Or course I should practice what I preach but...
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
yeah i would like to do italki. maybe another month or so.
― criminally negligible (harbl), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
the lack of speaking is why i can't speak spanish anymore even though i used to be quite good at it when i did talk to people. even though there are TONS of opportunities i could find easily, but i like new shiny things and i want to do a new language. also hate hot weather and want to visit a cold place.
― criminally negligible (harbl), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
It's complicated.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
Certain languages call, and there is very little use in trying to ignore them for an "easier" language.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
On the other hand Norwegian is just not a big enough language to concoct some kind of long distance immersion.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 01:50 (two years ago) link
On another note: how’d you do on Oscar’s Duocon Keynote?
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
Got my Oscar's Duocon Keynote August badge successfully. Assume you did too JR?
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 07:46 (two years ago) link
i didn't see that, what is it?
― criminally negligible (harbl), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 10:52 (two years ago) link
Monthly challenge
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 12:02 (two years ago) link
oh, yes, i unknowingly completed the challenge
― criminally negligible (harbl), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link
Just finished the October challenge over the weekend but my heart wasn’t in it.
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
Almost wish it would randomly choose a language for me to work on.
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
How’s the Norwegian going, harbl?
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 October 2021 03:18 (two years ago) link
p good. 76 day streak. i was in diamond league then i got demoted. i don't do quite enough to get back there but it's ok.
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Friday, 15 October 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
I still have a soft spot for Norwegian for some reason.
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 October 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
Have you tried to read any of these yet?http://runeberg.org/folkeven/
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 October 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
no, but looks useful, thanks!
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Saturday, 16 October 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
Jsem zde cizí.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 November 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
Czech is looking real good to me right now. Wonder how long this infatuation will last.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 02:37 (two years ago) link
i am on a 100 day streak. i did forget one day but i had a streak freeze. i still think it's cheating but who cares it's a phone game right
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 12:19 (two years ago) link
No judgment necessary. Streak freeze is sometimes needed.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 12:26 (two years ago) link
Still enjoying the Czech. Will see how long this infatuation honeymoon lasts.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:21 (two years ago) link
ja, jeg vil gjerne kjøpe seks elefanter
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
Hah, that's one reason I am enjoying the Czech course, none of that BS.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:55 (two years ago) link
what you don't need to learn "why is the plumber jumping on the turtles" in czech? i thought they did this on all the languages. i didn't get far enough in russian i guess.
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
Hungarian course is the uncrowned king of that stuff.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 November 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/26091495/Duolingo-Czech-review-and-summary
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 November 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link
oh i've never looked at the forums before! just found norwegian4people.com through there and was able to mostly understand a simple story about anders getting dressed and ready to eat frokost
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_word_order
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
Duolingo has a Norwegian Level 2! Who knew?
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
Jeg forstår ikke engelsk.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
Ingen forstår meg.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
In other news I see that some people use Discord to learn languages, Norwegian in particular.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
how do i get norwegian level 2? i just got to unit 4 but i'm not done with all of 3 yet
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:15 (two years ago) link
Sorry that was about Pimsleur, not Duolingo
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link
It’s pretty rare for them to have higher levels for smaller languages.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
Když kocour není doma, myši mají pré.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 November 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5DfKPzNrI
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
https://blog.duolingo.com/ending-honoring-our-volunteer-contributor-program-2/
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
Friend sent this but I don’t really buy it: https://slate.com/technology/2021/11/duolingo-weird-sentences-linguistics.html
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
Zari seems to have an elevated presence these days.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:58 (two years ago) link
Also noticed this Early Bird Reward thing.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
Can’t believe I am still doing this
― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 December 2021 22:23 (two years ago) link
152 day bokmål streak
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Thursday, 30 December 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
Gratulerer med dagen!
― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 30 December 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
― (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Razor (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 3 January 2022 13:29 (two years ago) link
The Latin course is not so big and there is no tts therefore reliant upon recorded sound, but nonetheless there are a lot of other resources out there for (self)study so…
― Presenting the Fabulous Redettes Featuring James (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 16 January 2022 20:26 (two years ago) link
Anyway still amazes me how okay to good some of the courses are for small of the smaller languages except for Hungarian which is the worst course ever.
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 January 2022 20:14 (two years ago) link
Still fascinated by this: https://forward.com/culture/140080/doubling-dutch/
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 February 2022 15:49 (two years ago) link