If You're Learning Spanish With Duolingo, Watch This

[@SpanishWithNate.]

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[@CheSoySam]

As a C1 Spanish speaker after 3 years of learning, duolingo was GREAT for learning vocabulary. But it's important to read books, consume Spanish content, and take 1 to 1 classes to actually practice speaking and putting sentences together while thinking on the spot. No one can ever expect to speak a language without speaking it

[@edwardhill3410]

Hey Nate, great video as always. Two things I noticed that you are might already be aware of: 0:53 this sentence does make sense. "me oyes" (assuming this is the part that you were confused by) is a pretty common muletilla meaning "got it?" or something to that effect. 2:00 "sentirse" is actually not a reflexive verb (it's pronominal) although it's taught as one for the sake of simplification. same with acordarse (levantarse is a debatable one) Good stuff as always! My opinion of Duolingo has flip-flopped so much over the years. Al fin y al cabo, I agree with you that it's nothing more than a supplement (although a quite good one, all things being equal).

[@zavdiel1864]

For me, the best way I learn a language is TV(shows), podcasts and books. Reading especially is great because words get repeated (so its almost like flash cards for me) and used in different ways and you get new vocab.

[@msmendes214]

I'm close to 4yrs on duolingo. I find it useful for 2 primary reasons. 1)It works as a daily reminder to work on my Spanish. 2) I screenshot questions/issues I have with translations or grammar and then use it in my italki lessons with my teachers to talk about it more in depth. Also, I do find some of the repetition of new vocabulary words helpful. Especially minus being able to use them in my everyday Spanish conversations, which tend to be basic "como estas/pasa un bien día" type of thing

[@tombernard4612]

Hola Nate y muchísimas gracias por otro video tan chévere!! ;). Thanks for doing this Duolingo review. So I think I'm somewhere around B2 in Spanish according to CEFR. I'm a native English speaker, learned German fluently in my early 20s when I was posted there and I still speak it very fluently. That was way before the Internet, soy viejito" jejeje .. I just very recently started learning Portuguese and due to this video think I'll give it a whirl with Duolingo. For the record I've never used a learning app in my life but looks like it could be fun. Dicho esto, creo que eso es lo que de malo como aprendizaje idiomas hoy en día. La gente se toman asimismo demasiado en serio. Es por eso voy a acercar el idioma Portuguese sólo para divertirme y vamos a ver qué tal. :)) Saludos desde Isle Vancouver

[@syam.k.yenubari]

For me Duolingo is a great start then later bilingual preaching in churches helped me to build my language confidence...

[@vrai6219]

I second that. You can learn a tremendous amount passively whilst hearing sermons simultaneously in 2 separate languages. Eg, I learnt & it was solidified in my brain immediately by the Spanish preacher, "lavarme con tu sangre". You're the first person I've ever heard anywhere, talk about this particular method of language learning. It is very effective indeed.

[@extraterestrial]

Entendí todo, pero gracias por el consejo sobre cuando usar ese y eso. También me cuesta trabajo recordar cuando debería usar le o lo/ la cuando se refiere a una persona

[@jenniwilliams3295]

I took 4 years of Spanish in high school and was conversational when I graduated I'm 46 so very very rusty I have been doing Duolingo for about a year and I'm fluent and conversational. My son went to Japan and for about 8 months before the trip he did he used it for Japanese and was conversational when he went there and it saved their lives because nobody speaks English there. So it does seem nonsensical in some places but I don't even know how it works but eventually you do completely understand like I just understood the lessons you were doing without even having to think. It's definitely something that builds over time. But completely worth it.

[@karenhunter3113]

Totally. I am learning Spanish for fun and brain health and eventually I will go somewhere. I do about 15 min a day of duo and I try for an hour of dreaming Spanish. The progress is slow but steady.

[@servantofthetruth8203]

This is my regimen as well. I'm at around 18 hours of dreaming spanish and my comprehension on the super beginner videos is like 0-25%. Its frustrating needless to say.

