• Unboxious@ani.social
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    7 days ago

    Their lessons aint that great. They do a good job of making people feel like they’re learning a language, but I’ve never met anyone who actually learned a decent amount of Japanese that way. Maybe it’s better for people who are learning languages with similar grammar to their native tongue, like English speakers learning Spanish.

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      You’re probably right but I do think Duo is a good place to start. I tried starting listening to podcasts & even children’s TV in Italian. It just wasn’t helpful. I started with Duo & now have been able to understand a few simple podcasts at .25 speed. I’m hoping to get better with time but Duo definitely gets more hate than it deserves. It’s simply a fun way to get started & the rest is up to the individual

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        There are many other options in-between Duolingo and content designed for native speakers. Of course you’re going to have a hard time with trying to understand a language where you don’t know any of the grammar or the vocab.

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 days ago

    They stopped paying real translators and started relying on AI to do it…

    Fuck them.

    Don’t pay for this sloppy learning.

    Also this isn’t funny, it’s just a fucking advertisement. Delete this.