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We hired Mandarin Tutors for our son starting at age 5. It's not just learning the language, it's the accent too. Research has shown that your accent is set by age 8. My son studied in Hong Kong for a semester and had several friends from Mainland China. They said he spoke Mandarin with no accent.

I picked up a few words sitting in on his lessons but it has now been years so I don't remember a lot. I do like movies in Mandarin and I do pick up a few things as I watch. That said, I will never be able to speak another language fluently. My southern accent makes it hard to pronounce some English words properly (think pin and pen).

I have been playing Ghost of Yotei on the playstation. It's in Japanese with English subtitles, and I have no idea how those verbal words translate to the subtitles. My brain does not get it at all.