This second paragraph is my problem with Duolingo. It tries to gamify language learning, but you end up playing a game more than actually learning a language. It's indeed really only good to learn vocabulary, in my opinion. Learning the grammar, the structure of a language, will teach you much more and more quickly. Vocabulary will come easily enough, it's the structure of the language that really teaches you the language. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]Slight-Brain6096 10 points11 points12 points 2 days ago (0 children)The best way to learn a language is total immersion. That isn't possible for the most of us. Duolingo gives me enough to be able to go and spend a weekend apologising to Italian restaurant staff for murdering their beautiful language

🇩🇰 N 🇬🇧 C2 🇲🇦 B2 🇪🇦 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇸🇦 B1/B2 🇮🇩 A2 138 points139 points140 points 2 days ago (17 children)I’ve found it a fun way to get your feet wet when starting learning a new language - or if you’re just trying out a possible TL. For rarer languages it can be one of the only apps available. I’m currently using it for Indonesian, along with Memrise and other resources. permalinkembedsavereportreply[–]Noktilucent🇺🇸(N) | 🇩🇪 (A2) | 🇮🇪 🇫🇷 (A1) | 🇷🇴🇭🇺 (A0) 61 points62 points63 points 2 days ago (13 children)Holy hell bro your flair This guy languages

abularyWhat is your favorite foreign word? (self.languagelearning

Props!  It’s not as unpopular as i initially thought, but i’m learning welsh. permalinkembedsavereportreply[–]adoreleschatscy pl fr vi 87 points88 points89 points 10 days ago (10 children)Another Welsh learner here! I'm actually surprised (in a good way) at how many people I've come across on this sub who are learning it :D I'm also learning Vietnamese, but I've only seen a handful of other people learning it so far. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]TerrydOrleans 28 points29 points30 points 10 days ago (0 children)And yet another Welsh learner, reporting for duty!

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There was a pool where you could request languages and if that language got enough support AND a team put together to build it, it would be built! There was no shortage of volunteers for all sorts of languages. The conlangs were added as a marketing ploy.

We would be 100% better off creating a new website that does things better than Duolingo. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]AegisToast 49 points50 points51 points 24 days ago (4 children) We would be 100% better off creating a new website that does things better than Duolingo. Great! Go do it. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]Khang4 18 points19 points20 points 24 days ago (3 children)There's plenty of websites that do it better than Duolingo already lol. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]Existing_Imagination 🇪🇸 N | 🇬🇧 C2 | 🇯🇵 Just started 7 points8 points9 points 24 days ago (1 child)Keeping in mind that Duolingo is a game and not an e-book, which ones? permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]pauuul19 3 points4 points5 points 23 days ago (0 children)genuine bump^ post sauce permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]dcporlandoEn N | Es B1? 1 point2 points3 points 23 days ago (0 children)Not for Spanish. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]furac_1 8 points9 points10 points 24 days ago (0 children) We would be 100% better off creating a new website that does things better than Duolingo. They are trying to do it, it's called lingonaut

They aren't profitable very right now, and last year were still losing money.

Have they publicly stated that they won’t be adding new courses? permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]BitterBloodedDemon🇺🇸 English N | 🇯🇵 日本語 236 points237 points238 points 24 days ago (4 children)They did several years ago. I don't remember if it was on the now defunct incubator page or where I found it. But it seems to have been removed. I even looked for some of the exact wording they used. So I stand corrected, maybe they picked back up. It looks like they added some new ones last year? In any case it may not have been "public" per-se. But it was stated at one point. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]ChishaWolf 3 points4 points5 points 23 days ago (1 child)They added a Mandarin → Cantonese course last year permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]BitterBloodedDemon🇺🇸 English N | 🇯🇵 日本語 3 points4 points5 points 23 days ago (0 children)Oh neat! So yeah the old thing I read would be defunct then permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]CanKrel 3 points4 points5 points 24 days ago (1 child)Oh thats sad, so many languages we need like serbian, belarussian or icelandic permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]BitterBloodedDemon🇺🇸 English N | 🇯🇵 日本語 5 points6 points7 points 24 days ago (0 children)I've been holding out for a German from Japanese course personally. There's one on Memrise but it feels too disjointed for me.

In my opinion, it’s better now. Phrases used be a lot more unnatural with even more unnecessary vocabulary than nowadays. It was like a regular textbook, that’s what I remember permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]ibrahim0000000 1 point2 points3 points 24 days ago (0 children)I feel the same way

.... ok I take it this is because you have no idea HOW Duolingo got the Klingon course... you must be relatively new. So back when I started using Duolingo it was purely volunteer made. There was a pool where you could request languages and if that language got enough support AND a team put together to build it, it would be built! That's how Klingon got a duolingo course. It was voted for, and a volunteer team was assembled, and they built it. Everything from the courses themselves, to the audio recordings for singular words and questions used to be 100% user-volunteer produced. The existence of a Klingon course is the remnant of that era of Duolingo. Currently Duolingo has NO interest in producing any more courses, at least for the foreseeable future, and instead is more professionally expanding on the courses already available. permalinkembedsavereportreply[–]antpalmerpalmink 192 points193 points194 points 24 days ago (21 children)I miss the old Duolingo permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]RevolutionaryStar824 186 points187 points188 points 24 days ago (1 child)I hate the new Duolingo. The bad mood Duolingo. I miss the sweet Duolingo. permalinkembedsaveparentreportreply[–]The_Tea_Party 47 points48 points49 points 24 days ago (0 children)I gotta to say at that time I'd like to meet Duolingo.