2006-09-06 12:25:19 · 15 answers · asked by max_lauren16 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Because it is foreign.
2006-09-06 12:26:19 · answer #1 · answered by Tones 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When you are older it is more difficult to learn a second language. If you started to learn the language when you were 2 or 3 years old, you would pick up the language fairly quickly.
Just like anything else if you practice and try to learn the language you will do just fine.
Good luck to you.
2006-09-06 12:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by SmileyGirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people are better at it than others. For me, it's never been hard, French, Spanish or Latin. It depends on how you make connections. If you frequently attach the words a foreign word comes from that are in your language (the derivitives) it's a lot easier.
People become wired to their own languages and their ears can't understand the sounds that other tounges make anymore. It's harder to separate syllables. You also develop your own accent and different accents (and speeds of talking) can be hard to understand.
Some languages are harder to learn than others because they are frequently irregular instead of having normal forms. In Latin these might be i-stems or verbs with no 4th principle parts. English is highly irregular and is one of the hardest languages to learn.
2006-09-06 12:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by millancad 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on how you go about learning it. It doesn't have to be hard. If you could be more specific about what language you are trying to learn and what you are having difficulties with, someone might be able to help you.
2006-09-06 12:30:04 · answer #4 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try listening to tapes of the language in the car. That's how I picked up two more as an adult. Also, find someone fluent in that language and talk to them!
2006-09-06 12:30:59 · answer #5 · answered by Kevin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are phonetics in other languages that we don't know how to pronounce. Generally, remembering the words is not that hard.
2006-09-06 12:28:26 · answer #6 · answered by Terra T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you haven't been surrounded by it since you were an infant. If you want to learn a language, surround yourself with it.
2006-09-06 12:27:53 · answer #7 · answered by neofascistpriest 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because we learned our language since birth. give me 10 points.
2006-09-06 12:27:20 · answer #8 · answered by dada jr 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because most people are unable to think in another language. they still want to think it out in english then translate it. just the way humans are.
2006-09-06 12:28:14 · answer #9 · answered by vexed and glorious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you didn't learned it when you was a child, and because you have to know all the grammar and other things.... Can I have the 10 points xD
2006-09-06 12:28:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