The bad side of duolingo becoming a meme is that i can't find a single comment actually talking about the app, only people talking about their family being kidnapped...
@@UU-et3lk it's actually pretty bad. I've tried learning german for a month there and didnt learn anything. It doesnt teach you in a good order or anything. After I moved to germany I went to a class for learning german and learnt more in 2 weeks there than in one month on duolingo.
Duolingo is good but before using it I would recommend learning conjugations because someone with no experience would most likely get confused with why estoy, estas, esta, estamos, están all mean is/are
To be = Estar / Ser I am = Estoy / Soy You are (singular) = Estás (in most of the countrys), Está (in formally speeking) / Eres (in most of the countrys), Sos (in Argentina and Uruguay) You are (plural) = Están (most of the countrys), Estáis (in Spain) / Son (most of the countrys), Sois (in Spain) He/she/it is = Está / Es We are = Estamos / Somos They are = Están / Son
What I like about Duolingo is that, by stressing about spelling correctly, it helps tremendously when it comes to reading. There are letters, for an example, in Spanish that aren't pronounced the same in English. Such words include LL, J and Z. Knowing such differences in spelling has helped me to be able to learn Spanish using written materials, as well as being able to jot down new phrases that I want to go back and read.
I'm using Duolingo now trying to become more Spanish efficient. What I plan on doing is once I finish the tree is start watching some movies I'm familiar with in Spanish.
You don't have to finish the tree of you are already to a point where you can understand some of tv. If you can watch tv in language with subtitles in target language it pays off.
Doulingo: i fear no humans, but that thing *google transelate* : hello what can i help you with? Doulingo: it scare's me *edit: finally i found my oldest comment ever*
I think Duolingo is a good tool for beginners, obviously you need to learn by yourself with anothers ways , I'm learning english, And in my personal experience I before Duolingo I don't knew anything. But now I can speak with english speakers. And now also I'm learning french and is so funny because I'm learning french like english speaker.
Good review, I felt the same. it was helpful in getting me to read Hebrew outside of prayer/synagogue readings, but once I moved on to using LingQ and other resources I felt like i probably should have just done every section to 1 crown and then moved on to LingQ a lot earlier. Now I'm still focused on advancing Hebrew, but I'm using DL to do a few lessons/day in Greek so that eventually I'll shift my focus towards Greek and already be able to read the Greek alphabet with good proficiency.
I'm a language teacher and I don't think Duolingo has the best methodology (the guys who developed it aren't linguists or teachers). But even if it's not the best in terms of methodology, it's great to keep learners motivated and engaged.. And that can make a big difference in learning. Learning a language is like going to the gym... you won't build muscles by lifting weights for 30 hours in a row... You need to build your strength little by little, day by day, and get bigger and bigger... But if you stop, you'll lose a lot. Even a little each day can keep your strength and make a big difference. I would say that this "gamification", even with a simple methodology, is the revolution of Duolingo in making people keep in touch with the language. I've been studying languages for more than 20 years... I've never seen a course that keeps learners so engaged... Even people like my mother who were never interested in language learning.
I think duolingo can be good, if you know how to use it. For example: Duolingo teach you how to say "Nice to meet you" in japanese (よろしく/Yoroshiku), then you search about it and discover that Yoroshiku doesn't NECESSARILY means "Nice to meet you", it can also mean "Treat me well", "I am looking forward to work with you", "Be gentle" and etc... And you also discover that you can also add お願いします(onegaishimasu), which makes the sentence more polite and you can use it depending the context. I hope I made my point clear, since english is not my main language.
My opinion? It works. I’ve been learning for over 3 years now and I stood out in class. It helped me build vocabulary and helped with my grammar. Sure i still have other sources but during the pandemic that’s my number one source for learning. Btw I’m learning French
Yeah, I think it is fine for the beginning, but you soon grow out of it. I definitely would not stick to Duolingo for over 3 years, but that's just me.
@@FingtamLanguages Oh didn't expect a response. I still think it's useful honestly. It taught me quite some things even now. Mostly because of the new story modes. They help a lot.
As a person from Greece, I want to learn Spanish and speak it fluently after some years, and I've found Duolingo to help me on my progress. But as you said too, It's not the best way to actually learn a language fluently, so what would you recommend on learning a language fluently?
Playing with the Spanish tree on Duolingo, I have to say I was never able to take advantage of the social and community features. The system absolutely hates Hotmail; even after they told me that they manually confirmed my email after I tried and failed several times on my own, it *still* demands that I confirm my email! Other than that, I used to like it, but it's become overly repetitive (Memrise seems to recognize how quickly I learn, even if it's still too perfectionist).
