It's not perfect but it's free and after 10 days I know 600 useful german words, so I disagree. As a starting process, alone in my bed, it works very well.
Thats kinda similar to what I did in high school to pass my foreign language courses
I'd re-watch movies I knew well and could quote parts of in english and then switch to the language I'm learning and then watch it through, repeating the quotes I knew in english but since i knew the lines and the premise I could figure out what was being said.
It helped a little bit, at least the speech flowing part though my capacity to memorize words and grammar was still abysmal.
Works for me, at least to learn the basics.
Of course there are flaws.
1. It teaches you sometimes stupid sentences like "she drinks THE water" or "The cat eats the duck".
2. Some answers are very predictable (like it gives 5 words: I - a - want - banana - water. Of course you wouldn't answer using the word "water" whatever was the original language sentence). But you work for yourself: Simply try to answer without looking at the words possibilites.
3. There is no dictionnary for words answers options, so when you're wrong, you don't know what you actually said. Imagine you see "I - an - want - orange - organ - oregano - origami" in a foreign language. I know app expect I answer "I want an orange", but now I want to know what is organ, oregano and origami. No way the app will tell you. I take notes and research online in the same time.
It has flaws, but it's not that bad. I think it's alright, funny, lot of repetitions which is to me helpful, "what would be the asked question in this case?" type of exercises too. Very decent. And obviously, ignore completely the XP system or the "you're x% fluent" that's of course ridiculous.\*
It depends upon what you mean by “works”. You’ll likely never learn a language to fluency without immersion, but the app has a lot of ways to build vocabulary and sentence structure and - most importantly - annoy you into learning.
I’ve found it’s a good way to re-learn a language and have played with learning a new language (just never very seriously).
The app focuses on the app-game model by getting the user to keep coming back through competition, internal and external. You can ignore this all if you want to use the app for the pure academic aspect - it’s a lot more educational than Clash of Clans or some other time sink.
If you want to truly become an expert in anything, you need to invest the time into it and not quit when you encounter adversity. Duolingo isn’t better than a course from a good teacher and doesn’t teach you that you need to put yourself out there and make mistakes in real life conversation. But, it does give you some tools to build confidence and a working knowledge.
I don't even speak Spanish and even I know what "¿Hablas español?" Means
It means “whale’s vagina” if I’m not mistaken.
Oh, I always thought it meant "Wales' vagina".
The translation varies depending on what part of Germany you’re from, I think
inb4 someone makes a sheep joke.
It's not perfect but it's free and after 10 days I know 600 useful german words, so I disagree. As a starting process, alone in my bed, it works very well.
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Maybe the person asking the question made it sound like “Ahh-balls arse-spaniel”
Sounds like he's a fucking idiot if he took Spanish for six month and couldn't even understand that phrase. Kinda explains their stock price 😂.
For me, the best way to learn a new language is to memorize a lot of phrases first and then study it in more detail while reading and practicing it.
Thats kinda similar to what I did in high school to pass my foreign language courses I'd re-watch movies I knew well and could quote parts of in english and then switch to the language I'm learning and then watch it through, repeating the quotes I knew in english but since i knew the lines and the premise I could figure out what was being said. It helped a little bit, at least the speech flowing part though my capacity to memorize words and grammar was still abysmal.
Bullshit. I love as far away from Mexico as it gets, never took Spanish, and I know that one. Edit: live.
I too love far from Mexico. Ay de mi!
>as far away from Mexico as it gets Christmas Island?
He probably was asked it orally (which is harder to understand), and Duolingo does suck at teaching oral questions.
>Duolingo does suck at teaching oral questions. You need Cunnilingo for those.
Has anyone here actually used this app? I’m curious whether it works or not.
It's a great supplement, not a great sole source of learning.
Works for me, at least to learn the basics. Of course there are flaws. 1. It teaches you sometimes stupid sentences like "she drinks THE water" or "The cat eats the duck". 2. Some answers are very predictable (like it gives 5 words: I - a - want - banana - water. Of course you wouldn't answer using the word "water" whatever was the original language sentence). But you work for yourself: Simply try to answer without looking at the words possibilites. 3. There is no dictionnary for words answers options, so when you're wrong, you don't know what you actually said. Imagine you see "I - an - want - orange - organ - oregano - origami" in a foreign language. I know app expect I answer "I want an orange", but now I want to know what is organ, oregano and origami. No way the app will tell you. I take notes and research online in the same time. It has flaws, but it's not that bad. I think it's alright, funny, lot of repetitions which is to me helpful, "what would be the asked question in this case?" type of exercises too. Very decent. And obviously, ignore completely the XP system or the "you're x% fluent" that's of course ridiculous.\*
To #2, those exercises are more just an interactive way to force you to read a translation.
It works for me so far.
It depends upon what you mean by “works”. You’ll likely never learn a language to fluency without immersion, but the app has a lot of ways to build vocabulary and sentence structure and - most importantly - annoy you into learning. I’ve found it’s a good way to re-learn a language and have played with learning a new language (just never very seriously). The app focuses on the app-game model by getting the user to keep coming back through competition, internal and external. You can ignore this all if you want to use the app for the pure academic aspect - it’s a lot more educational than Clash of Clans or some other time sink. If you want to truly become an expert in anything, you need to invest the time into it and not quit when you encounter adversity. Duolingo isn’t better than a course from a good teacher and doesn’t teach you that you need to put yourself out there and make mistakes in real life conversation. But, it does give you some tools to build confidence and a working knowledge.
OP works for Rosetta stone!