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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5 why is it easy for kids to learn language while it is very hard for adults?
gpt
While brain mushiness is definitely part of it, another thing to consider is that when kids learn a language it is generally because they are immersed in that language. As an adult, it is fairly rare to be in a situation where you are immersed in a foreign language for any real amount of time.

Adults absolutely can learn new languages, but it is very hard to replicate the conditions that kids go through in order to pick up new languages.