A lot depends if it's the same culture ( eg. Roman) I speak French, Dutch and English. I understand German and can do simple things with it. I can understand

A lot depends if it's the same culture ( eg. Roman) I speak French, Dutch and English. I understand German and can do simple things with it. I can understand Spanish a little bit. But I don't think my brain is different. The mapping is very similar between those languages. An Asian/Russian language would be very hard for me to.