2006-10-29 11:44:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Because even German has common roots with English language remember the Normans invasion in England, the Anglo Saxons, the Celtic, the Roman and Latin, but Japanese a totally different roots
2006-10-29 11:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by pelancha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you originally spoke English - and I'm assuming you do, sorry - then it's because English is a Germanic language. Yes, a good bit of English comes from Latin, but the majority of English is based off of German. Japanese, on the other hand, is completely different from English. As far as written language: we have letters, they have characters. And the words do not originate from the same base as English.
Good luck on learning Japanese though!
2006-10-29 12:13:53 · answer #2 · answered by sarah belle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different languages have different levels of difficulty. Take, for example, the language Hindi, there are over 50 letters in the alphabet. Also I think you can write German in the English alphabet. However, Japanese is something which is learned using Japan's alphabet. Another factor, which coudl affect this is other languages you may already know. If they are similar to German that learning that language may be second nature to you.
I hope this helped! :)
2006-10-29 11:48:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
how does the grammar vary from the 2 languages? German and English originated from the identical language loved ones, that is Germanic (adding Dutch and Scandinavian languages) the change is, Modern German nonetheless continues the grammatical regulations from the Old Germanic languages, it has genders (masculine, female, and neuter), four instances (nominative, accusative, dative and genitive), and in German, declination happens plenty to the verbs, adjectives or nouns, is determined by the instances and genders alternatively, Modern English had left some of the Old Germanic languages regulations, such because the genders, declination, and so forth. and what differs English from different Germanic languages like Dutch and German is that English has many loanwords from French and Latin and again to matter, imo Japanese is far tougher than German. it has many phrase varieties, like Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana if i am not incorrect
2016-09-01 04:29:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's your native language? The more similar a new language to the old one, the easier it is to learn. So English-speakers have an easier time with Germanic or Romance languages, which have a lot of similar words and use the same alphabet as English, than with Cyrillic and Asian languages, which don't.
2006-10-29 11:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by Amy F 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many words in the German language are similar to the English language, whereas, Japanese is not.
2006-10-29 11:48:02 · answer #6 · answered by jammer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may have found it so hard to learn Japanese because of the very different alphabet and the 3 different writing forms and the characters with the multiple meanings. these characteristics are very different to English, also the structure of the sentences, again very different.
2006-10-29 14:44:03 · answer #7 · answered by kate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you know the answer to your own question. i have no doubt about it. you are of European extraction, therefore Latin -- in many ways...and German language is somewhat in the same family of families -- as far as language is concerned. ferstehen sie? while Japanese..is another world by itself and for itself. voila. that explains the hardness in getting through your head and brain -- thereafter. hope it helps.
2006-10-29 11:54:54 · answer #8 · answered by s t 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You had a different motivation then.
2006-10-29 11:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