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Nothing. Learning a new language at middle age is hard and demands a lot of effort.

Some languages are harder than others though. I leaned English in my twenties (20-25) it was easier than learning German (at 25+). Maybe that's because there is a lot of material in English compared to German (TV shows, Movies, Music).

I also tried Japanese, it's fairly easy to pick up daily phrases but reading/writing was almost impossible for me.



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