Im close to mastering German and I decided to start a new language on the side, instead of Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish etc, as a part of my heritage I’m doing Scottish Gaelic
I’ve only started the French courses tonight but it’s working very well for me, obviously I can’t say it’s fantastic because I literally started it like 30m ago but still it’s pretty nice and I think I can get somewhere with it. But there’s one thing I’ve been doing that I need to work on, Spanish and French are similar languages and I’ve done 3 years of Spanish in school so I will sometimes pronounce some things in Spanish rather than French because it’s just what I’m used to. So I’m trying to fix that.
I am currently using Duolingo so I can learn some Korean and even though I just got it..I'm already at alphabet 2 which honestly I thought that I would never get past Alphabet 1..
at least it's easier than the Cyrillic alphabet (Russian ver.). Took me forever to memorize it. Korean took much less time which is surprising coming from an Asian language you'd expect to have a super complicated alphabet.
For me, their alphabet is easy to learn. I just can't recognize what character that should be use when hearing a word. Like they have o and eo or e and ae.
I am trying to learn English with Duolingo, how well am I doing? I started a year ago. The cat no’s that it’s mamis would be proud when he shows her his her grades.
The only way to truly learn a language is to speak it with native speakers. You do need to build up a good level of vocabulary and if it's an asian or middle eastern language then also knowledge of the writing system in order to build a foundation. I actually think Doulingo is pretty good for this. It's not the fastest way to learn vocabulary and writing systems but it's very good and drilling it and helping you remember it.
I'm Irish and I'm want to learn and be fluent in gealic. This is my 2nd day on duoling and I already know how to read how to say man,woman,girl and I can read boy but can't say boy. I'm on level 4 of basic 1....
This was really helpful! I just started Arabic today, and after I reach A2, I’m gonna leave Duo and find a new way to advance! But not yet cuz I just started 😂👌
Ngl, Duolingo is actually amazing, it’s not the “master a language in a few days” good, but it’s useful, give it a few months or a year and you’ll be good enough to uphold most conversations, and the whole lives system, while it looks like it’s total bullcrap, it’s actually good, since when you run out (which you inevitably will on your first few weeks) you can do a “practice” run for an extra life which will further polish your skills in that language, and having only one life gives you that feeling of “i can’t make a mistake” which further helps with you learning the language since you’ll be more likely to remember he right answers, and even if you do make a mistake, well, it’s time for the practice run to further polish your skills. Overall i think it’s great, for both beginners and intermediate level speakers, not for pros since, why the hell do you even need it if ur a pro-
the main problem i have with it (And it is an unfixable one i think) is that i can only learn it "through" english. With english being my second language, i sometimes feels like the stuff is not sticking becouse i'm having to focus on 2 languages at once.
Is there an app where you can actually talk with people learning the lenguage, but in a way where you learn it more like the way the natives speak it. P.S saludos desde puerto Rico
There's an app called HelloTalk where you can chat with real people who want to teach/learn languages, you can also join group chats and it makes it more useful/fun. I've been using it for 2 years for Japanese.
there are two types of languages on duolingo the ones that kills your family if you quit and the ones that are really fun but the quickest and easiest way of finding out which is which, is by blindly choosing and finding out by experience i was lucky and got a good one that had detailed explanation, lots of nerdy references and is long and detailed it’s norwegian
My biggest complaint of Duolingo is the writers aren’t fluent in English, example “Do you read a lot?” Is correct but “Do you read much? Is incorrect🤦🏻♂️ like WTF???
what are the best ways you find to actually learn a language fluently? Are there any other apps besides duolingo that helps with that? I'm trying to learn French fluently.
Oh yeah, there’s plenty of other products that are way better than Duolingo. I would recommend LingQ, Pimsleur, Lyrics Training, HelloTalk, and iTalki.
@@queenunicorn9729 LingQ has a free version, but it's not very good. I highly reccomend the paid version because it is only 10 dollars a month. Hellotalk, and Lyrics Training are both Free.
Persionally i use Duolingo to really hammer in what i've learned from other sources, because there is SO MUCH repetition, it's great. It's also a good way of picking up new words. But it's a bad place to learn grammar. Duolingo is a great supplement. Something I really dislike about Duolingo is that you don't get enough writing practice. You spend most of your time translating a sentence into english, when i'd much rather have it the other way around (you can do the reverse tree for this though). edit: great tip btw is to watch cartoons in your target language! Peppa pig is especially good because it is simple and they repeat words and sentences a lot which is great.
