itt: stories of yr attempts to master tongues via DUOLINGO

no, common mistake

more like a dz in this case

https://forvo.com/word/mezzogiorno/

ha, oh well. my Italian friends will correct me. already, one told me that I have to stop using a castellano accent for Italian.

heh

Think I finished #1 in Diamond League twice so far but of course the only time that really mattered was the first. Believe I got relegated once but then it was impossible to stay relegated so I try to wait a little bit after the reset before hitting Duolingo directly- I do some other review instead- to avoid at least some of the crazies.

I really wish the Words feature was better, have probably complained about it before.

Like I wish it didn't list the super basic words I just practiced, only the harder ones, many of which seem to go missing. At this point I don't really need to know I just practiced the word for "a" or "the" or "no" or "and."

What is the words feature?

The ones that the lesson is actually about.

Click on the three dots in the middle of the menu at the top of the webpage, to the left of the flag.

Should say
Events
Dictionary
Words

Think it’s more useful in the beginning, when you haven’t done too many lessons.

Probably better to just use the dictionary feature.

So is everyone still using this app or burnt out on it?

I made my students use it today! I myself am kind of burnt out on it tbh.

What language(s)?

I teach French but I use it mostly for German. I've been pretty bad about German in general lately, partly because of the pandemic, partly because teaching French is making it hard for me to think about other languages right now. (I usually teach English, so this isn't usually a problem.)

Was just observing earlier today that the French course is much better than the German.

Still trucking. I'm not stopping until I'm number one on duome's streak hall of fame or I die, whichever comes first.

'Duolingo Score Beta' just appeared for me - I get 83, which feels a bit harsh, but there you go.

on the iPhone app?

This thread says pretty much everybody gets an 83 https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/46022064/Duolingo-score-beta

I feel a bit better now. Gracias.

I saw it on the website, doing Spanish from English. Pretty sure today was the first time it has appeared, on the right hand side with my league and friends etc. I'm on Android on the phone and don't see it there yet.

I like the new choice of English for my reverse trees.

British English

Some courses there are really sweet spots in the tree after certain castles.

Like there one tree I initially completed years ago which I have now started systematically leveling up. The stretch between Castle 2 and 3 is excruciating, lots of very long, overlarded sentences that are hard to get exactly right but which are really not that edify. Right after Castle 3, more interesting grammar appears in shorter, more manageable sentences.

I apparently have a follower on Duolingo now, and frankly I find that creepy as shit.

It’s weird but they can’t really do much except send you congrats

Yiddish course has arrived.

Also found German course for Hungarian speakers.

Laddering seems kind of cheesy but feel like it still might be useful.

Yiddish course seems pretty good actually

It’s like German pronounced closer to English and written in Hebrew.

Two substantial courses that have been updates recently that I have my eye on taking up again are Esperanto from French and Scottish Gaelic- now up to nine checkpoints! - but even I, James Redd, have to admit I am stretched too thin.

Has anyone used italki for language lessons before? My current French class has finished so thinking about it giving it a go.

I believe Ed has used it quite a bit. I tried it once and had some success, but I think you have to find the right teacher. I would have continued actually but couldn’t quite make the time commitment.

So about this Legendary thing

Is Drops actually good? I've been using it for about a month and it seems like all I'm learning is to attach their weird picture language to abstract concepts.

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Hmm. They changed the way the Dojo works in a way that might be beneficial.

Still doing this. Just passed 1300 days of streak. Still find it somewhat helpful if supplemented with something else, even if sometimes it’s seems like wheel-spinning.

Got the “Legendary” achievement this week, despite a gunner with Plus coming for me hard in the final stretch. I’m really glad I started using this app, I’ve definitely learned more Spanish with it in the last year than I ever did in school.

It’s going to be interesting to see what they do with all the IPO money. You’d guess they’re going to have to monetise the other 97% of their user base by offering something unambiguously worth paying extra for but what form that takes will be fascinating.

Yup

It tickles me that Italian YouTube vloggers address their audience as "guys" as frequently as English ones do

i was so sad the ticker was not OWLY

It’s kind of interesting that 10-15 years into the online, direct-learning model, only Babbel and Rise have ever turned a profit. I wonder if DL will go after the corporate market more aggressively.

Good point

god morgen! snakker du norsk? jeg liker norsk. it's like the same as english with different words.

jeg snakker litt norsk.