Japanese Speaker tries a JAPANESE course on Duolingo... 😱

Duolingo is a language-learning app that is "The world's best way to learn a language"...
Let's put that to the test by doing some Japanese lessons with this app. I got a few comments asking about some good apps for language learning. I am a Japanese speaker who got to a high level of Japanese without using apps, and I'm going to test this method to see if it's an effective way to learn to speak Japanese.
Thanks for watching!
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[@tommob4780]

Nothing says everyday conversation like “would you like to buy my old socks”

[@Celutic]

This is water

[@fishussugon3215]

@@Celutic it is seven o'clock

[@pastxlls2597]

@Jkoevy C. I actually had one that said “私はりんごです” (I am an Apple). 😂

[@DH-oq9sz]

Möchtest du meine alten Socken kaufen?

[@kysphattie]

@@DH-oq9sz ik u not doing the German thing here😩

[@hikaritenshi6382]

When I was learning japanese on duolingo, they really said "the woman is a woman"

[@makeshift307]

People die when they are killed....

[@torunaotto4014]

the stairs are slippery when wet.

[@wodelad9080]

I am me

[@nikix.]

Outside is cold when you go outside and it's cold

[@user-wt1cj3pr7r]

But women aren't women

[@ielizabethm2]

Actually I’ve been using Duolingo for a while now as a beginner, and they do teach you how to say “jin”. It’s just that over time when you have been accustomed to using it already, they expect you to know it’s not “hito” but “jin”.

[@yoroshikuonegaishimasu8649]

Later they teach you "hito" too

[@user-tq4dq5lo5g]

@@yoroshikuonegaishimasu8649 so the app has a possibility to click on words and read different possible synonyms, but of course it's necessary to use other apps (about JPLT or learning Kanji and Kana), and other sources like books, workbooks, flashcards, dictionaries, podcasts. P.s. I have been learning mainly Mandarin since June 2021 but also began to learn Japanese, so the languages are partly united by Hànzì/Kanji chatacters (with almost no differences between Traditional characters in both languages, but at the same time with serious differences between Simplified characters) and some words, but at the same time the languages are grammatically different.

[@incaseofimportantnegotiations]

no it's about the fact the the voices are robots and japanese is unsuited for formal rules robots can't guess what the sentence is about and the app owners rarely bother to fix such bugs

[@sr.liam17]

Chinese learner: Wow! This character has 2 pronunciations.

[@sr.liam17]

I am Chinese. When I heard that a particular Kanji character can have several pronunciations, I thought they were joking.

[@brendonbenevides5004]

Wait, they don't in chinese? o.O

[@querimoniouslimner8081]

@@brendonbenevides5004 I thought some could.

[@iamtrashinsideandout2402]

Yes. It makes it so much harder!

[@chronos4134]

@@sr.liam17 A particular kanji character can have 2 or more pronunciation depending on the character beside them. There are On Yomi (Chinese reading) and a Kun Yomi (Japanese Reading), and sometimes there are even special reading which makes it much harder even if it just has 2000+ characters. Even though I'm not Japanese, this is something I know about kanji. If there are native japanese speakers there, please correct me if I'm wrong.

[@technicallycanadian8183]

Duolingo is mainly vocab and grammar XD They give weird sentences to help with grammar and vocab.

[@user-ry5xq3ev8l]

And It's okay for those sentences to be weird because the vast majority of sentences that we use daily, including your sentence and the sentence that I'm making right now, would sound weird if they showed up in Duolingo. We don't learn a language by evaluating the practicalness of sentences in the language and memorizing only the sentences that we find worth memorizing. We learn a language by knowing small components of the language such as words, grammar rules, and pronunciation and how to combine them to say what we want to say.

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

And Duolingo teaches very little about grammar. Only through comments am I able to understand some of the sentences

[@technicallycanadian8183]

@@user-ry5xq3ev8l yeah thats true :)

[@technicallycanadian8183]

@@High_Priest_Jonko well, i guess it depends on the course and the person For me, the french course is quite in depth and easy to understand for me We are different people which means we learn things differently :)

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

@@technicallycanadian8183 I agree that different people learn differently. But actually, it's only dependent on the language. Duolingo works well for Romance languages like French and Spanish, but not for languages like Japanese because a kanji can have multiple pronunciations, for example.

