I didn't say it's difficult to master (I can't know, I grew up speaking it natively), but it certainly has that reputation. Looking at it as objectively as I ca

I didn't say it's difficult to master (I can't know, I grew up speaking it natively), but it certainly has that reputation. Looking at it as objectively as I can, it does not look any more complex or inconsistent than English, but obviously it's much easier to get exposure to that language through movies, music and the Internet than it is to Dutch.