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void-tiger · 1 year ago

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I thought people were exaggerating at how passive aggressive to downright mean Duolingo could get for skipping lessons but…they really did send a tsundere after me this morning for not doing my Portuguese lessons “in two days , not that I care!” when…I’m not even sure my account’s fully set up yet! 😂

(Why hadn’t I finished? Uh… it wanted me to guess a word that I Think is a true cognate to one I think I remember from Coloring Pages Only High School Spanish…buuuut…I think I want an English-to-Portuguese dictionary since from what I tried to vet out Duolingo isn’t always great at telling you what the correct answer is in the free version…just that you got it wrong. And just uh. Never got back to it.)

#tiger’s musings #i’ve been meaning to try out duolingo for years now #and see if I can finally learn spanish and portuguese #since…someday I’d like to travel #and decided to start with portuguese since…there’s a brazilian family at church. and it makes them really happy when asked for the word #and well. I’m shy. but I figure…if I can learn enough to try saying basic phrases then continue working at it #maybe it’ll make them feel more welcome? help with having a bit of a pidgin beyond hand gestures or waiting for others to translate?#or…just start learning a language to learn it #but I am forever more motivated if there’s a relatively present positive social componant

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