better to find out whether you're even able to learn it before you commit to moving to a country where you'd be functionally illiterate and unable to talk to most people. you think isolation is bad it' s a thousand times worse if you don't know what the sign on a building says and can't ask anyone
this should be a dealbreaker
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The time of period until you have a solid grasp on the language is miserable.
I went through it in Germany, but a non-Indo-European speaking country? That'd be even more of a challenge.
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Plenty of Chinese move to America and don't bother learning English.
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"Be a burden to everyone around you for months or years, especially if those people are already likely to be materially less well off than you."
Who would they be a burden to? The cashier trying to understand their broken sentences?
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How do you expect them to learn?
better to find out whether you're even able to learn it before you commit to moving to a country where you'd be functionally illiterate and unable to talk to most people. you think isolation is bad it' s a thousand times worse if you don't know what the sign on a building says and can't ask anyone
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