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I have some sort of mental block learning languages other than English. So no. I doubt it.

I took Spanish 1-4 in college and I can't read it or speak it. I tried taking Greek and washed out of it. I took Spanish in high school too. Didn't stick.

My brain can't get over the "immediacy" part. I always have to translate mentally into and out of English. I can't just "speak" or "read" a second language.

It's a similar issue I have with mathematics. I can't do math with "immediacy" either. I almost always have to think about the specific steps to an answer whereas my math friends just sorta "pop" out answers with high speed.

The irony is I've had a high command of English language since a young age. My strongest academic skills are in writing and reading and interpreting meanings in English. English is encoded in my brain to such a strong degree that it feels like it actively thwarts mental space for others.