you learn a language , you learn a culture ,it becomes easier to do business,it becomes easier to understand people ., it becomes easier to understand the world ....and a multitude of other things ...
I am in my late 20s currently, and in Ten years or so ,by the time I am 40, I want to master German ( Currently b1) , French ( currently a2) , Spanish ( Currently b1) , Japanese( Beginner) and Mandarin ( Beginner).. ..
I am a beginner in japanese, and I was amazed at how structurally similar japanese is to my mother tongue Tamil ...I merely need to make a literal translation of Tamil sentences to speak Japanese fluently , the sentence structure is identical ...