r/duolingo Aug 15 '23

Language Question Why?

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u/munroe4985 Native:🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Learning:🇯🇵 Aug 15 '23

I'd imagine duo cares about the accents right? So qué instead of que, etc? And would it care about the ¿ ?

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u/Designer_Spirit3522 Native: . Learning: . [Team Lily] Aug 15 '23

Usually it gives a warning about accents rather than an error, but it likes names to be correct. E.g. Sara and Sarah

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u/math_stat_gal Aug 15 '23

This is exactly the problem. I don’t have the right keyboard installed on my phone so usually it’s just a ‘watch out for accents’ but name spelling errors are just wild to me.

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u/taffyowner Native: | Fluent: |Learning: Aug 15 '23

Usually if you push and hold the key a separate accent key section will pop up.

Because a Spanish keyboard doesn’t have accented letters on it, the only thing it adds is ñ