A sentence that persistently shows up in the entry-level Korean, for both myself and others: 'yes, men are people.'
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Thursday, 30 November 2017 07:43 (six years ago) link
#notallmen
― mark s, Thursday, 30 November 2017 10:16 (six years ago) link
Oes draig gyda ti?
― Anne Git Yorgun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 November 2017 23:03 (six years ago) link
Nac oes
HELLO DERE
― Anne Git Yorgun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 December 2017 21:24 (six years ago) link
I did the french and spanish twice all the way through all powered up and I really had to use italki to progress further.
― Yerac, Monday, 11 December 2017 03:12 (six years ago) link
i am currently endlessly cycling in practice mode to keep up my streak but always too tired and/or busy to feel ready to progress at all
― mark s, Monday, 11 December 2017 09:05 (six years ago) link
I'm approaching 500 days and might finally give up at that point as I feel it stopped teaching me much quite some time ago. My only motivation now is maintaining my streak.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 11 December 2017 09:24 (six years ago) link
It definitely gave me a great base for learning a bit more deeply elsewhere though and I would always recommend it. Might try a new language instead to try and bring back the fun of it.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 11 December 2017 09:28 (six years ago) link
anybody try Rosetta Stone? it was the gold standard for awhile. also cost its weight in gold iirc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 11 December 2017 09:29 (six years ago) link
https://sites.google.com/site/englishatthetab/_/rsrc/1432922076196/home/esl-resources/duolingo/ESL_Duolingo%20owl.png
― mark s, Monday, 11 December 2017 09:46 (six years ago) link
Rosetta Stone for Vietnamese was ok, used it for a while. They didn't provide any explanation of concepts, in order to make it totally immersive, which was super frustrating for stuff that wasn't intuitive
― Vinnie, Monday, 11 December 2017 10:03 (six years ago) link
I cannot recommend italki enough if you actually want to be forced to speak aloud and figure out what you would likely talk about in another language. When I lived in Lyon, so many French people were like, "why do you know this word?" I kept saying L'INTERNET!
― Yerac, Monday, 11 December 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
HI DERE
― Burru Men Meet Burryman ina Wicker Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 December 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
This cross-training/laddering definitely challenging and useful, not just a novelty stunt.
― Burru Men Meet Burryman ina Wicker Man (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 December 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
How's yr soft mutation, mark?
― Steely Rodin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 27 December 2017 15:54 (six years ago) link
lol i "took a break" before xmas and have not yet got back on con ngựa as they say in vietnam
― mark s, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
Just made up a bad bilingual joke and am feeling compelled to post it here.
― Steely Rodin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 December 2017 01:12 (six years ago) link
Doesn’t quite work though, so never mind, I guess
― Steely Rodin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 December 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
Okay, it was something to do with someone offering Steve Martin chocolate covered ants in Paris and Steve raising his hands and saying “Fourmis”?
― Dr. Winston ‘Merritone’ Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 December 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
« Fourmis? »
Almanca dilinde artık %35 oranında akacılığa ulaştın!
― Dr. Winston ‘Merritone’ Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 31 December 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
I am augmenting my Duolingo practice of Swedish in two ways in 2018:
- signing up for MHz Choice, an Amazon Prime channel that offers tons of international TV shows with English subtitles for $7.99/month; they have tons of Swedish crime shows- reading Swedish crime novels with a dictionary close at hand; I've been able to find cheap paperbacks on eBay
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 1 January 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
Cool. Maybe you should start standalone thread for that. But maybe not
― The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 January 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
Anyone else still doing this? Also, what’s with the crowns?
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 April 2018 16:56 (six years ago) link
I'm not doing it at present. My wife's been doing German though. I'll ask her about the crowns.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:32 (six years ago) link
Oh I see
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 April 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link
Yep, still using it. Currently on a 590 day streak and have finished both English to Spanish and Spanish to English courses. It bores me, but I can't stop now!
Sí, todavía lo estoy usando. Actualmente tengo una racha de 590 días y he terminado el curso de inglés a español y tambien el curso de español a inglés. ¡Me aburre pero no puedo parar ahora!
― brain (krakow), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
so close!
"también"
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 6 April 2018 18:46 (six years ago) link
Okay, I see the purpose of the crowns is to add more material, but with its implementation two useful features seem to go missing from the iPhone app:1) when simply reviewing, it doesn’t tell you anymore what skills you have improved2) When clicking on a skill it no longer gives you the list of weak words
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 6 April 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
Wow, randomly checking in German I see that one of these Crown levels has 30 lessons.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 00:03 (six years ago) link
Abs. Obs. 4, Level 3
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 00:05 (six years ago) link
Are these actually new questions or is this just a different way of counting the same old questions, I wonder
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 00:11 (six years ago) link
Perhaps this new format will inspire me to finish the last ten leaves of my Turkish tree
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 00:42 (six years ago) link
¡Gracias ∞! Normalmente no recuerdo los acentos perfectamente, necesito practicarlos más.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 7 April 2018 11:03 (six years ago) link
I got the Crowns feature a couple of days ago and it looks like it could be just what I was needing to keep going on Duolingo after finishing both forward and reverse trees. Will see how it goes as I switch to revisiting the Spanish tree for the first time since starting and finishing the reverse.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 7 April 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
Was wondering about that myself for trees I had long ago completed and left, asking myself whether the crowns just a way of putting a positive spin on the similar old process of keeping the tree gold. Perhaps that little semantic shift is enough to motivate. Seems like at least they finally got rid of the funny Fluency percentage.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 20:36 (six years ago) link
Three leaves to go in Turkish
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link
Slowing down, perhaps due to some Zeno’s paradox effect.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
Wonder if I will be able to say Zeno’s Paradox in Turkish when I reach the end.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link
I will be able to say “owl” though, if not “golden owl.”
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
Oh good. This might be what I need to go back and redo all of French and Spanish again. The big crown on the right is how many lessons you have done in total?
― Yerac, Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:48 (six years ago) link
Something like that. Each leaf goes up to five crowns, afaict
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
I went into one leaf of German and pushed onto level 5. Didn’t really see much new material, I have to admit.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
Still wondering how it will let you know when you need to review
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 22:21 (six years ago) link
Unless you have five crowns, that is
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 22:22 (six years ago) link
Got up to level five in the first 5 categories on the Spanish tree. It seems like there are a couple new words but not really much added content, especially considering how many exercises you have to complete to get to level 5. So far the best part is that as you level up the voices speak faster.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 7 April 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
Ah, haven’t noticed that.
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
Or did I?
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 22:48 (six years ago) link
Two Turkish leaves left
― Rudy’s Mood For Dub (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 7 April 2018 22:53 (six years ago) link