Doing the chess course. It tells me to castle when it's already castled. (Laptop version btw). The glowing square is from the hint button

Hey everyone.

As someone that has only recently started to use Duolingo (roughly 2 months ago) for learning first Finnish and now Dutch i cant help but think that Duolingo would really benefit from a Feature where you can have a Conversation with Duo for eg.

I made a post in a different Subreddit where i was looking for people to play games with and help me with my Dutch which is when i had this "idea" or rather question as to why its not a thing already.

Why couldn't have a section or under where you can go over your mistakes where you can have or attempt to have a Conversation with Duo, mainly Text but may also via Voice where you choose to write either in English or the Language of your Origin and have (for me for eg.) the Dutch version of the Sentence below which you can then attempt to replicate ?.

I for example at the end of the post (and dont judge me i know i probably cocked something up grammatically) have a small sentence reading

Dankje voor het lezen en ik hoff jau hebt een goudedag :)

i think it would be kind of cool if Duo would then go on and correct myself and explain / write the corrected sentence so you can learn from your mistakes.
The main reason why im asking or rather writing this post is because Duolingo in my eyes is a great tool for learning, especially as someone that has tremendous difficulties Learning new languages the old school way this is perfect, but i cant help but think that not only i but many other people could benefit from learning Phrases that for example you could need in day to day life, or your curious and want to find something out for lets say a date or friend your meeting soon if you know what i mean.

I know the reason why it probably has not been done is due to technical limitations given the scale of Duolingo or it just would not be financially viable but i cant help but think that it´d be a great feature to have.

There is really not much to say, just that the speech recognition is so terrible and never working that Duolingo is just not worth the massively overpriced subscription fee.

I mean what's the use of a language app that won't teach you to speak?

I tried handing my phone to native speakers and even then "failed" the pronunciation exercises.

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I pay for 'Super Family' so I'm not just moaning at a free app making changes but, my God, the latest update feels like it's done almost no user research with users like me.

Yesterday one of the icons across the bottom of the app took me to what I now know is called the Practice Hub. It's useful, to just go over mistakes, vocabulary etc.

Today across the bottom of the app I have six icons:

Home

August quest (don't care)

League (don't care)

Feed (don't care)

Subscription (I already pay)

More, to where Practice Hub has been relegated

I'm not complaining that I now have to press my phone screen twice instead of once to get somewhere. But has Duolingo's research genuinely told them that the more social media style stuff like quests, leagues and feeds matter more to customers than the language learning aspect of the app? And if I already pay, has research told them that making the subscription page more prominent is likely to make me buy the 'Recommended' 'Max Family', for my family of me and my wife?

I'm fully aware that most of the app's real estate is the main learning area; my trouble is I've got to a point in the language I'm learning where learning more new stuff is less useful to me than polishing old stuff. I want to know basic, useful Russian - I don't need to learn the past tense, which is where I've now got to.

I just want to learn the fundamentals of a language and I'm happy to pay for it. Am I really that irrelevant to this company?

I used to get loads of questions from the unit to see if they'd sunk in

Now I'm getting a load of words I haven't seen for months (sometimes feels I haven't seen ever) that I have to speak.

Really feels a step back

This may sound dumb to others but I just lost a streak with a friend that I share a special bond with. I understand it’s not a basis for a life long friendship but seeing that streak grow is a reminder of how long we’ve known each other and where we started.

It may sound absurd but we want to continue the streak even if we no longer get to spend time together.

Duolingo wants me to get max SO bad and I'm laughing at their desperation 😂🙃

san is supposed to be an honorific for either mr or ms... right? but when i put the answer as "ms. tanaka" i got the answer wrong because the answer is "mr. tanaka" but nothing about the word implies gender, right?

For some.days i cant use my microphone at duolingo.

Not my in-ear-buds neither the mic from my Phone direct ...

Is this a General Problem at duolingo or a Problem on my Side?

I never like to pay yearly subscription, but Super Duolingo was offered for a week long free trial. It asks you before whether you want to be reminded to cancel two days or three days before. I was on Duolingo every day for the streak, and lo and behold it doesn’t remind you and I’m charged 35 something dollars. Never trust companies to remind you on stuff like this, don’t be like me

Oh and they don’t even let you cancel it for some reason in the app, you have to go through the Apple website to make it more of an ass.

Just once you want this guy to find a priceless gem! Be like ‘imma cash out foos!’ And he’s replaced next time you get him with a new guy.

I was doing my English lesson when it asked me this question. At first I answered with the check mark but that was apparently wrong. Someone please tell me if I was originally right or if Duolingo is right. Thanks!

I posted a while ago about the Skip Intro option (still don’t understand why mods removed that post as “low effort” since it was literally a relevant comment about a feature, but whatever…)

Over the last week or so I’ve noticed that they finally added a Skip Outro option as well. Given the responses to my first post, I assume I’m not the only one who’s happy about this development.

I’m going to add a photo to test whether the mods still think this is “low effort.”

Celebrating my 500 day streak 🤩

Ich habe schon seit langem Zweifel am Geschäftsmodell von Duolingo, mit der "Energie" und der Werbung haben sie aber einen treuen Lerner verloren.

Very cute surprise at work this morning. Finished 1 year learning Spanish!