[jwrallie]

I went from Portuguese and English to Japanese and I can tell you: that is entirely normal.

So many words in English are from Latin origin, so you got so many shortcuts when learning English (and I’m sure you are exposed to it for more time than you realize, as time spent passively learning a language dominates in the end).

It took me some time to realize the amount of work (in terms of hours put into it) that are needed to learn Japanese.

But then what I look for in language learning is not what polyglots look for. I want to understand the language deeply to appreciate its beauty fully while communicating with natives in a deep level, so I’m OK with putting the hours and leaning it within many years, even if it means it is the last language I learn. I’m in for the depth, not for the number of languages.