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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Reminds me of learning German.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I'd argue German is harder for genders (there are 3 with neutral). It's nice that german at least pronouncs every letter in the word

[–] HeckGazer 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And boy do those words have letters

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Theyre just the same words chained together in most cases. So "my favorite food" becomes "my favoritefood. Once you get the general vocabulary the longer words aren't too jarring

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