I just hate how little Duo Lingo explains about language mechanics or context. I tried Japanese and I'm glad I actually had some pre-existing knowledge of the language beforehand, or I'd have come away with a very misinformed view. Basically, Duo Lingo's mostly good as a complement to other, more thorough language learning processes.
I was going great with Duo but about 7 or 8 months ago, they changed their system.. A couple of things happened. First, they started placing words that were very similar to each other in the same sudy unit. For me, this increased the difficulty of remembering the words (I am still lost with some of the words from when this first happened. Second, they removed the ability to do the SAME exact lesson over and over. Another thing that gave me difficulty. I went from doing a lesson 7 to 12 times and by the end, (writing it out forwards and backwards all these time was heping me remember and understand) I knew a lot of it. Third they seem to have become too smart by half with their acceptance or rejection of an answer. (They seem to be more into trying to trick a person rather than guide them through the learning process - they can keep their ego, I am more interested in having systems that help me learn. I don't need to be "put in my place" as to what I know and what I don't know, my ego has been smashed many times throughout my life, so accepting help and accepting constructive criticism are easy now). It should be quite simple, but whatever criteria they are using means that sometimes something is accepted and at other times it is not. I must say, that for about 4 to 6 weeks now, I am simply going back and completing levels of the earlier stuff as I have lost the moivation to push forward with it- (I was doing between 15 and 25 lessons a day. Most revision but one or 2 every day new. But now, I am content just doing 3 lessons to keep my continuous streak going as this is my indication as to how many days I have actually been studying my new language). --- Especially with such inconsistencies in their acceptance of an answer - the frustration level is off the scale. Will I keep using it? Of course. It's free and there is still a lot of stuff to benefit from. But am I as much in love with it as I was before? No )))
So I have been learning Japanese on Duolingo (call me a weeb if you want). I have loved it but I have one major issue with it. The info panel that gives background on what you will learn hasn’t explained some of the stuff that is in the lesson and that confuses me sometimes. The thing legit gave me kanji after 4 lessons and the thing didn’t explain. Thank god it explained after a few questions but it was confusing nevertheless. Nothing like going from hiragana right into the dang kanji. Other than that it is a pretty good app.
That's true. They added kanji even if you were just learning either Hiragana or Katakana, but I think it's realistic too since Nihongo uses 3 scripts irl.
@La-Eiyella Perida yea, it really caught me off guard but I am doing well with it as of now and I just hit my one month streak and I can’t wait to continue.
Do you think using duolingo and watching movies and reading is a good learning technique? Or do you really need to do other stuff than duolingo and watching and reading?
Duolingo, watching, and reading are a good start, but you need to speak with people too. If you start having a conversation with someone online for half an hour twice a week, all in your target langauge, you will notice yourself getting better quickly. iTalki, and Hellotalk are good apps for finding people to practice with.
My new Duolingo review is coming out in about an hour! You can check that one out for more tips on how to learn Swedish :) ua-cam.com/video/1LkWzrpJRRc/v-deo.html
i mean its better than buying a book (or just a pdf) because they go really in depth its basically your K-6th years learning grammar squished into a book its really confusing
Please teach how do I go learning from beginner chapter 1 to chapter 2? I am not able to go to 2nd chapter that always stay on chapter 1,there is no sign i can find from Duolingor apps to change pages to the next.. Please teach..thank you
Ok I really want to learn lots of languages but before I download duolingo.. Do I actually lose my family XD Cause y’all are making me have second thoughts. I don’t want to stress
I also think it's not very time-efficient. I use it form time to time. Yet I do get annoyed by problems with typos, by the fact that within one set I might get various translations of the very same sentence and if I write a correct but different one it's seen as incorrect. That's getting on my nerves. Plus strange, artificial sentences like "bee eats the sandwich" or something like it. In this sense regular audio courses like Pimsleur with natural conversations are way better. But I think it helps me memorize articles which go with German nouns. So it's not a complete waste of time. But I need to take breaks from it since after some time it does get a bit annoying and sometimes too slow, if I check up against my list of short term learning goals. Some things can be achieved easier and faster with more traditional methods. To me it's nice addition sometimes, but not stand alone method of learning.
I suggested to work as volunteer to help to make Arabic lessons in the forums and applied through a form few years ago but I had no response. Could you help with that?
The best thing about Duolingo was the stories all of which I completed. Recently tried them again and they have been severely edited and basically ruined. The interesting and useful phrases have been removed I'm quite pissed off.
please fix my log in on swahili. i cannot connect over the past 3 days. i was doing so well. i have tried other courses, no good, this one is easy to learn by
Im really scared.When i looked at ratings i saw people saying they lost their family 😨😨😨 But my cousin used it and nothing happened, idk if she is still using it now
The bad side of duolingo becoming a meme is that i can't find a single comment actually talking about the app, only people talking about their family being kidnapped...
