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The names of two world-class athletes sound terrible in Indonesian. I'm so sorry for them. Hina Hayata (most successful female table tennis player from Japan) -- " Hina " in Indonesian means "ignorable" or "miserable". Mohamed Salah (superstar of Liverpool FC in the Pre...

eI000yo Just my opinion, but you have misread the topic. Let me rephrase my previous comment "sorry for her" and "off topic" this way: I'm sorry for her not being aware of the nature of untamed "languagelearning" subreddit. She opened a so-called "promotional AMA&...

After the release of the 2023 Duolingo Language Report , Dr. Bozena Pajak , the VP of Learning & Curriculum at Duolingo, started an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) thread on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/18amdqp/ama_im_the_head_of_learning_at_duolingo_sharing/ You ...

dakanga Word-for-word translation doesn't work well. So, here is my free translation. Of course. feel free to modify and repost it on a relevant thread. --- We're all in this together 快適な掲示板利用のための重要事項 We are a global community accessible for ALL and for this forum to be a place we can all have fun ...

Jim606185 Some native speakers explained on HiNative that " ia " is a formal version of " dia " and you will find "ia" more often in newspaper articles than in daily conversations. "Dia" refers only to human beings (he/she) whereas "ia" (he/she/it) ...

@Corinnebelle As far as I know, there are two good platforms as an alternative for Duolingo's former incubator program (user-generated course development): Memrise and Clozemaster . Memrise and Clozemaster allow ordinary users to share their own learning content (either in the form of single words/p...

@Alexalit I'm also learning Indonesian and would like to recommend you 1) Clozemaster and 2) LingQ as post-Duolingo apps. Clozemaster is similar to Duolingo, but gives you more difficult vocab. Read my review on the two apps here: https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?p=16794-good-free-language-speci...

I guess Fluyo may work for some people. But no thanks, I'll definitely pass. This is just from my personal view, and sorry in advance if my comment hurts you. But Fluyo is full of elements that I HATED so much about Duolingo. After the IPO, Duolingo introduced many gamification features, all of whic...

Hi all, I've started using Polygloss a couple of weeks ago. As others mentioned, there weren't enough active users. So, I posted an invitation message on Reddit's Indonesian learners' community (my target language). Since then, I got connected with several diligent friends and my learning efficiency...

There was a heated debate on a sentence discussion for the Duolingo Indonesian from English course: "Should Duolingo give us word-for-word translations or free translations?" I recently opened the same poll on Reddit , asking which approach would better work for Clozemaster, another langua...

Many users have already left harsh review comments with one star out of five on Apple App Store, which will directly impact on acquiring prospective users and thereby the corporate profitability. Go to the Store and sort it by "recent comments". You can also find a similar movement on Twit...

[mention]fremanolas[/mention] Many Duolingo users are experiencing the same issue and they shared it on Reddit . I saw dozens of such a report everyday. Also, some users complained that they haven't got the update yet although Duolingo officially announced that all users would get it on November 1st...

[mention]dakanga[/mention] ANKI , Memrise , Quizlet , and Clozemaster are probably top 4 digital flashcard apps. Among them, ANKI is sometimes overrated and some other fellow learners on Reddit criticize ANKI. Personally, I switched from ANKI to Clozemaster for several reasons including TTS. I canno...

As [mention]MatOzone[/mention] explained, the incubator page simply sets the expected release date as tomorrow and increments it by one. As far as I know, this situation has been the same since early July. I don't think isiZulu is coming soon because the Duolingo official partner set the application...

The developer of Polygloss posted a new release note on Reddit three months ago. According to them, the target users of Polygloss are intermediate learners (or very brave beginners). Polygloss may enable you to improve your output skills. I guess Polygloss requires users to be more proactive than on...

Thank you [mention]ARCANA-MVSA[/mention] for your informative follow-up comment! I'll refer to it when someone is looking for alternatives. I think many Duolingo users (including prospective ones) expect too much solely of Duo. But Duo or any other learning materials cannot be a "one-size-fits-...

