help but be. Not sure why Chinese is the way it is. Perhaps there are also historical-linguistic explanations, but I suspect that it's still mostly a matter of "that's just how it is".

On a related note, I have heard that Finnish and the Baltic languages are difficult. And apparently some of the central Asian languages are up there too.

@StephenPS said in #9: > The "hardest" language depends on what language you speak. Agreed. It largely depends on where you are coming from, and how close the second language is to whatever languages you already speak. I have lived in China for many years, and am still learning Mandarin. Coming from an English speaking country, I find Chinese incredibly idiosyncratic. There is a grammar (can there be a language without?) and there are rules, of a sort, to the construction of complex words, but there are so many exceptions as to make it all seem like guesswork. Funnily enough, most Chinese students find English incredibly idiosyncratic too. And they're right, it is. But English is such a mongrel, "Heinz 57 varieties" language, it can't help but be. Not sure why Chinese is the way it is. Perhaps there are also historical-linguistic explanations, but I suspect that it's still mostly a matter of "that's just how it is". On a related note, I have heard that Finnish and the Baltic languages are difficult. And apparently some of the central Asian languages are up there too.

Many African languages are very difficult to learn, especially Kiswahili, which is spoken in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The grammar is extremely complicated and the pronunciation so incomprehensible that sometimes people cannot even understand themselves.

Many African languages are very difficult to learn, especially Kiswahili, which is spoken in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The grammar is extremely complicated and the pronunciation so incomprehensible that sometimes people cannot even understand themselves.

@Kumaran_SadurangaM said in #4:

Hindi
Bro Hindi is the easiest language I have learnt

@Kumaran_SadurangaM said in #4: > Hindi Bro Hindi is the easiest language I have learnt
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@Nidhi1234alok said in #38:

Bro Hindi is the easiest language I have learnt
I mean Hindi is easy to understand, but it is kind of hard to talk in for me.

@Nidhi1234alok said in #38: > Bro Hindi is the easiest language I have learnt I mean Hindi is easy to understand, but it is kind of hard to talk in for me.

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