Been on the app for over a year learning Dutch. I thought I'd not be a thick brit, and would learn some of the language for a visit I have planned.
Actually, the Dutch language is pretty hard, with all the double negatives. Has anyone else used the app and thought 'why am I doing this', even though it consumes 30 minutes of your day, and wished you'd just learned to order a beer
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"I like Duolingo and managed to get by in Portuguese and Spanish but using it. It suits me
I just didn't want to be ignorant and at say a few words "
Same for me. It's very handy if you want to be able to use the basics. The staff in hotels always appreciate a greeting and a how are you in their native language and it's good to be able to say please and thank you in shops and bars. |
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"I like Duolingo and managed to get by in Portuguese and Spanish but using it. It suits me
I just didn't want to be ignorant and at say a few words
Same for me. It's very handy if you want to be able to use the basics. The staff in hotels always appreciate a greeting and a how are you in their native language and it's good to be able to say please and thank you in shops and bars. "
Same here. Not planning on going to a debate or anything, just the basics will do. I'm with you, I think the locals appreciate it, even if you balls some if it up  |
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"I like Duolingo and managed to get by in Portuguese and Spanish but using it. It suits me
I just didn't want to be ignorant and at say a few words
Same for me. It's very handy if you want to be able to use the basics. The staff in hotels always appreciate a greeting and a how are you in their native language and it's good to be able to say please and thank you in shops and bars.
Same here. Not planning on going to a debate or anything, just the basics will do. I'm with you, I think the locals appreciate it, even if you balls some if it up "
I've got relatives who live in a pretty remote part of Spain. Obviously they're fluent but the locals always giggle at me good naturedly and my attempts to talk to them |
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"I like Duolingo and managed to get by in Portuguese and Spanish but using it. It suits me
I just didn't want to be ignorant and at say a few words
Same for me. It's very handy if you want to be able to use the basics. The staff in hotels always appreciate a greeting and a how are you in their native language and it's good to be able to say please and thank you in shops and bars.
Same here. Not planning on going to a debate or anything, just the basics will do. I'm with you, I think the locals appreciate it, even if you balls some if it up
I've got relatives who live in a pretty remote part of Spain. Obviously they're fluent but the locals always giggle at me good naturedly and my attempts to talk to them"
I'm trying to imagine my Dutch delivered in a broad Yorkshire accent  |
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"Nederlands is helamaal niet moeilijk 
Only word I don't know there is 'helamaal'. That hasn't come up yet "
Helamaal has about 10 different meanings, in the sentence I used it means completely or definitely. |
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"Nederlands is helamaal niet moeilijk
Only word I don't know there is 'helamaal'. That hasn't come up yet
Helamaal has about 10 different meanings, in the sentence I used it means completely or definitely. "
I've found that with many Dutch words, especially with 'de' and 'het' and how they're used in different meanings. Thanks for that word |
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"I like Duolingo and managed to get by in Portuguese and Spanish but using it. It suits me "
Spanish is easy to learn, Portuguese is a different dialect to Spanish but very similar |
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"I like Duolingo and managed to get by in Portuguese and Spanish but using it. It suits me
Spanish is easy to learn, Portuguese is a different dialect to Spanish but very similar "
I've never been good at languages. I speak two however, English and Yorkshire x |
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"I tried to learn Greek but gave it up after two weeks. Greeks hard!"
I don't think we're good at languages in the UK, as we're use to other people knowing English. I went to Hong Kong, and the fluency was perfect x |
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"I tried to learn Greek but gave it up after two weeks. Greeks hard!"
Once you get it, it’s actually a really logical language and not too hard at all 
Once you understand the cases and the grammar rules - you’ve got it |
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"I tried to learn Greek but gave it up after two weeks. Greeks hard!
Once you get it, it’s actually a really logical language and not too hard at all
Once you understand the cases and the grammar rules - you’ve got it "
Greek has a huge alphabet, right? X |
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"I tried to learn Greek but gave it up after two weeks. Greeks hard!
Once you get it, it’s actually a really logical language and not too hard at all
Once you understand the cases and the grammar rules - you’ve got it
Greek has a huge alphabet, right? X"
I am sure its only 24. Are thinking about Chinese? |
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"I tried to learn Greek but gave it up after two weeks. Greeks hard!
Once you get it, it’s actually a really logical language and not too hard at all
Once you understand the cases and the grammar rules - you’ve got it
Greek has a huge alphabet, right? X
I am sure its only 24. Are thinking about Chinese? "
Oh....Chinese. Cantonese and all the other versions. Mind blowing |
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"Mr KC has been learning Dutch on Duolingo since lockdown 1 
How's he found it? The double negatives are bewildering x"
He's been getting on okay, I think. I can speak and read Dutch a bit. Helps if you've learned German before, which we both have. |
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"Mr KC has been learning Dutch on Duolingo since lockdown 1
How's he found it? The double negatives are bewildering x
He's been getting on okay, I think. I can speak and read Dutch a bit. Helps if you've learned German before, which we both have. "
Yeah, I noticed some elements were similar like 'ja' and 'je' x |
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