"Maximus" wrote:

Then, I had the
chance to learn Vietnamese when I was in Vietnam, but gave up when I
found that each word can have 7 meanings and 7 different inflections.

Vietnamese is actually easy, if you have a good ear. It is closer to
Chinese than Japanese or Korean are, and the grammar is also similar to
Chinese... much less complicated than English.

You think English is less complicated? Look at "bow" and see what you get:

Ribbon bow
Ships's bow
Bow and arrow
Bow from the waist
Plus a dog's bow wow.
And of course a tree bough.

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