Originally Posted by dada

do you want the opinion of a very old woman ,who tried to learn 8 "foreign languages " (her mother language is french )
What can I say about "difficult or not difficult "?None of all these languages are difficult IF YOU HAVE A GOOD REASON TO LEARN "....If the reason falls down, you forget what you have learned .I did so for Finnish ,Romanian ,and Russian .
The most difficult is not to LEARN ,it is to practice enough not to forget !!!!To read is not the best mean ...but can help .I think you well learn and "keep " a language if you have an opportunity to communicate with someone in this language ....it's my reason to come on this Forum ...not to forget my poor english ,my not so good turkish.For German ....my daughter works and lives in Germany ...it gives me the oppotunity for "refreshing " my "leanred at school half a century ago German ", for italian ,I have friends who speak it ....and my neighbour speaks occitan ....that I understand but cannot speak....