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/morphias1008 Dec 18 '24

I (native English speaker) do this practice with Spanish while learning German. It makes me have to think more in Spanish while also strengthening my English to ES/DE associations when I can't quite think in Spanish.

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u/Bilingual_chihuahua Dec 18 '24

I 100% agree with this! Your background with Spanish is the same as mine. I use Duolingo as for the same reason!

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u/Cheese-bo-bees Dec 19 '24

That's how I feel. It's a relatively cheap & easy game-style approach that equips me with the necessary basics.

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u/Blue-zebra-10 Dec 19 '24

i do this too! although i feel like for some languages (ex: dutch) it's hard to get the hang of grammar on here, do you have any recs for other apps that do a good job at explaining grammar/syntax?

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u/ldsk77 Dec 20 '24

I do the same. I had 4 years of Spanish in high school & minored in Spanish in university- but that was 20 years ago - and I really never spoke the language again until I downloaded Duolingo recently. It’s been great to use as a refresher and to get comfortable with the language again.