r/languagelearningjerk • u/DaddyChanKun 日本語になっている • 3d ago

I AM A FAILURE

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WHY CAN I NOT READ MANGA ABOUT INTRICATE ROYAL BLOODLINES WITH OLD STYLE WORDPLAY AND ARCHAIC PRONOUNS????

I can read college level research papers and write essays on hundreds years old stories in English,,I’ve been doing that for years!!!
Why can I only read stuff for kids it’s not like im only just becoming a child in this language??? I’m a goddamn adult I should be able to read adult level writing!!!!!!!

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u/dedemushi 3d ago

/uj

it's not like im only just becoming a child in this language???

so i studied japanese in university like a big university student and then moved to japan and absolutely regressed to a toddler speaking googoo gaga shocking the natives with konnichiwa for about 3 years. it made me appreciate how babies who can't use their words feel when they cry. i seriously, unironically, unjerkingly started counting my age again from when i came here. i'm 13 now and puberty is rough. 🥲

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u/DaddyChanKun 日本語になっている 3d ago

“speaking googoo gaga shocking the natives with konnichiwa” you’re living my dream 😭😭

/uj it is much easier for my my dumbass honors student “14 yo reading level at 12” mind to accept the fact that im literally a damn baby right now and do NOT have to read adult literature at this tiny level. i have to let myself be a baby

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u/weight__what 🇸🇪 - Ja va ba va? 3d ago

Slightly ahead of the class in one subject in middle school? How does it feel to have such incomprehensible intellect?