I really, really need to become very fluent in Spanish but seeing Japanese and Hawaiian! now on duolingo... arg. It's that stupid boyfriend meme.
― Yerac, Sunday, 4 November 2018 15:34 (five years ago) link
Hm i like japanese more than spanish i have to admit
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 4 November 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
Hawaiian course is super short and you can finish and make your tree gold in a matter of days if you want.
Doubt that Duolingo will make you fluent in Spanish.
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 November 2018 16:50 (five years ago) link
Also, found the Japanese course a little disappointing.
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 November 2018 17:31 (five years ago) link
Chinese course is nice though, especially having the notes available through the app.
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 4 November 2018 17:33 (five years ago) link
I know a ton of spanish vocabulary just from hs and life but I just got super lazy about grammar, so duolingo is helps there. Chileans have a lot of weird slang here, so getting drunk and interrogating people is the only thing for that. And they call avocados "palta"! Maybe i will do the hawaiian one next week.
― Yerac, Sunday, 4 November 2018 18:56 (five years ago) link
It’s the quechuan influenceSouth american spanish has that so it is slightly different from central american spanish, and both of these different from mexican spanishThen you have all the dialects/slang/regionalisms across all spain and latin americaIf you have any questions i can explain what i know
― F# A# (∞), Sunday, 4 November 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
First Duolingo question of the day and it's one to really set me up for a day of fun and adventure. pic.twitter.com/U3jSGHTVUm— Charlotte Gore 🏳️🌈 (@CharlotteGore) October 21, 2018
(thread of Swedish duolingo)
― a passing spacecadet, Sunday, 4 November 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
xpost are you chilean (I forget)? I've been here for almost two years total now and I only want to learn the slang that no one uses anywhere else.
― Yerac, Sunday, 4 November 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
Not chilean but i studied Spanish for a long time (10 years?) and visited a few countries, plus just general knowledge from being friends with/having girlfriends from south americaI don’t know much chile specific slang but i know some south american slang and it’s more or less similar
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 5 November 2018 07:21 (five years ago) link
Has anyone used the language app Lingodeer?
xpost The slang I hear the most (I've been coming here for the last ten years are):
"Flaite means “trashy” or “chavvy.”
Cuico/Cuica“Upper-class” or “snobby.”
Wéon (spelt huevón)...commonly used word in the Chilean language. It can be intended as a rude term, especially if used with strangers, but it can be used among mates and be a term of endearment. Wena on its own can mean “ok,” “good,” or “hi.”"
― Yerac, Monday, 5 November 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link
apart from huevon as mentioned above
i like
bacan: cool
cachar: to understand
wea: thing, generally when you can't find the correct word for something it becomes "esta wea"
huevear: to annoy
carrete: a party/a night out
pololo/a: boy/girlfriend
pega: job
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 5 November 2018 17:48 (five years ago) link
yerac, you might already be familiar with this site, but this is good for etymologies and chilean slang: http://etimologias.dechile.net/
but yeah, huevon/weon/wea/huevada/huevear, and bacan, are all used in other parts of south america, especially peru
cachar means to fuck in peru
one thing i always found funny is carajo means shit, right? well in venezuela and other parts of latin america they call small children carajito
there's all sorts of things like that in latin america though
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:22 (five years ago) link
yeah like guagua means baby in chile but bus in cuba
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
ha that's true
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 5 November 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
Xpost
LingoDeer is better for Japanese, at least, as it explains the grammar points where Duolingo doesn’t. Can’t comment on other languages.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 5 November 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
안녕하세요
― Buckaroo Can't Fail (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 16 November 2018 14:18 (five years ago) link
iPhone app looks quite different now
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
All the drawings are now more jolly for one thing. As is Golden Duo, who no longer has a flag draped over his shoulders
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:02 (five years ago) link
MENOS DE 102 SLICESMASAJE GRATISRINGS CHEESE FRIES
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:06 (five years ago) link
Ha, wrong thread
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:07 (five years ago) link
or IS it?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
Ha, exactly.But came back to post: Hawaiian now has sound
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 01:33 (five years ago) link
Looks the same again. Must have been a temporary switcheroo
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
Jij hebt mijn stijl gestolen.
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
Jouw woorden zijn net poëzie.
― What is Blecchism ? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 December 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
Think there must be some sort of server shortage and when I see the older style icons, which just happened again, it is throwing me on some dev server.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 December 2018 12:37 (five years ago) link
is there an astroturfing push on at the moment? - i keep getting alerts about old complaints i lodged in the forum where some doofus comes out with a reply something like " y'know what's really clever about duolingo? - that they do this that or the other"( which is actually garbage and helps nobody learn anything practical...) always ascribing some kinda overarching plan to the random slew of shit nobody says which is the same at level 1 as it is at level 30
― massaman gai (front tea for two), Sunday, 9 December 2018 12:49 (five years ago) link
Don’t know anything about that.Just reinstalled and it looks the way it has been looking as of late but performs much better.En we zingen en we springen en we zijn zo blij.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 00:46 (five years ago) link
The Duolingo forum has a few threads with people complaining about the new look and some changes to scoring on the android app.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
Almost done with Danish. Some crazy sentences now, such as:Det er ikke min skyld, at rumvæsnet stjæler mine lektier hver dag.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 02:06 (five years ago) link
OrEr du virkelig bang for et lille spøgelse?
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 02:07 (five years ago) link
Finished. The last lesson was on HC Anderson. Feels like something is missing now that Duo no longer has the flag around his shoulders.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 December 2018 02:40 (five years ago) link
stærkt arbejde, james! how many courses have you done by now? and how do you feel abt the sound of spoken danish?
― niels, Monday, 10 December 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
More courses than I’d care to admit to right now, sorry. I know that some people think Danish pronunciation is weird, but I like it, having watched many Dreyer films and The Kingdom and The Kingdom II many times.
― What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 December 2018 02:02 (five years ago) link
that's pretty cool james!
― niels, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 10:37 (five years ago) link
In fact years ago I worked through the Teach Yourself and Routledge Colloquial courses in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish. I already knew German so this wasn’t too hard. *coughs* Reading is not that hard but listening comprehension is still quite difficult as is proper production of grammatically correct sentences. You have just inspired me to think of getting the Pimsleur Danish course.
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 December 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
( Attempting to proactively embarrass myself out of my language learning jones)
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 December 2018 00:33 (five years ago) link
(My name is James Redd and I am a compulsive language learner)
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 December 2018 00:34 (five years ago) link
(Not sure if it’s working)
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 05:24 (five years ago) link
Godt Nytår!
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 05:25 (five years ago) link
¡Feliz año nuevo!
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 13:15 (five years ago) link
Not to be pedantic, heh, but I feel like more often than not I just hear ¡Feliz año! without the nuevo.
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 13:55 (five years ago) link
Yeah? I don't think I've ever heard it that way amongst Spanish friends and family.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link
I'll listen out for it though and will probably notice it now. Whereabouts are you JR&tBs?
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
In New York, in Queens. I am thinking of Argentines I know, as well as Colombians and Mexicans. And Dominicans!
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 19:13 (five years ago) link
I just got looked at like I am crazy for asking about the feliz año vs feliz año nuevo (in Chile).
― Yerac, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
I heard it several times yesterday and have a text and an email in that form.
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
I found a couple of sites that say some people shorten this to feliz año when speaking.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 19:53 (five years ago) link