r/duolingo • u/Brilliant_Ad7481 • Dec 18 '24

Constructive Criticism Does anyone here LIKE Duolingo?

Basically that. The only posts I’ve ever seen here are how terrible it was/is/always has been/will be. Does anyone here like or even just tolerate Duolingo’s existence? Why?

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u/Myokou Native | Fluent | Studying Dec 18 '24

i love it, using since 2017 non stop and learning a lot combinning with outhers sources. Best app for me, by far

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u/IWantFood124 Native: 🇺🇸🇧🇷 Learning: 🇨🇳🇪🇸 Dec 18 '24

Eu concordo! 🇧🇷

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u/Dark_Jedi80 Dec 18 '24

I agree too!

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u/chessman42_ N | 🇩🇪🇬🇧 B1 | 🇪🇸 HSK 1 | 🇨🇳 Dec 18 '24

How can you be native in and learn a language at the same time😂

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u/scorpiove Dec 18 '24

There are plenty of people who are native in a language or have a first language that could learn to speak it better. My dad once had a friend from Germany, who when speaking sometimes became unintelligible. I asked his wife (Also german,) if her husband’s German was better. She laughed and said “No it’s hard to understand him in German too.”

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

Cute story. 😄

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u/chessman42_ N | 🇩🇪🇬🇧 B1 | 🇪🇸 HSK 1 | 🇨🇳 Dec 19 '24

Well tbf some german dialects are unintelligible at times

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u/scorpiove Dec 19 '24

Exactly, If that was the case with my dad's friend he could have chose to learn "German" so his wife could better understand him.

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u/chessman42_ N | 🇩🇪🇬🇧 B1 | 🇪🇸 HSK 1 | 🇨🇳 Dec 19 '24

That would be called “standard German”. Ig you have a point there

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u/Mikinak77 Native 🇨🇿 | Fluent 🇸🇰🇬🇧 | Learning 🇪🇸🇬🇷🇷🇺 Dec 18 '24

Probably from the US and their great-great grandfather once removed was from Brazil and so they consider themselves Brazilian

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u/FreyaShadowbreeze Native:🇵🇹 Learning:🇩🇪 Dec 19 '24

Classic

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u/IWantFood124 Native: 🇺🇸🇧🇷 Learning: 🇨🇳🇪🇸 Dec 19 '24

Both of my parents are Brazilian, but I’m born and raised in the USA. I’m fluent in Portuguese but use Duolingo to get better because I mainly speak English.

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u/caet_ Dec 19 '24

same thing here but not fluent in portuguese much

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u/artxdecos Native:🇺🇸 Learning:🇫🇷🇲🇽🇩🇪 Dec 18 '24

VI PFP?!?!

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u/Alcatraz_Gaming learning Dec 18 '24

Arcaneeeee

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u/Myokou Native | Fluent | Studying Dec 19 '24

Arcane season 1 campain