They have a kind of Encyclopedia Brown feel to them.
― The Hillbilly Chespirito (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 September 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
Helped me bust through to Ruby League. Hopefully I can hold on like George and Tammy. Oh wait.
― The Hillbilly Chespirito (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 September 2019 00:43 (four years ago) link
Ruby, don’t take your League to town.
― The Hillbilly Chespirito (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 September 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
Scottish Gaelic coming soon: https://www.duolingo.com/enroll/gd/en/Learn-Scottish%20Gaelic
I haven't seen Duolingo mention the date, but it's launching on St Andrew's Day according to this very brief write up featuring one of the course contributors: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/20/endangered-scottish-gaelic-online-lifeline-language-lessons-duolingo
The wait continue for Basque.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 20 October 2019 12:10 (four years ago) link
Hawaiian and Navajo courses tiny, but Welsh is pretty extensive, let’s hope Scottish Gaelic gets the same treatment. Yeah, Basque would be nice. Have been trying out this new app called Drops. More of a vocabulary trainer, don’t see any grammar, but still looks to be pretty useful.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
I tried the French course for a few days recently because I wanted to brush up. I burned out really quickly. Could not handle the tedious repetition and the constant quizzes I had to take every time I lost health for not being able to differentiate between their pronunciation of "in", "en", and "on" for the thousandth time.
Is there an app with more variation?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 17 November 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
I have speaking and listening exercises off to a void that problem.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 17 November 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
Due to marital woes (ok fuck it husband fucking off THANK GOD), I kinda forgot to do my daily ex and lost my 260 streak. Merde. Now at day 22 or whatever. Some topics are très difficile but on the whole I’m loving it. It has vastly improved my french (at work) which was the main reason doing duolingo.
― nathom, Monday, 18 November 2019 00:42 (four years ago) link
I stopped doing the talking ex cause 1 I have noticed it didnt notice if I made mistakes and 2 I can talk well so what’s the point
― nathom, Monday, 18 November 2019 00:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that is notorious problematic.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 18 November 2019 01:12 (four years ago) link
One week into this Drops thing. So far so good.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 21 November 2019 15:47 (four years ago) link
Drops?
― nathom, Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
Oooh just recommended to my teen. She wants to study korean
― nathom, Thursday, 21 November 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
Take a look at LingoDeer for Asian languages. I haven’t tried their Korean but their Japanese course was way better than duolingo.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 22 November 2019 00:22 (four years ago) link
Duolingo Japanese improved since you last looked, more lessons, tips in app, much more kanji but yeah, LingoDeer probably still better. For Korean but of them seem kind of too hard to get started with seems like Drops might be a way to ease in.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 November 2019 00:51 (four years ago) link
I recommended it to my daughter. Also weird how I perform well in some sections but am horrible in others. Do love doing french. I missed it so much.
― nathom, Friday, 22 November 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
Gaelic is out. Folks in Scotland are amused and happy that Irn Bru makes an appearance in the first lessons... "Tha IRN BRU math"
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 28 November 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
Ha, that’s probably the only word of it I know
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 November 2019 14:08 (four years ago) link
But I don’t think it will help me place out of any lessons.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 November 2019 14:13 (four years ago) link
Seems an ex-ILX0r makes an appearance in the first lessons as well.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 November 2019 14:15 (four years ago) link
yay. glad that gàidhlig is up, even though it's still in beta.
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Friday, 29 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
Tha IRN BRU math
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 November 2019 11:55 (four years ago) link
Does the Gaelic have an notes or tips? Don’t see any
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 November 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link
Although sometimes they show up later on.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 November 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
Cha toil leam Callum idir.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 December 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
Er is geen kip te zien.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 December 2019 04:03 (four years ago) link
trying out Clozemaster now
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 December 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
Dit heeft met jou niets te maken.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 December 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
Ik geef nooit op.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 December 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
Tegen wie denk je dat je het hebt?
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 December 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
anyway, back to Duolingo. Seems that once one gets to Set 6 of the Stories, the questions are in the foreign language and the stories themselves are significantly more intricate.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 December 2019 00:38 (four years ago) link
Drops is my new jam.
― Tales of Jazz Ulysses (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 December 2019 22:32 (four years ago) link
― nathom, Sunday, 8 December 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
Dit heeft niets met jou te maken sounds more natural btw.
Also wtf is the difference betw tous les jours and chaque jour? Just seems weird we can’t use the latter.
― nathom, Sunday, 8 December 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
in what context? they seem pretty similar □ chaque jour. La tâche de chaque jour. ➙ journalier, quotidien. Périodique paraissant chaque jour. ➙ journal. PROV. À chaque jour suffit sa peine. □ tous les jours : chaque jour, quotidiennement. Ce sont des choses qui arrivent tous les jours, couramment. (1579) De tous les jours : courant, habituel, ordinaire. La vie de tous les jours, quotidienne. PROV. On n’a pas tous les jours vingt ans© Le Petit Robert 2016
― Tales of Jazz Ulysses (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
because of the league tables decide to do a longish lay-off of Duo between Sunday and Monday night.
― Tales of Jazz Ulysses (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
Thanks!
― nathom, Tuesday, 10 December 2019 07:22 (four years ago) link
Weet ik veel!
― Don’t Slander Meme (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 22 December 2019 20:26 (four years ago) link
I’m still in section one. :-( This is taking 4evah
― nathom, Sunday, 22 December 2019 23:06 (four years ago) link
Kijk voor je, alsjeblieft.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 30 December 2019 01:14 (four years ago) link
Geen huisdieren!
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 16:29 (four years ago) link
Drop 90 Days Challenge starts tomorrow. Who’s with me?
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 01:18 (four years ago) link
Hold on, what’s this?
― nathom, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 07:11 (four years ago) link
https://languagedrops.com/90dayswithdrops
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 12:49 (four years ago) link
Kijk uit voor de hond!
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
i’m gonna learn finnish
― maura, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
Yes, it’s on there.
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 21:59 (four years ago) link
along with Icelandic.
counter for Drops 90 Day Challenge is currently not working
― The Soundtrack of Burl Ives (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 January 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link