User blog comment:Damesukekun/Song Translating and Mistranslating/@comment-24751918-20170706013350/@comment-1523675-20170708002201

It depends on how seriously you learn the language, but I guess Chinese speakers have advantage of learning it. Maybe a year or so for basic conversation skills. You should find a good teacher. I don't think self-leaning is a good idea. 加油!