[mention]ARCANA-MVSA[/mention] I'm very impressed with your comprehensive review! I wish your review comment can be one of the sticky posts (but I know a reply cannot be separately sticky.) Can you kindly categorize your recommendations into two groups: A: "alternatives" and B: "post-...

[mention]Zimozie[/mention] Many of the sentences on Tatoeba are sourced to Clozemaster (self-claimed "post-Duolingo" app). It's a freemium app like Duolingo. Most of the basic features are for free. I post my review comment on Clozemaster here: https://forum.duome.eu/viewtopic.php?p=16794-...

[mention]Athenais21st[/mention] As far as I know, this is the latest post on Reddit about the new path for TestFlight users (posted 4 days ago). How to get new learning “path” on IOS! https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/v91f9b/how_to_get_new_learning_path_on_ios/ No one there mentioned a &quo...

There are a lot of people here that speak English as a second language. You wouldn't even know it, they including you, write so well, their English is so good! Just in case, let me clarify what I said. Fluency isn't the key, unfortunately... I assume the OP wants to get more tactical tips such as: ...

I have two recommendations which are usually undervalued and not frequently mentioned: Clozemaster and LingQ . 1. Clozemaster Clozemaster (CM) self-claims it as "a post-Duolingo app". You need to complete Duolingo courses in your target language(s) before CM because CM doesn't teach you ba...

Thank you [mention]lama.03[/mention] for your follow-up answer! A Japanese/English speaker once told that it's easier for him to learn Arabic from Japanese than from English when it comes to grammar and conjugations. Your informative explanation is in line with his experience. @MsFixer Does Duolingo...

Thank you so much for enlightening me! I feel now that Syrian Arabic and North African Arabic are like Spanish in Spain (Castellano), Latin American Spanish, and Portuguese. Arabic in general is famous for its unwritten short vowels. But when it comes to the variety of expression, it is probably att...

Thank you Jacko079 and lama.03 for your replies! No wonder why both Arabic and Japanese are categorized in the super hard foreign languages (category 5) for English speakers by Foreign Service Institute. In your opinion, what makes Arabic more complicated and richer in terms of the variety of expres...

Thank you for your reply. I'm not the best person but let me give you my thoughts: Be balanced among the four skills (listening, reading, speaking and writing). Vocab is one of the major obstacles for your development. TOEFL v. IELTS isn't a big issue in your case. Reddit's IELTS/TOEFL community may...

Hello @Alivated, Can you specify what your question is? I understand that you compared several English proficiency tests such as IELTS, TOEFL, and probably Duolingo English Test and/or TOEIC, and then you chose IELTS. Are you looking for a second opinion on which test better serves for your purpose?...

This Duolingo official blog explains that Japanese has 248,026 ways to translate a simple English sentence " I love you ". The large part of the reasons for the complexity is attributed to social factors. Japanese people use different personal pronouns, shorten forms and conjugations based...

[mention]Nineko[/mention] さん、 Duolingoフォーラムの常連さんの中には、連続日数のために最低限のレッスンをやって、あとはフォーラムで井戸端会議を楽しんでるだけって人も結構いたので、（冷たい言い方ですが）そういう方は「卒業」でいいと思います。ただ、現在進行形でレッスンしていて、SD上で質問しても回答が得られない人が言語コース別フォーラム上で質問再投稿していたケースは、本当に気の毒に思います。 英語が苦手でDuolingoやってる日本人にとっては、DuomeもRedditも縁遠い世界で代替手段になりえず。例文の質問があった時、今後はどこを使うのだろうか？ [men...

(日本語訳は英文の後に書きます) Thank you [mention]dakanga[/mention] for your reply. The message boards were fully restructured soon after I pointed out the inconvenience. They are much better now! This isn’t probably relevant, but I just want to inform you that I am no longer with Duolingo although I occasionally...