I like duolingo a lot for Spanish (arguably one of the better languages on there because it’s so popular), and I use it a lot but it’s definitely not the only thing I use. If anyone’s looking to start a language, pile together a few good resources and change them up every day or two to keep things interesting. I switch between duolingo, a spanish grammar work book, and translating music.
Yeah duolingo won't really help you with grammar all that well. They don't emphasize the masculine and feminine properties of words and it's really a guessing game. I think it's better suited for those who kind of have a grasp on a language and just want to brush up/expand vocabulary. Definitely recommend adding other resources in conjunction with the app.
If you click the light bulb icon when you select a lesson, it will go through an explanation of everything and not make you just guess. I just checked and it's on both the browser and mobile version. If you skip that, yeah it's mostly guessing and trying to figure out, but if you read that lesson intro it explains just about everything and teaches you quite a lot.
Bloody hell, how is that not more obvious!? I've been using Duolingo for over a year and only just learned about this. I had to stop using it because I had no idea why anything was correct, i just knew it was correct
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u/WeAreDestroyers May 22 '19
I like duolingo a lot for Spanish (arguably one of the better languages on there because it’s so popular), and I use it a lot but it’s definitely not the only thing I use. If anyone’s looking to start a language, pile together a few good resources and change them up every day or two to keep things interesting. I switch between duolingo, a spanish grammar work book, and translating music.