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Even for 100 hours, I would need to be motivated. I’d need a good reason. And so it’s important to choose a suitable language. 

Overhearing another staff member being coached to give a speech in Maori as part of some professional development gave me thought. Knowing Maori would certainly result in spin-offs.

I’ll do it. I’ll start in 3 weeks (after the next short course). I’ll gather resources (Maori is not one of the 74 languages into which Harry Potter has been translated).

Finally, a good quote: A foreign language is foreign only you are not yet familiar with it!