Yes, I understand where you're coming from. I know how to read Korean (which was very easy to learn, actually) and I worked hard learning Japanese writing system, but now I know it all (well, hiragana and katakana. obvioslly i don't know all kanji...i hardly know any XD) But, in school I have French 1. But, I have at least 1 friend from each language I'm trying the learn (besides spanish and french) , but I think I can comunicate pretty well, while learning when I speak ina certain language with my friends. I'm learning Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, and Swedish. And I probabaly will start learning a new one. And Swedish seems to by pretty easy to remmber, besides the "a" and "the" and plural! XD