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by SweNedGuy
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: I fell for the "create your avatar" scam and lost my picture!
Replies: 44
Views: 3574
Belgium

Re: I fell for the "create your avatar" scam and lost my picture!

The 'edit my profile' now has been replaced by 'edit my avatar' in my case. You can bypass the 'edit my avatar' trap preceding 'edit my profile' but the only way around is safeguarding some of the 'edit my profile' bookmarks. Such as: https://www.duolingo.com/settings/account This immediately also g...
by SweNedGuy
Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: We used to talk together (en -> pt)
Replies: 0
Views: 62
Belgium

We used to talk together (en -> pt)

How DuoLingo teaches you bad Portuguese:

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Hey, you should have guessed there was a typo in our sentence! Poor sucker, now we steal a heart from you!

by SweNedGuy
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:48 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Weekly Stats
Replies: 14
Views: 909
Belgium

Re: Weekly Stats

Weekly stats missing seems to affect few users only. Megustaduo1 (another Belgian) and Hoppi (no location mentioned) are the other victims. Normally Duo sends the stats e-mail in the base language you use to learn your target language. For many people this will only be English. It is more complicate...
by SweNedGuy
Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Cheating in Duolingo?
Replies: 54
Views: 15016
Belgium

Re: Cheating in Duolingo?

(...(I've seen some profiles where users have been members for >2000days, with > 1.5 Million, yes million (!) XP but they haven't completed level 10 of the quests... Not all the quests are available/visible on all the platforms. For instance I mostly use my computer for language learning, so I use ...
by SweNedGuy
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting Duome
Topic: Crowns disappeared
Replies: 29
Views: 2528
Belgium

Re: Crowns disappeared

Same here: all crowns have been removed from my DuoMe profile for all active DL courses. Crowns only remain for some courses I deleted long ago. Those are merely a relic from the past. The only useful progress indication now would be your position along the path. Such as: Section 4, Unit 4 out of 12...
by SweNedGuy
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: 12000 XP in a few hours
Replies: 17
Views: 1216
Belgium

Re: 12000 XP in a few hours

Thanks all for info. Just seeing more really high scores lately and it seems that the aim to learn a new language is secondary to playing a game That's sadly the case for many DL users. I improve my language skills more listening to native speakers than I do learning those languages on Duolingo. Yo...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:32 am
Forum: Clozemaster
Topic: Clozemaster : very pushy to PRO
Replies: 3
Views: 504
Belgium

Re: Clozemaster : very pushy to PRO

On the Proboards forums (access after subscribing only), Linda7italian is a convinced user of Clozemaster. After she more or less left Duolingo, she first turned to Busuu, complementing it later on with Clozemaster.

by SweNedGuy
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Second thoughts about 'Friend suggestions'
Replies: 0
Views: 478
Belgium

Second thoughts about 'Friend suggestions'

On your DL profile page, you always notice a few 'Friend suggestions'. They are some of the 'friends of friends'. I have grown wary about those 'friend suggestions' after checking their weekly performances. Too often it looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/SeoOaRS.jpeg (I have blanked the user name....
by SweNedGuy
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: 12000 XP in a few hours
Replies: 17
Views: 1216
Belgium

Re: 12000 XP in a few hours

System 1: 80-120XP about 2 minutes apart cannot yield 12000 XP in two hours. At a constant maximum of 120XP every two minutes you get a maximum of 30 x 120XP = 3600XP per hour or 60 x 120XP = 7200XP for two hours. Hence the raw data on DuoMe should show another anomaly. I've read about the trick wit...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:46 pm
Forum: Solución de problemas
Topic: Duolingo no me deja seguir a otros usuarios
Replies: 1
Views: 424
Belgium

Re: Duolingo no me deja seguir a otros usuarios

Bajo: "Ayuda y Administración de cuentas" encontrarás el enlace siguiente: https://www.duolingo.com/help/10/find-follow-and-block-users Figura este asunto específico : No puedo seguir a otros usuarios. ¿Qué puedo hacer? Asegúrate de que tu correo electrónico esté verificado. Si tu cuenta e...
by SweNedGuy
Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Discussions
Topic: Studying Closely-related Languages
Replies: 16
Views: 1395
Belgium

