@sirflimflam
I agree with this for the most part. The main reason Im a bit frustrated that the MC hasn't tried to learn is just that I think its a missed opportunity for more of them trying to figure out what the other actually means (and the potential misunderstandings that could arise from...
@Kabeidon_
I would agree that it is a bit frustrating that he hasn't tried (although I still like this series), but as I have mentioned, it would be hard to learn nouns if the language has things like noun cases, in which case he'd be hearing what to him are completely different words when they...
@Elmithian
Some basic words in very basic contexts possibly. Things could be much more complicated though if the language she speaks is highly fusional and even basic things like 'hello' are said differently depending on context, or with things like noun cases, in which case even if you know the...
Loads of people here complaining about the MC not learning the language, like learning a language with no one who speaks your language to teach you is an easy thing to do.
So I've seen quite a few people saying how you could learn the more basic parts of the language through exposure to it. I just want to say a few things about how that would be a lot easier said than done.
(I am no linguist by the way, but I do know a decent amount of another language (Irish)...