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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-08 21:12:58)
If I define away "competency" in a language to mean, say

Being able to conduct your life, maintain a reasonably well standards of living, integrate yourself in society, etc. entirely in said language

How much is the effort needed to learn a language, really :cirnothinking:
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desea@desea@snug.moe (2026-09-08 21:19:03)
@koakuma location and occupation dependant no?

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Sun Microdevil Pte Ltd@koakuma@uwu.social (2026-09-08 21:24:58)
@desea Exactly!
Personally I don't dare to call myself "competent" in a newly-learned language unless I can maintain a roughly-similar levels of standards of living in it the way I can with the languages I already know