I mean, it was really funny when it lasted.
Duolingo is not a bad app I know
@@UU-et3lk it's actually pretty bad. I've tried learning german for a month there and didnt learn anything. It doesnt teach you in a good order or anything. After I moved to germany I went to a class for learning german and learnt more in 2 weeks there than in one month on duolingo.
Duolingo forums during meme:
these memes are fake :/
I just want my family back
Lmao
Lol
What the heck is with the family kidnapped jokes
Me too
*Emotional music*
Did you learn Spanish?
Sí.
What did it cost?
Mi famila
Patricia Kinlein famillia
@Dancing Cats duolingo es bien
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Yo escucho español a escuela
I'm learning English (I'm spanish) :)
Duolingo is good but before using it I would recommend learning conjugations because someone with no experience would most likely get confused with why estoy, estas, esta, estamos, están all mean is/are
I think it is included on the tips and notes
Estoy. I am.
Estas. You are (Informal).
Esta. You are (Formal).
Estamos. We are.
Están. They are.
To be = Estar / Ser
I am = Estoy / Soy
You are (singular) = Estás (in most of the countrys), Está (in formally speeking) / Eres (in most of the countrys), Sos (in Argentina and Uruguay)
You are (plural) = Están (most of the countrys), Estáis (in Spain) / Son (most of the countrys), Sois (in Spain)
He/she/it is = Está / Es
We are = Estamos / Somos
They are = Están / Son
The Duolingo Spanish tree doesn't include lessons in conjugating verbs?
Bassically spanish
What I like about Duolingo is that, by stressing about spelling correctly, it helps tremendously when it comes to reading. There are letters, for an example, in Spanish that aren't pronounced the same in English. Such words include LL, J and Z. Knowing such differences in spelling has helped me to be able to learn Spanish using written materials, as well as being able to jot down new phrases that I want to go back and read.
6:30 this is why I disabled my microphone. You could sneeze and get it right, or you could perfectly pronounce the sentence and get it wrong.
I'm using Duolingo now trying to become more Spanish efficient. What I plan on doing is once I finish the tree is start watching some movies I'm familiar with in Spanish.
Cool. If you’re almost done with your tree, it’s already time to abandon Duolingo and start using LingQ. That’s just my opinion :)
When you finish the tree watching movies and listening to music is definitely the best method of learning in my experience
Fingtam Languages is LingQ also free? Before I started Duolingo, I abandoned some other programs I was using because they wanted me to start paying.
You don't have to finish the tree of you are already to a point where you can understand some of tv. If you can watch tv in language with subtitles in target language it pays off.
Douglas W once u finished the tree how fluent were u?
0:19 "it's free! You're not losing anything."
Me:are you sure about that
The price--
*your family*
Meme status: *OVERRATED*
tout est faux
@RazzelDazzel GreenHeart bruh is that thing real like idk
Duolingo: I HAVE YOUR PARENTS
I laughed when you said you could sneez into it and it will still mark it as correct :)
LionRS2014 lol gotta keep my viewers laughing!
Trooper! , The CIS has taken another command post, the GAR needs you!
I want to use Duolingo but I don't want my family to be taken by the bird. Just checking if it's worth it.
I tried it my friends never outside now🤔🤔🤔
Oh it’s probably not I don’t have a clue if that’s true are not because when you search duolingo the meme comes up not actual reviews and users
Same
Guys,I swear it does not kidnap you! It is very helpful! I swear!
It taught me “El hombre”
Doulingo: i fear no humans, but that thing
*google transelate* : hello what can i help you with?
Doulingo: it scare's me
*edit: finally i found my oldest comment ever*
Lmao
bruh
I think Duolingo is a good tool for beginners, obviously you need to learn by yourself with anothers ways , I'm learning english, And in my personal experience I before Duolingo I don't knew anything. But now I can speak with english speakers. And now also I'm learning french and is so funny because I'm learning french like english speaker.
@Mshimba Michelle good luck, you will see like Spanish is an interesting and beautiful language like any other. (Saludos desde México)
I’m also learning Spanish. I’m learning at school but I’m not learning at my own speed. I’m going to try Duolingo because it’s free and more fun.
Your English is great so far!
