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To: Taro who wrote (548898)	2/9/2010 1:28:56 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578299

Learning Japanese up to a working level is no more difficult than German in my experience. German is pretty tough. There are so many rules to German particularly how you lay out the sentence that make it tough to learn. Plus, German, unlike English and the Romance languages, doesn't seem to have updated itself over the centuries. For an example at one time, like with German, it was common to capitalize nouns in English and French. However, at some point, that rule was dropped and now nouns are capitalized only if they lead off the sentence or are formal. However, Germans still capitalize their nouns even when found in mid sentence......one more rule.....an unnecessary one I think.....on top of a whole litany of rules. That said, the Roman languages - except for the French pronunciation - are reasonably easy for any native English speaker, who really gives it a fair shot. I learned French in high school and college......learning all the tenses is tricky and like you said, the pronunciation is rough but compared to German its a cakewalk. Start with Spanish, may soon come in as handy for your guys as Arabic will soon become to the Europeans :) I picked up poquito Spanish in S. CA.