Re: Studying Closely-related Languages

Closely-related Languages spoken in adjacent regions usually result in a dialect continuum in the spoken language. There are multiple examples. Hereby I describe what I am most familiar with: The long border between the Netherlands and Germany gives rise to a multiple dialect continuum. In the north...
by SweNedGuy
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Portugués
Topic: Cuantos niveles duolingo tiene el aprendizaje de portugués
Replies: 9
Views: 760
Belgium

Re: Cuantos niveles duolingo tiene el aprendizaje de portugués

Mis experiencias con el curso El curso de portugués a partir del español hace hincapié en palabras afines. La estructura de la frase a menudo se distorsiona para reflejar la oración portuguesa. Si no eres hispanohablante, esto puede deteriorar tu nivel de español. Al final del curso, la "Etapa...
by SweNedGuy
Sun Feb 04, 2024 10:38 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Weekly Stats
Replies: 14
Views: 909
Belgium

Weekly Stats

Since Jan 27, I no longer receive the weekly statistics from Duolingo.
Anybody more is missing out on them?

My 'communication settings' keep welcoming weekly statistics. (I did not 'unsubscribe'.)

by SweNedGuy
Tue Jan 30, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Danish
Topic: Danish numerals: think of French (and German)
Replies: 1
Views: 274
Belgium

Danish numerals: think of French (and German)

Danish numerals from 50 onwards are in base 20 instead of 10 (though 'syntetic 10 based names' are sometimes used to facilitate communication with other Scandinavians.) Numerals in base 20: think of French: quatre-vingts for 80. In Danish they write 'Firs', However 70 is 'halvfjerds'. (Half way to '...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: Requests new Duome features
Topic: Swedish forum
Replies: 13
Views: 951
Belgium

Re: Swedish forum

Swedish can be learnt from English, Spanish and Arab on Duolingo. The course from Russian has been in preparation since ages, but it got never completed. The vast majority of Swedish learners, take their course from English. At the other hand, no courses from Swedish to any other language are offere...
by SweNedGuy
Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting Duome
Topic: Activity stream on Duome stopped updating
Replies: 11
Views: 2242
Belgium

Re: Activity stream on Duome stopped updating

The refresh button in DuoMe (with subsequent page reload) works well to complete the Raw data graph and to get the correct streak length. https://i.imgur.com/2VrhTLx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/VsCXDS6.jpg That is as far as it goes. The XP total differs by about 10.000; Duolingo being more generous. You...
by SweNedGuy
Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:37 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: Share some heroes of multilinguist or polyglot you know
Replies: 12
Views: 877
Belgium

Re: Share some heroes of multilinguist or polyglot you know

Corinnebelle wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:19 pm

@SweNedGuy Is SK Slovakia?

You got it right: https://www.iban.com/country-codes

by SweNedGuy
Tue Jan 16, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: Resources
Topic: French vs Italian - How Similar Are They?!
Replies: 21
Views: 1586
Belgium

Re: French vs Italian - How Similar Are They?!

Quando l'italiano copia il francese. A joint Youtube video by Davide (Podcast Italiano) and Elisa (French Mornings with Elisa). The YT video is mostly in Italian with some comments in French. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRIJHEG7Blg It also provides an answer to: when Italian was most influenced...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:04 am
Forum: Random Thoughts
Topic: Share some heroes of multilinguist or polyglot you know
Replies: 12
Views: 877
Belgium

Re: Share some heroes of multilinguist or polyglot you know

By adding a few proficient polyglots, I would also like to revive this thread. Richard Simcott (UK) speaks 16 languages, but he has studied about 50 languages at some period during his life. Lydia Machova (SK) is fluent in seven foreign languages (besides Czech and Slovak). She has a site language m...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Enormous XP
Replies: 13
Views: 75962
Belgium

Re: Enormous XP

@SweNedGuy Those numbers are significantly lower than my experience. My recollection is that the #1's in the leagues that I've been in are rarely below 10,000 and usually around 20,000, and occasionally way higher. This past week it was around 30,000. XP certainly isn't a good measure of learning p...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Jan 09, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Enormous XP
Replies: 13
Views: 75962
Belgium

