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While talking involves speaking, talking implies a conversation between two or more people. Meanwhile, speaking could refer to only one person speaking and others listening.

It is possible to learn eight languages. Such people are called "polyglots", which simply describes someone who can speak many different languages. It is widely recognised that the more languages you learn, the easier it can be to learn new languages since you will know how to approach language learning.

The past tense of "speak" is "spoke". For example, "I spoke with you last week".

This really depends on what the conversation is like. For example, if you "speak with" someone, it is a two-way conversation between two or more participants. If you "speak to" someone, it implies that you are telling the other person something (e.g. an instruction, a criticism, a piece of information), and the other participant does not speak very much. Furthermore, "speak to" can have a negative connotation, although not always.

How difficult a language is to learn is largely dependent on what language(s) you currently speak, since languages with more similarities will be easier for you to learn. The US State Department has curated a list of languages based on how difficult they are to learn for English speakers. The most difficult languages in the list are classed as "Category III", which include Arabic, Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

A few languages are spoken in Taiwan. Taiwanese Mandarin is spoken by most of the population and is similar to standard Mandarin spoken in the People's Republic of China (PRC), with some different vocabulary and with a distinct written system. Taiwanese Hokkien is also spoken by about 70% of the population. A few other smaller languages are spoken as well, including Taiwanese Hakka, and groups indigenous to the island speak a number of Formosan languages.

This would depend on many things. Where do you live or want to live? English is a very flexible language in that it is the most widely spoken language when both first and second language speakers are included. But other languages such as Spanish, Arabic and French are also widely spoken. Of course though, what language you learn should be dependent on more than simply how many people speak it. Think about your own personal interests and what you want to do with the language - for example, do you have a business or academic interest in a particular country or region?

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Only "I steal" is correct. "Steals" can be used in the context of someone who regularly steals things, for example, "He steals car radios every week". However, this cannot be used for yourself, and the previous example would be written as "I steal car radios every week". "Steals" also can't be used for multiple people, which would be written as "They steal car radios every week".