[@user-zk7vp5cc2c]

i was trying to learn german in duolingo and i had to translate "the woman has a cow"

[@eternallysami]

Hahahaha

[@DH-oq9sz]

Die Frau hat eine Kuh

[@CardCatCardboard]

SAME

[@sunee3546]

die Frau hat ein Kuh

[@vbsrekka]

Same lolol I'm learning French and German :3

[@grubriel]

no one: duolingo: THE GIRL EATS THE BEAR. THE BOY HAS NO FATHER.

[@imbored3063]

Is Excuse me, I am a apple A common phrase in Japan Or is dualingo insane

[@Wupar]

To play devil's advocate here, I think the point of nonsensical sentences like that isn't to just teach you common phrases to regurgitate, but to actually make sure you know how to string together individual grammatical elements to form any kind of sentence. Plus, dumb stuff like that sticks in your memory because you don't expect it at first.

[@katie9733]

I GOT THAT ONE TODAY

[@Zura00007]

Yeah 😂

[@urfavcottoncandy]

すみません、私はりんごです.

[@dbomba]

@@urfavcottoncandy しかし、俺は苺になりたかったよ👉👈

[@that_norwegian_nerd2003]

One of the weirdest sentences that Duolingo taught me was "Sumimasen, watashi wa ringo desu" lol (Excuse me, I am an apple). I'm still using the app for my Japanese, but I'm also making sure to use other resources and finding new resources to learn.

[@mlc4495]

I remember that part and yeah, the comments section underneath was pretty wild. "Maybe you're introducing yourself as one of the Beatles?" 😂

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

Funny thing is, I think that sentence would be processed as something like, "Excuse me, as for me, I'll have an apple."

[@damonbeats6770]

DONT USE ROMAJI

[@MakasuVAL]

@@damonbeats6770 Not everyone has their keyboard set up to type in Japanese

[@smileychess]

@@MakasuVAL They should, if they're trying to learn Japanese. It's not hard to do.

[@knnmaa2672]

Am I the only one who wants to learn Japanese just to impress my friends and watch anime without subtitles 💀

[@agent92o38]

No it's me too

[@jermainreyes5886]

We got this 💪

[@thebabyabcd3804]

We can do it👏

[@gapedandamazed6988]

LoL that's part of the many reasons why I'm learning Japanese. I also find it cool as fuck when hearing it

[@thebabyabcd3804]

@@gapedandamazed6988 agree 👍

[@so4863]

Oh I'm taking a Japanese Duolingo course so far 10 days in so hopes it not for nothing Edit: Frick me it's basically for nothing

[@acornd5868]

lol

[@glwckk]

JustOrdinaryLucas Ikr-

[@glwckk]

this comment was 3 hours ago- how do u even know? When it hasn’t even been 10 days 💀

[@so4863]

@@glwckk I'm now eleven days in cause why not but the meaning is that if a Japanese speaker is saying this app not that good for learning it then it's a waste of time

[@JumboWiniata]

I recommend HelloTalk it probably wont exactly teach you but you can friend people who can help you with japanese basics. Or you can learn Hiragana, katakana from youtube. Im not sure about kanji cause im just learning japanese as of today. Sorry if not much help.

[@vegetable1495]

I’ve actually been using Duolingo for Japanese and it really helped me learn in my opinion. For the pronunciation of “hito”, they typically use “Jin” when you type in a larger word where it is pronounced like that. Ive also heard that the more bizarre, unusual sentences are more for teaching you grammar rule and sentence structure, so you can make your own sentences using what you learned.

[@raimalopezspringhoff4542]

Is that a jojo refrence?

[@tatsumisouma]

Well, as a Japanese I have to tell you, Duolingo doesn't teach you correct, natural Japanese. Most of the sentences are very unnatural and if you speak to a Japanese person using "Duolingo Japanese" , they might understand you, but it will sound weird. Also, Duolingo's pronunciation is horrible and sometimes give a completely different meaning to certain words or even sentences. Oh and sometimes it uses sentence structures that aren't correct or doesn't even exist. You're also kinda wrong about the usage of hito and jin but that is more complicated to explain and I don't have my patience to type it ^^"

[@whiteroseamericana7161]

@@tatsumisouma Learning a second language is seriously difficult. How many years have you spent learning English? Are you fluent in English? You believe you can write a news article in English? I just finished level 3 of Duolingo Japanese in just 2.5 months. I will be able to finish level 6 in three more months. I believe I can pass JLPT N5 right now. I have tried the sample test on the official JLPT website. Of course, I am also reading Japanese grammar books and using wictionary to understand some japanese words and terms. I will never treat Duolingo as the bible for learning Japanese. It is just an entry point for someone like me with no prior knowledge in that language at all.

