I’ve been thinking a lot about language lately. It’s a good thing to challenge yourself to learning another language. It gets your brain active and can even help prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s and dementia in old age.
Being in Canada, it is required to take minimal French classes during your school years. I took it beyond the minimum requirements, but due to non-use and not bothering to persue it, I’ve since forgotten what I’ve learned in it.
When I was with my ex, we lived with his family and they’re from Slovakia. So I was exposed to Slovak for a year and a bit. Even though I wasn’t taking any extra effort to learn the language, being around it all the time it slowly became easier for me to understand. I was beginning to use the words I knew/picked up more often when I ended that relationship.
I’ve always been interested in learning Chinese or Korean, though I’ve never really known why.
If I was being practical, then I suppose I’d learn French because it’s one of Canada’s official languages. But I have a hard time getting into it.
Who knows, maybe one day I’ll actually put in an effort to learn a second language.