[@karenhunter3113]

@@servantofthetruth8203 keep it up. It's amazing how the comprehension unfolds. I am now able to get almost 100% of intermediate content and about 90% of advanced depending on the guide and topic. It feels like the veil gets lifted slowly. I find if I go back and watch the same video a few months later, that's when I can really see the progress.

[@servantofthetruth8203]

@karenhunter3113 ok, so i have a few questions, if you don't mind me asking. I wanted to know how many hours of only ds you have currently? I also would like to know if you have rewatched any videos or if you just watched them once and kept moving even if you didn't understand the majority of it?

[@karenhunter3113]

@@servantofthetruth8203 I'm at about 400 hours but I didn't start DS from zero. I had learned a bit 20 years ago and then completely stopped. But I had retained some vocabulary. I have definitely rewatched some videos, especially if I felt like there were some things I missed. Sometimes I watch them twice in a row, other times I leave them and go back weeks or months later and am surprised at how much more I can get. It gets more fun when you can understand more and can watch more interesting content. I find doing Duolingo along side DS helps to accelerate vocabulary acquisition. I also loved Alma's channel from before she was on DS. I think it was called Spanish with Alma. Super clear and great illustrations to help. Good luck! It's worth it!

[@karenhunter3113]

@@servantofthetruth8203 I'm at about 400 hours or so of DS but I didn't start from zero. I definitely watch videos over especially if I feel I missed stuff. Sometimes I'll watch back to back and sometimes I'll go back a few months later and that's when I see the biggest difference. Doing duo along side I feel like speeds up vocabulary acquisition.

[@rban123]

al principio usé duolingo para aprender español y digo q me ayudó mucho aprender lo básico del idioma. Me dio las ganas de seguir estudiando y las cositas básicas con las que pude empezar a tener conversaciones en español. Aunque, en algun momento decidí que no era suficiente, que llevaba demasiado tiempo avanzar al siguiente nivel, así que dejé de usarlo y elegí encontrar nuevos recursos, como youtube, discord, escuchar podcasts y todo con español nativo, y aprendí diferentes temas de la gramática por mi cuenta. En ese entonces mi nivel de español empezó a mejorar mucho más rapido que cuando usaba duolingo

[@jackcarr7060]

Nick! I was thinking today: I think you might consider being an English teacher to native Spanish speakers, instead of teaching Spanish to native English speakers. Acaso the market and need to teach native hispanohablantes inglés es bien grande

[@CSenn_]

That was fun...probably because it was easy, and you made it interactive. While I never use the Duolingo app, I will say their bilingual podcasts are wonderful.

[@keno1069]

I highly recommend Duolingo. I used Duolingo to learn Portuguese. I would combine it with a high school textbook that has a supplemental exercise/lab book with answers.

[@WMCMar]

That's what I'm doing right now

[@-illusion2d-116]

Llevo 500+ días usando Duolingo , para mi es útil , pero tienes que usar otros métodos también

[@jackcarr7060]

Inglés con Nate!

[@worldwidedialects]

Duolingo is great

[@Crimzzon_Ghost]

s-s-Steve, what are you doing teaching Spanish lessons, you still have the tricky trials to complete

[@enikariyilla1422]

Hola

[@bestintheworId]

i personally have found duolingo useless.. the way i learn languages the fastest is just.. talking. obviously first study the grammar, whether that be through youtube videos or other online resources, understand that and get the basics down and then start having conversations. from there on if you can hold a basic level conversation just keep talking and talking with natives or other people who are learning the language. this way you can accustom yourselves to the different accents earlier on and comprehend better moving forward. i do this through discord servers dedicated to learning certain languages, and its been the most helpful tool thus far for me. according to my experience, i have never had a native make fun of me for the way i talk or anything else like that, and have always been helped when i did something wrong. don't be afraid, you've gotta talk to somebody in the language at some point if you're planning on being able to communicate it!

[@-illusion2d-116]

What discord servers do you like ?? Couldn’t find a good one for voice chat practice

[@bestintheworId]

@@-illusion2d-116 "spanish-english learning server"

[@judgenutmeg6935]

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