I grew up in a bi-lingual home (Italian, parents are right off the boat), took Latin in grammar school for 3 years., and learned to speak Spanish as a young kid growing up in a predominantly immigrant community. The romance languages have always come easy for me....BUT German boy howdy I could not wrap my brain around it for the life of me. Hardest language ive ever tried to learn. Just made no sense to me. Granted it's been about 35 years since i last tried, but the trauma of that summer class long ago remains.