You write english well so keep it up
A tip:
Before Duolingo I *didn't know* anything
“It’s simple :), *Spanish or Vanish*
Russian or I'll buss in
Good review, I felt the same. it was helpful in getting me to read Hebrew outside of prayer/synagogue readings, but once I moved on to using LingQ and other resources I felt like i probably should have just done every section to 1 crown and then moved on to LingQ a lot earlier. Now I'm still focused on advancing Hebrew, but I'm using DL to do a few lessons/day in Greek so that eventually I'll shift my focus towards Greek and already be able to read the Greek alphabet with good proficiency.
Iam a Greek myself, trust me you might find it hard , but it's only the alphabet, the grammar is well hard, but simpler than german etc
I'm a language teacher and I don't think Duolingo has the best methodology (the guys who developed it aren't linguists or teachers). But even if it's not the best in terms of methodology, it's great to keep learners motivated and engaged.. And that can make a big difference in learning. Learning a language is like going to the gym... you won't build muscles by lifting weights for 30 hours in a row... You need to build your strength little by little, day by day, and get bigger and bigger... But if you stop, you'll lose a lot. Even a little each day can keep your strength and make a big difference. I would say that this "gamification", even with a simple methodology, is the revolution of Duolingo in making people keep in touch with the language. I've been studying languages for more than 20 years... I've never seen a course that keeps learners so engaged... Even people like my mother who were never interested in language learning.
been using duolingo for quite a while now. and it helped me a lot!
When will Duolingo give my family back
I used Duolingo for 5 months
I never missed a single lesson
@@flyingspinners1 Me to
By the way today was my first lesson😅😅😅
Thanks for the review Kevin Love
I think duolingo can be good, if you know how to use it. For example:
Duolingo teach you how to say "Nice to meet you" in japanese (よろしく/Yoroshiku), then you search about it and discover that Yoroshiku doesn't NECESSARILY means "Nice to meet you", it can also mean "Treat me well", "I am looking forward to work with you", "Be gentle" and etc... And you also discover that you can also add お願いします(onegaishimasu), which makes the sentence more polite and you can use it depending the context.
I hope I made my point clear, since english is not my main language.
You literally said nothing in this huge comment. "I'm a weeb and I can use Google"
@@bakaraymoo7389 I am just saying it can be a good start for searches. Instead of just go search in blind
I kind of want to learn Japanese, but I don't want to lose my family or my knees either.
agree QwQ 👌
@DMG Tv oh good lord
I’m not gonna lie.. my first word I was learning was “blood”..
I got a sentence from duo “I am drinking and you are paying”
i once got a "are you my cat?" and "I am her horse"
I got stop simping
Keep up the awesome work ur Chanel is amazing man!!! I live where u are going!
Hi Samantha! Thanks for the comment and the encouragement. And welcome to my channel! :)
I only started last night and I'm already level 3 on most lessons 😭 I can't stop using it
I started French yesterday and I’m a little bit addicted
My opinion? It works. I’ve been learning for over 3 years now and I stood out in class. It helped me build vocabulary and helped with my grammar. Sure i still have other sources but during the pandemic that’s my number one source for learning. Btw I’m learning French
Yeah, I think it is fine for the beginning, but you soon grow out of it. I definitely would not stick to Duolingo for over 3 years, but that's just me.
@@FingtamLanguages Oh didn't expect a response. I still think it's useful honestly. It taught me quite some things even now. Mostly because of the new story modes. They help a lot.
I'm starting to learn German with Duolingo. I was curious to see if it works, thanks for making this video.
What other techniques/apps do you recommend?
Dedra Vaughan Hi! Thanks for the comment:) I really like LingQ, Pimsleur, and Memrise
i really love watching your videos.
They are really helpful. Thank you.
Thanks Ann! :)
Well thought-out and explained critique. Thank you.
good points, especially about Duolingo requiring almost 100% accuracy in spelling...
It does work! I gotta admit! I just got it today and I already learned some spanish
As a person from Greece, I want to learn Spanish and speak it fluently after some years, and I've found Duolingo to help me on my progress.
But as you said too, It's not the best way to actually learn a language fluently, so what would you recommend on learning a language fluently?
Get a language course, better if you take one in the particular country whose language you intend to learn.
Move to Spain? Immersion in a culture is the fastest, but most intense way to learn.
Playing with the Spanish tree on Duolingo, I have to say I was never able to take advantage of the social and community features. The system absolutely hates Hotmail; even after they told me that they manually confirmed my email after I tried and failed several times on my own, it *still* demands that I confirm my email!
Other than that, I used to like it, but it's become overly repetitive (Memrise seems to recognize how quickly I learn, even if it's still too perfectionist).
