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Learning a new language is hard. In a recent study, scientists found the age at which your chances of reaching fluency in a new language drop off. That age is 10. Does that mean you should quit your French class if you are older than 10? Non!

The study appeared in the journal Cognition. It found that it’s “nearly impossible” to reach fluency if you start learning a language after age 10. That’s not because your language skills start to get worse. “You’re still learning fast,” says Joshua Hartshorne. He is a coauthor of the study. “It’s just that you run out of time, because your ability to learn starts dropping at around 17 or 18 years old.”

The authors say people who try to learn a new language after age 10 may still become quite good. But they will probably not become fluent.

I'm from a small town but we started Spanish when I was in 3rd grade. I had it from 3rd grade - my junior year of college. I was going to minor in it but senior year Spanish was the same day and time as a Journalism class I needed. Journalism was more important as it was my major so I dropped the minor.

I've always found Spanish to be easy to learn but they also teach proper Spanish so I don't know any slang and I am pretty rusty at it now. I can somewhat read it. Speaking not so much.