What foreign languages do you know?

yeah, you'll need both sides of your brain when speaking Mandarin apparently. for most other languages you only need one side so I guess it harder.

Well... Japanese grammar is quite simple and ALL Japanese sounds are also found in English, so pronunciation of new words won't be that difficult. Mandarin is a pitched language, so a word with an upward vowel inflection will mean something completely different as the same word, but with a downward vowel inflection. Something you don't really have to worry about while speaking English.

@Ax17x7: wow that's easy then....
don't Japanese and Mandarin have the same grammar?

I don't know. Never tried learning Mandarin.

I travelled in Japan for 6 weeks and used a phrase book along the way. By the end of my trip, I could say pretty much anything I wanted in Japanese, with the help of the phrase book. Problem was I couldn't understand when others spoke to me 😑

@Ax17x7: O. I have family in Japan so I go there often. they always pressure me to learn Japanese cause it's hard to communicate sometimes.