Im close to mastering German and I decided to start a new language on the side, instead of Japanese, Chinese, French, Spanish etc, as a part of my heritage I’m doing Scottish Gaelic
I’ve only started the French courses tonight but it’s working very well for me, obviously I can’t say it’s fantastic because I literally started it like 30m ago but still it’s pretty nice and I think I can get somewhere with it. But there’s one thing I’ve been doing that I need to work on, Spanish and French are similar languages and I’ve done 3 years of Spanish in school so I will sometimes pronounce some things in Spanish rather than French because it’s just what I’m used to. So I’m trying to fix that.
Literally me rn omg
I am currently using Duolingo so I can learn some Korean and even though I just got it..I'm already at alphabet 2 which honestly I thought that I would never get past Alphabet 1..
Glad to hear it’s helping you :)
at least it's easier than the Cyrillic alphabet (Russian ver.). Took me forever to memorize it. Korean took much less time which is surprising coming from an Asian language you'd expect to have a super complicated alphabet.
For me, their alphabet is easy to learn. I just can't recognize what character that should be use when hearing a word. Like they have o and eo or e and ae.
Sorry, what are the methods on 5:07?
The real question is:Does it kidnap your family!?!!
FᏌKᏌᎠᎪ RO yes
Cry Ew you have to be joking
/r woooosh
Cry Ew no
At this point I don’t like the meme any more
Bro I'm learning turkish and German using doulingo can you please help how can i learn the language fast what i have to do
Great vid. What stage would you say is the point in which you stop using and move to other things? What other methods do you use?
I am trying to learn English with Duolingo, how well am I doing? I started a year ago.
The cat no’s that it’s mamis would be proud when he shows her his her grades.
The only way to truly learn a language is to speak it with native speakers. You do need to build up a good level of vocabulary and if it's an asian or middle eastern language then also knowledge of the writing system in order to build a foundation. I actually think Doulingo is pretty good for this. It's not the fastest way to learn vocabulary and writing systems but it's very good and drilling it and helping you remember it.
Honestly, most ADORABLE youtuber ever.
Is it safe to use?
I'm Irish and I'm want to learn and be fluent in gealic. This is my 2nd day on duoling and I already know how to read how to say man,woman,girl and I can read boy but can't say boy. I'm on level 4 of basic 1....
This was really helpful! I just started Arabic today, and after I reach A2, I’m gonna leave Duo and find a new way to advance!
But not yet cuz I just started 😂👌
בהצלחה 😀
I just started using it today because I want to learn Japanese, just checking if it's worth it
I could tell
I want to learn Japanese too! N a n i
I started learning a while ago and I can say that using English as your base marker really isn’t helpful, how’s your time been learning Japanese
Im learning Indonesian and people are saying some words are wrong and im concerned
*tries to sleep*
You may not sleep now, as there are monsters nearby
Doulingo: you have failed two lessons I'm not gonna let it slide
What’s a good free source you can use to learn a language from scratch then?
I just started french
Iliana Rodriguez Bon chance !
Ngl, Duolingo is actually amazing, it’s not the “master a language in a few days” good, but it’s useful, give it a few months or a year and you’ll be good enough to uphold most conversations, and the whole lives system, while it looks like it’s total bullcrap, it’s actually good, since when you run out (which you inevitably will on your first few weeks) you can do a “practice” run for an extra life which will further polish your skills in that language, and having only one life gives you that feeling of “i can’t make a mistake” which further helps with you learning the language since you’ll be more likely to remember he right answers, and even if you do make a mistake, well, it’s time for the practice run to further polish your skills.
Overall i think it’s great, for both beginners and intermediate level speakers, not for pros since, why the hell do you even need it if ur a pro-
I'm just starting to learn English. I using Duolingo, LingoDeer and dictionary. I'm also watch TV shows in English
Great. Glad to hear you're so motivated to learn English!
@@FingtamLanguages You're very motivational. )) You seem very friendly.)
0:21 it’s free your not losing anything
Huh oh really?
Not really, you do lose time watching ads between lessons. No such thing as a free lunch. Anywhere.
i dont have a way to learn German so i think this might be good, glad you made this video! 👍
the main problem i have with it (And it is an unfixable one i think) is that i can only learn it "through" english. With english being my second language, i sometimes feels like the stuff is not sticking becouse i'm having to focus on 2 languages at once.
Looks like some of you have not done spanish lession now beg in spanish and if u dont u know what happens
Is there an app where you can actually talk with people learning the lenguage, but in a way where you learn it more like the way the natives speak it.
P.S saludos desde puerto Rico
Yes, it's called Italki
There's an app called HelloTalk where you can chat with real people who want to teach/learn languages, you can also join group chats and it makes it more useful/fun. I've been using it for 2 years for Japanese.