Re: Enormous XP

Whereas XP boosters have been around since long on the app, they have been absent from the Duolingo website until recently. Even now double XP boosters only come at the end of a round of lessons. They last for 15 minutes. DL learners engaged in friend quests get a double XP booster reward upon compl...
by SweNedGuy
Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:11 pm
Forum: Achievements
Topic: My 1234 days streak
Replies: 4
Views: 522
Belgium

My 1234 days streak

That goes back to subscribing to DL on 20 Aug 2020. Whereas 90% of DL users will easily attain a 12 days streak, I estimate that only 9% will attain a 123 days streak. DL mentions that less than 6% of users ever attain a one year streak, so my estimate can't be too far off. A 1234 days streak should...
by SweNedGuy
Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:24 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting Duome
Topic: Golden Owls Error
Replies: 8
Views: 53713
Belgium

Re: Golden Owls Error

Soon after the introduction of the snake, I also lost my Swedish owl. It is the only course where all skills are gold. Moreover, the first 25 skills are legendary. I'm still working my way through the champion chapter with plenty of repetitions. The situation is similar for German (from Dutch), but ...
by SweNedGuy
Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:15 am
Forum: Om svenska kultur
Topic: Glad Sankta Lucia
Replies: 5
Views: 513
Belgium

Re: Glad Sankta Lucia

... and then there are leap seconds to keep the time in check with the daily rotation of the earth around its axis. Leap seconds used to be rare events since they were introduced in 1972. Sometimes there were two every year, in other years there were none. But lately leap seconds have become more an...
by SweNedGuy
Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:43 pm
Forum: Om svenska kultur
Topic: Glad Sankta Lucia
Replies: 5
Views: 513
Belgium

Re: Glad Sankta Lucia

(...) I'll do some maths to make sure I understand. Orthodox Christmas (Julian Calendar) will be on 7th Jan. 2024. Julian calendar is thus 13 days ahead of the Georgian calendar. That would imply that "Julian" 13th December will fall on Gregorian 26th December this year. The Julian calend...
by SweNedGuy
Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Om svenska kultur
Topic: Glad Sankta Lucia
Replies: 5
Views: 513
Belgium

Re: Glad Sankta Lucia

(...) I'll do some maths to make sure I understand. Orthodox Christmas (Julian Calendar) will be on 7th Jan. 2024. Julian calendar is thus 13 days ahead of the Georgian calendar. That would imply that "Julian" 13th December will fall on Gregorian 26th December this year. The Julian calend...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: Om svenska kultur
Topic: Glad Sankta Lucia
Replies: 5
Views: 513
Belgium

Glad Sankta Lucia

Den 13 december firas Sankta Lucia i Sverige https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2-Q_ObdE-4 På svenska: Sankta Lucia Natten går tunga fjät runt gård och stuva. Kring jord som sol förlät, skuggorna ruva. Då i vårt mörka hus, stiger med tända ljus, Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia. Natten var stor och stum. Nu...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:57 am
Forum: I speak English
Topic: How stories help you learn languages
Replies: 6
Views: 818
Belgium

Re: How stories help you learn languages

The Duolingo podcasts are very useful as more extended stories in this respect. You can both listen and understand or read the transcript if it seems a bit hard. Intermediate Spanish learners can also listen to the inverse podcast: English from Spanish. The narrator then speaks Spanish. I sometimes ...
by SweNedGuy
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: Italian
Topic: Skill 4-4 Subj. Pres. - tough sentences
Replies: 4
Views: 349
Belgium

Re: Skill 4-4 Subj. Pres. - tough sentences

"Lascia ch' io pianga"
"Lasciami piangere"
Entrambi sono fragmenti di testo (Haendel, DiDonato). La costruzione con l'infinito mi sembra più comune.

by SweNedGuy
Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: XP Inflation
Replies: 49
Views: 7582
Belgium

Re: XP Inflation

Diamond leagues starting on Mondays usually are filled with homogeneous groups of learners. Exclusive website users are grouped Long streak learners are overrepresented in some leagues. According to Duolingo only 6.6% of learners have a streak over one year. Yet in my league, I often notice more tha...

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