(January 12, 2023 at 8:56 am)Ahriman Wrote:(January 12, 2023 at 8:39 am)Angrboda Wrote: It depends somewhat on the languages. French and German, being from the same family, have some commonalities which can make grasping the grammar and such easier after having learned the other. And there is a point in which, just seeing how the same principles played out differently in different languages can give one an understanding of the general principles involved in all foreign languages, which you don't have beforehand. I've never found that one language interferes with another. I studied French and German at the same time, and Japanese and Chinese at the same time, and it was not any different than say studying history and math at the same time.
Which was more difficult (in general), Chinese or Japanese?
I don't have a great ear for tones, so Chinese was harder for me to get right, but I didn't really find either more difficult than the other. It's hard to compare. I found the grammar in Chinese easier than that of Japanese, but Japanese was easier to pronounce, so it kind of evens out.