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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1919609, member: 5682&quot;]I respect anyone who can learn a different language, especially at an advanced age.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it&#039;s good for us. Learning a second language helps to stave off dementia:</p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/12917-learning-language-bilingual-protects-alzheimers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/12917-learning-language-bilingual-protects-alzheimers.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/12917-learning-language-bilingual-protects-alzheimers.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Being older than 50, however, I find it more and more difficult for my ossified brain to learn and absorb new things.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using Spanish everyday for more than two decades, I&#039;m pretty functional in Spanish.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Italian is more than adequate after I warm up. (I only use it 1-2 times a month calling relatives in Italy.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But I lost my ability to converse in Dutch. (Ik hau wel van Amsterdam.)<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The problem with any language is the &quot;use it or lose it&quot; adage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately, there always is google translate.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://translate.google.com/#nl/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://translate.google.com/#nl/en/" rel="nofollow">https://translate.google.com/#nl/en/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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