Duolingo

[CountVanBadger]

I decided to try using Duolingo to learn Japanese today. I just finished using up my 25 free energy points, and I'm surprised by how intuitive the whole thing feels. No idea if I'm actually going to commit to this or not, but at least I know how to order rice, sushi, green tea, and water if I ever end up in Japan somehow.

Have any of you used Duolingo to learn a new language? Is it actually an effective tool, or am I wasting my time with it?

 

[Avarice_Of_The_Seven]

My sister used to learn Spanish using Duolingo and she said that it's rather helpful. I personally never really tried it but my Sister used to blabber a lot in some language that was supposedly spanish... So I guess it really does work.

 

[Worthy39]

My sister used to learn Spanish using Duolingo and she said that it's rather helpful. I personally never really tried it but my used to blabber a lot in some language that was supposedly spanish... So I guess it really does work.

Used to? I'm sorry for your loss. She must've forgotten to do her Spanish homework one day, and you know what that means...

 

[Avarice_Of_The_Seven]

Used to? I'm sorry for your loss. She must've forgotten to do her Spanish homework one day, and you know what that means...

I mean, we both live independently now so how will I know what she does now?

 

[Worthy39]

I mean, we both live independently now so how will I know what she does now?

Man, you ruined the joke...

 

[rileykifer]

I tried it for German back when it first became popular, and it was helpful up until I got past the basics. It started quizzing me on longer sentences that I kept getting wrong, without ever explaining that their word order is different than in english, or teaching me anything past "this word means that." It can be a useful tool, but imo you can't fully learn a language off it alone. (Then again, it's been about ten years since I last used it, so maybe it's gotten better.)

 

[EntonaVZ]

Honestly, it's not for me. It doesn't help me learn the structure for writing well in English, and to learn more about speaking another language, it's better to speak with a native speaker.

 

[CountVanBadger]

without ever explaining that their word order is different than in english

I'm still only on the first set of lessons, but it did stop to explain that "desu" means "it is" and that in Japanese you put it at the end of the sentence and not the beginning. So "It is rice" would be "Gohan desu."

 

[RepresentingSilence]

I've been using it for a full year to learn irish i even went ahead and bought super duolingo life has been getting in the way lately and duo feels a bit like a job but when I do it I still have fun and with it

Go raibh maith agat as éisteacht liom

 

[BigBadBoi]

I decided to try using Duolingo

Don't. Duolingo is trash for learning ANY language. It basically just gives you a few quizzes with zero substance so you can keep coming back daily. Learn with literally any other app. Just learn with Anki and other similar apps.
There was also the controversy with duolingo laying off a employees for AI. Honestly don't see the hype outside of the duolingo memes that stopped being funny years ago.

 

[Tetrahedron]

I decided to try using Duolingo to learn Japanese today. I just finished using up my 25 free energy points, and I'm surprised by how intuitive the whole thing feels. No idea if I'm actually going to commit to this or not, but at least I know how to order rice, sushi, green tea, and water if I ever end up in Japan somehow.

Have any of you used Duolingo to learn a new language? Is it actually an effective tool, or am I wasting my time with it?

my lazy bum in the past prevents me from fully committing on learning it ?

 

[Shamiko]

I currently have 1k+ streak, have finished the Catalan tree, working on the German one, and have the Japanese one on hold. It's part of my daily rutine and I love it. Duolingo can be pretty annoying sometimes, but you get used to it. Just don't use it as your main tool. It's best to use other websites and resources as well to get any actual learning done.

 

[Anonjohn20]

am I wasting my time with it?

You are not; the only way to learn a language is to immerse yourself in it, so if you don't have people to talk with in that language, then apps/programs like Duolingo and/or Rosetta Stone tend to help as long as you are consistent with them. The caveat is that the app alone won't be enough, you still need to try and speak it with other people, read and write in the language, etc.

 

[ElijahRyne]

I decided to try using Duolingo to learn Japanese today. I just finished using up my 25 free energy points, and I'm surprised by how intuitive the whole thing feels. No idea if I'm actually going to commit to this or not, but at least I know how to order rice, sushi, green tea, and water if I ever end up in Japan somehow.

Have any of you used Duolingo to learn a new language? Is it actually an effective tool, or am I wasting my time with it?

It is a supplementary tool, rather than a main tool to learn a language.