I am currently studying swedish with Duolingo, to understand PewDiePie more lmao
What's better, desktop or mobile?
there are two types of languages on duolingo
the ones that kills your family if you quit
and the ones that are really fun
but the quickest and easiest way of finding out which is which, is by blindly choosing and finding out by experience
i was lucky and got a good one that had detailed explanation, lots of nerdy references and is long and detailed
it’s norwegian
Thanks, it was very helpful!
My pleasure! Thanks for the comment :)
Whats a better app for learning languages?
There used to be a chart of conjugations for each verb but they took it out a while ago
can we connect to teamviewer while test of duolingo ?
The bad: IF YOU MISS SPANISH YOU VANISH
My biggest complaint of Duolingo is the writers aren’t fluent in English, example “Do you read a lot?” Is correct but “Do you read much? Is incorrect🤦🏻♂️ like WTF???
what are the best ways you find to actually learn a language fluently? Are there any other apps besides duolingo that helps with that? I'm trying to learn French fluently.
Oh yeah, there’s plenty of other products that are way better than Duolingo. I would recommend LingQ, Pimsleur, Lyrics Training, HelloTalk, and iTalki.
@@FingtamLanguages thank you i'll check those out. Are some free
@@queenunicorn9729 LingQ has a free version, but it's not very good. I highly reccomend the paid version because it is only 10 dollars a month. Hellotalk, and Lyrics Training are both Free.
OF COURSE IT WORKS
DONT LISTEN TO HIM
ok boomer
@@chuzzle ok communist
@@Es-zb8vu ok weeb
@@chuzzle I hope it doesn't kidnap my family.
Persionally i use Duolingo to really hammer in what i've learned from other sources, because there is SO MUCH repetition, it's great. It's also a good way of picking up new words. But it's a bad place to learn grammar. Duolingo is a great supplement. Something I really dislike about Duolingo is that you don't get enough writing practice. You spend most of your time translating a sentence into english, when i'd much rather have it the other way around (you can do the reverse tree for this though).
edit: great tip btw is to watch cartoons in your target language! Peppa pig is especially good because it is simple and they repeat words and sentences a lot which is great.
Does it really get on to you for missing a lesson?
If Duolingo is not the best way to learn, then what are the alternatives?
What you people think about Dualipa? the good and the bad.. I am all ears!
thanks for your opinion, I think that I'm in B1 level in English, and I'm wondering if Duolingo worth
What or is there any other (sorry but free)apps you would recommend?
I just hate how little Duo Lingo explains about language mechanics or context. I tried Japanese and I'm glad I actually had some pre-existing knowledge of the language beforehand, or I'd have come away with a very misinformed view.
Basically, Duo Lingo's mostly good as a complement to other, more thorough language learning processes.
I was going great with Duo but about 7 or 8 months ago, they changed their system.. A couple of things happened.
First, they started placing words that were very similar to each other in the same sudy unit. For me, this increased the difficulty of remembering the words (I am still lost with some of the words from when this first happened.
Second, they removed the ability to do the SAME exact lesson over and over. Another thing that gave me difficulty. I went from doing a lesson 7 to 12 times and by the end, (writing it out forwards and backwards all these time was heping me remember and understand) I knew a lot of it.
Third they seem to have become too smart by half with their acceptance or rejection of an answer. (They seem to be more into trying to trick a person rather than guide them through the learning process - they can keep their ego, I am more interested in having systems that help me learn. I don't need to be "put in my place" as to what I know and what I don't know, my ego has been smashed many times throughout my life, so accepting help and accepting constructive criticism are easy now). It should be quite simple, but whatever criteria they are using means that sometimes something is accepted and at other times it is not.
I must say, that for about 4 to 6 weeks now, I am simply going back and completing levels of the earlier stuff as I have lost the moivation to push forward with it- (I was doing between 15 and 25 lessons a day. Most revision but one or 2 every day new. But now, I am content just doing 3 lessons to keep my continuous streak going as this is my indication as to how many days I have actually been studying my new language). --- Especially with such inconsistencies in their acceptance of an answer - the frustration level is off the scale.
Will I keep using it? Of course. It's free and there is still a lot of stuff to benefit from. But am I as much in love with it as I was before? No )))
Thanks for the detailed review :)
Duolingo be like: how many languages do you want to learn?
Yes
Sí
Oui
Tak
Blyat
Cyka
Mi familia
Isnt blyat bitch in russian?
