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So Japanese is just... backwards? Some questions are real bullshit in Duolingo lately (sopuli.xyz)
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[-] memphis@sopuli.xyz 72 points 2 months ago

I got that exact one about 6 weeks ago and I reported it. Shame they haven't fixed it yet 😐

[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 67 points 2 months ago

You can flag it and say that your answer should be accepted.

[-] maniel@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 months ago

yeah, i've done it too

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 40 points 2 months ago

Using contextual clues, this person's 😏 face tells you they are messing with you.

[-] frank@sopuli.xyz 36 points 2 months ago

Duo seems like they're churning out AI slop these days, so annoying to have gotten that wrong!

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not learning Japanese (here from /all), but just to pile on the owl, I am still super salty they removed the community comments. I'm learning Hawaiian, and there just aren't a lot of other learning resources. Having actual kumus (ʻŌlelo (Hawaiian language) teachers) answering questions about WHY the answer is what it is was super duper helpful.

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I'm still salty they removed offline mode

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Como se dice "enshittification?"

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

How do you get the letters to show up without English above? I've been trying to get mine to do that.

[-] maniel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

you can switch it off in options (the cogwheel in top left)

[-] Boscrossos@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

After 1 or 2 modules it happens automatically.

[-] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They'll randomly return later if you use the browser version.

[-] Barzaria@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

I like anki for vocabulary. What else is there, software wise?

[-] Domiku@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I gave up on Duolingo. I joined a Japanese-English Discord server and feel like my actual conversation skills have gone way up. I'm happy to share the invite link, but I don't want to seem spammy, so I'll post it if anyone requests.

[-] Nandixer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I'd like a link.

[-] hypertown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That's why I really don't recommend Duolingo to anyone. It feels like they google translate solution. My favorite example against Duolingo: 「私はりんごです」 was translated to: "I'm an apple." Which technically isn't incorrect but it's ridiculous and they probably ment to put it like in an answer to a question. "What fruit do you like?" - "As for me an apple"

Btw why is there so much hiragana in this sentence? I understand they try to make it easy for beginners but seriously it's almost hard to read not to mention it can create bad habits.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I always speak German and Korean with my miso pork cutlet.

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I always wondered if you need to list items backwards when translating because of things like this.

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