LogFAQs > #923883792

As I said above, I think my own perception of Korean as "easier" in terms of remembering the grammar is just subjective and a result of the fact that I had studied Korean a long time before beginning Japanese.

While learning the general rules of structuring Japanese seemed fairly easy to me since it is very similar to Korean, it is remembering all of the new grammatical vocabulary where I find myself having major gaps compared to Korean. But I don't think this is because the Japanese is harder to remember, it's just I already know so much more Korean so it feels easier to me now. In comparison, I felt that learning Japanese nouns was much easier because so many are pronounced similarly to Korean words (usually the ones borrowed from pre-modern Chinese).

The perceived difficulty of any given language is always dependent on the individual and the circumstances. Native language, prior second languages, learning methods, learning environment, interest and motivation, and other less measurable factors (such as what just makes intuitive sense to a person) all affect how well someone learns a given language.
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