Le Monke yessir
Oo
Wen
Yutninam
Tangina
Shuta
Le Monke it means fuck
They have Klingon and the other line from game of thrones
So I have been learning Japanese on Duolingo (call me a weeb if you want). I have loved it but I have one major issue with it. The info panel that gives background on what you will learn hasn’t explained some of the stuff that is in the lesson and that confuses me sometimes. The thing legit gave me kanji after 4 lessons and the thing didn’t explain. Thank god it explained after a few questions but it was confusing nevertheless. Nothing like going from hiragana right into the dang kanji. Other than that it is a pretty good app.
That's true. They added kanji even if you were just learning either Hiragana or Katakana, but I think it's realistic too since Nihongo uses 3 scripts irl.
@La-Eiyella Perida yea, it really caught me off guard but I am doing well with it as of now and I just hit my one month streak and I can’t wait to continue.
does duolingo contain the material (words, grammar rules, phrases...) to have a B1 level in foreign language that you're learning?
Do you think using duolingo and watching movies and reading is a good learning technique? Or do you really need to do other stuff than duolingo and watching and reading?
Duolingo, watching, and reading are a good start, but you need to speak with people too. If you start having a conversation with someone online for half an hour twice a week, all in your target langauge, you will notice yourself getting better quickly. iTalki, and Hellotalk are good apps for finding people to practice with.
I'm learning Swedish right now. Help i don't think half these words are actually able to be pronounced.
My new Duolingo review is coming out in about an hour! You can check that one out for more tips on how to learn Swedish :)
ua-cam.com/video/1LkWzrpJRRc/v-deo.html
Nice lumberjack costume! Was it Halloween when you recorded this or something?
Every day is halloween when you're me!
xs10z Is your face from halloween?
i mean its better than buying a book (or just a pdf) because they go really in depth its basically your K-6th years learning grammar squished into a book its really confusing
Me: *can say hi in Spanish*
Duo: *not good enough*
Me: *sings despacito in Spanish*
Duo: *better*
Someone please tell if this is actually real because my best friend downloaded duolingo
Lmao
Please teach how do I go learning from beginner chapter 1 to chapter 2?
I am not able to go to 2nd chapter that always stay on chapter 1,there is no sign i can find from Duolingor apps to change pages to the next..
Please teach..thank you
Can anyone please tell the one who is using duolingo from long time is it all time free or not🙏
There are so many videos about duolingo kidnapping people or killing them I know those are memes but I’m still scared to install the app
There is no reason to be afraid of the app.
@@FingtamLanguages thanks for the confirmation
Ok I really want to learn lots of languages but before I download duolingo..
Do I actually lose my family XD
Cause y’all are making me have second thoughts.
I don’t want to stress
No it's just a meme
You don't actually lose your family
You know, portuguese is my native language, which makes the pronunciation issue much more easy, since we have a big set of sounds.
i am learning english, im not beginner any more . So which app or website do you suggest ? give me some comment
LingQ! lol
@@FingtamLanguages thank you, i will be back when finish 100 days
Answer is simple no duolingo is waste of time
I also think it's not very time-efficient. I use it form time to time. Yet I do get annoyed by problems with typos, by the fact that within one set I might get various translations of the very same sentence and if I write a correct but different one it's seen as incorrect. That's getting on my nerves. Plus strange, artificial sentences like "bee eats the sandwich" or something like it. In this sense regular audio courses like Pimsleur with natural conversations are way better. But I think it helps me memorize articles which go with German nouns. So it's not a complete waste of time. But I need to take breaks from it since after some time it does get a bit annoying and sometimes too slow, if I check up against my list of short term learning goals. Some things can be achieved easier and faster with more traditional methods. To me it's nice addition sometimes, but not stand alone method of learning.
I haven't seen "bee eats the sandwich", but I keep seeing "they write in the sugar" on the Italian course. 😂
I work for Duolingo and now we are doing live lessons with real coaches.
Lol I tought you wrote "Roaches"
hahahaha :D
If you work for them please suggest on the app being able to work with phone flipped horizontally. Thanks.
I suggested to work as volunteer to help to make Arabic lessons in the forums and applied through a form few years ago but I had no response. Could you help with that?
How?
I want to communicate with my best mate as he's a native speaker of Spanish
The best thing about Duolingo was the stories all of which I completed. Recently tried them again and they have been severely edited and basically ruined. The interesting and useful phrases have been removed I'm quite pissed off.
please fix my log in on swahili. i cannot connect over the past 3 days. i was doing so well. i have tried other courses, no good, this one is easy to learn by
Is this app good to learn Arabic?
Im really scared.When i looked at ratings i saw people saying they lost their family 😨😨😨
But my cousin used it and nothing happened, idk if she is still using it now
It's a meme
You better say yes if you want to see your family again. This is a message from the duolingo owl
אבל משפחתי תמיד איתי...