Never tried to really learn it, but I know Chinese is very tonal.

"ma" with different tones means a lot of different things.

I don't do well with diacritical marks, but I found a web page that explains what I heard a Chinese person explain once;

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/chinese/chinese-ma/

at my age I'd rather go back and refresh my Italian skills than attempt Chinese, and that probably holds for Korean.

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?