Quote Originally Posted by Polaris View Post
I know Portuguese, French, Spanish; German and English.... trsut me German is not like English, not a bit! Everytime I speak German I give 3 mistakes in declinations, one in Akkusativ and the other in genitiv and probably the verb's preposi<b></b>tion won't be correct! German is a language that takes time, lots of time and above all, dedication! French is good and Spanish as well but that's because I am portuguese and it's easy for me! If you'd learn Latin you'd understand a lot about the essence of words.
Actually, it is. English is classified as a Western Germanic language. Old English, such as found in Beowulf, resembles German more than does Modern English. Thank god we no longer decline nouns. Declining is a pain in the arse. Ancient Greek was a nightmare for that. It made me appreciate French grammar.

English is my mother tongue and French is my second language. I need to brush up on my French. -___-; And currently learning Japanese.

The plus side of Chinese hanzi over Japanese kanji is that, from what I am told, hanzi have only one reading. Whereas kanji have two: onyomi and kunyomi.