Tip for #duolingo users: don’t just sign up for the course for the language you’re trying to learn, once you’re a little way in also sign up for the English course for speakers of that language (eg. English for Indonesian speakers if you’re learning Indonesian). It will teach you different vocab and use more complex natural grammatical constructions in the language you’re learning
@ClubTeleMatique I'm in the US. It's been down for me most of the morning #Duolingo
Well done Duolingo 
Why should I learn about ghosts before I can rent a car, or the hotel room? 
@asnev@bark.lgbtfunny furry figure (figuratively)
@KydiaMusic@mastodon.socialI’m trying to teach my cats French and so far they are Not Having It.
@Francehelder@mastodon.socialFinalmente!
I just reached a 2300 day streak on #Duolingo. I've been going at it so long, that it's certainly become a daily habit (and I try to squeeze in at least one lesson each day to keep the streak alive). The daily quests and monthly badges have forced me, on many occasions, to take more lessons than I otherwise would.
#Duolingo has started doing this thing where, unannounced, the character Lily seems to be trying to video call you, and
Fuck
Away
Off
With
That
Shit
Thank you very much.
@talya@dybbuk.clubthis is your reminder to not use #Duolingo to learn a language.
not only was the method of translating sentences back and forth proven ineffective a long time ago, but they have been diluting their human workforce with AI for years now.
not only have they been removing useful features (community discussions) in favour of that shitty AI, but nowadays they fully ignore user feedback, meaning exercises with errors are allowed to proliferate.
all of that leads to certain courses *decreasing* in quality over time. their Yiddish course, for example, got significantly longer when coming out of beta, but the additional prompts were of lower quality, so the whole course was *better while in beta*. their Czech course contains actual errors that don't get corrected. and both mix various styles and registers and tell you absolutely nothing about that. (Yiddish used to tell you, now they don't. fun!)
oh and the Arabic course is fully nothing, just empty air that doesn't teach you mistakes because it doesn't teach you anything. but i don't think that's gotten worse over time, i think it was just always bad, but maybe someone can correct me.
nothing will ever rival a proper course with a proper teacher, but it's understandable that for some people that's not an option. but if you choose to use an app, just choose something other than Duolingo. look online, i'm sure you'll find some good recs. anything Language Jones vouches for is probably good. just don't use Duolingo.
quick #italian lesson. (i'm learning how to talk about travel.)
the Italian word for german is *tedesco.*
that's weird to me.
where the heck is that from?
my unit on using plurals was good but sort of maddening.
my sister, an AP Spanish teacher, rolls her eyes when i told her i was learning Italian on duolingo. yeah, i know it's not the perfect pedagogical tool. but it's working....ish.
[no one talk to me in Italian yet. I'll panic and run screaming.]
@Francehelder@mastodon.socialEu tava estranhando terem matado o Duo.
Agora entendi o motivo.
@antijingoist@hackers.townDuolingo couldn't be bothered to pay for the watermarked stock photo showing the owl in Hell?
O #duolingo faz umas figurinhas estranhas... 
█▓▒░ @fortyseven@defcon.socialI like #Duolingo, and I'm enjoying Spanish, but I'm seriously getting tired of the aggressive gamification. Yes, yes, nice to have that kick in the ass, but when I have serious shit going on and I can't simply PAUSE my account, and I'm getting threatened with losing my "rank" and my "streak" because I have the audacity to have to deal with a life crisis, it's making me bitter about it.
And no, I'm not subscribing.
#duolingo -kannustusgrafiikat menevät koko ajan hämmentävämpään suuntaan. Uudelleensyntymä? Nahan luominen? Metamorfoosi?
Fazendo minhas aulinhas de Chinês pelo DuoLingo enquanto a minha esposa está lendo novelas chinesas e está sendo uma experiência muito bacana de descoberta de outra cultura principalmente pela ótica da escrita e como os significados são construídos
Já fez a sua lição do DuoLingo hoje?
La forma nueva de Duo es extrañisimo, pero me gusta! #duolingo
@actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd @actuallyaudhd
What's your #morningroutine?
Regardless of when I wake up, I stay in bed 'til 7am. I then strain my #kefir. Feed my #sourdoughstarter. Check my other #ferments. Feed the #dog and take him out to pee. Eat oatmeal with chia and flax seeds, banana and fermented apples. Drink a cup of kefir. Do my #duolingo. Hop on the #bike. Shower, get dressed and then out the door to run errands.