[@tatsumisouma]

@@whiteroseamericana7161 that's good and congratulations for your improvement in Japanese. Also, thank you for choosing our language, I'm really honored and moved when I see people from all around the world want to learn our language. I thin you're in the right track on how to learn Japanese in general with the tools you use and how you approach it Well, it's a weird thing as I've learnt Hungarian at first because I'm a musician and I was learning it because I was an exchange student in Hungary. That's a really hard language to learn and I'm still not sure if I'm any good at it. ^^ I've learnt English for about 4 years. Now I'm pretty confident, however there is still room for improvement. If I could write a news article in English, I would say yes. Ofc until I don't try it I wouldn't know, especially because I'm pretty lazy with my writings in foreign languages . About learning Japanese, when you're learning it, you have to keep in mind, that JLPT is a test and tests not always prepare you how to speak a language properly but how to pass the test and how to speak a language sort of "academically" if that make sense to you. So i also would recommend you to listen to movies (not anime) and songs from Japan as well as tv shows/news so even if you don't understand what's going on you could hear out the pronunciation of words and structure of sentences

[@firecatsat8848]

Last time I was this early Jojo siwa had a hairline

[@firecatsat8848]

Love you Sssami!

[@truefeux3218]

no she is in a Queue the LGBTQ !

[@beccaplainfield8545]

Y’all so mean to that child

[@colebremmer1225]

Nice pfp

[@swoonycunt7465]

Ooh this is pretty interesting. I'd love to learn Japanese someday but I'm not sure about the best way to do it. Thank you for the insight on this, it definitely helps!

[@user-vo8ep8jz8c]

I guess it was read hito since it was in a separate block by itself. I encountered a similar issue when I had to translate 'vegetable': there was one block in which was written 野菜 and there were two blocks, one which had 野 and the other had 菜. When I chose the block containing 野菜, the voice read 'yasai' as it should be. But when I chose the seperate blocks, the voices read 'no' and 'na' for 野 and 菜 respectively. My favourite sentence so far from the Japanese course: すみません、私はりんごです。

[@geezy4493]

Excuse me, I am an apple ..?

[@iinxna6929]

Haha :)) **Me who unlocked alot of levels on duolingo turned out that i might never learn actual Japanese, so my dream crumbled apart :))**

[@dalili2563]

me rn :')

[@Reaper-vv5sl]

If you are still learning then I recommend the app “busuu” :D

[@iinxna6929]

@@Reaper-vv5sl Ok ok ill try that, thanks :>

[@Reaper-vv5sl]

@@iinxna6929 your welcome 😊 sorry I replied so late 😅

[@3thalluing339]

I think it’s nice to learn basic hiragana

[@ChrisannaDaye]

For the Japanese course a lot of us have learned more through the comments section of app. Perfect example is 人, once you have advanced in Duolingo most know that using the word bank as you did there will give you a different pronunciation. You will not be able to use Duolingo alone to learn Japanese. It's a cool app though.

[@hardrokrulzjj]

Yes and if you click on the “discuss” button it will provide audio of the correct answer which is usually pronounced correctly as well

[@abigailmason8974]

I’ve been using Duolingo for 102 days now and... this make me feel like I’ve wasted my time. I really wanna learn Japanese but I guess that will never happen since everything I try costs money and I’m a minor without a bank account so is hard to say ‘ can I buy this membership that costs £16? ‘ just to my parents and I just REALLY wanna learn Japanese ;(. What can I use that will actually help me?

[@kikim.7848]

If you want to self-study Japanese, I'd say to do some research on textbooks and pick one to help you learn. If you don't want to spend money, you can pair vocabulary memorizing apps like Memrise with free websites like imabi.net or guidetojapanese.org . You can also try to find other websites if those don't suit your learning style; however, I would be aware of the fact that those websites or textbooks won't always be 100% accurate or natural. The best way to really learn Japanese is from a native speaking Japanese teacher.

[@JumboWiniata]

Learn the writing system from youtube (hiragana & katakana) but kanji you might need to buy stuff im unsure sorry, Cause im just learning Japaneses so these are just some suggestions. Their should be some guides on yt "Learning Japanese". But ive heard Duoling is not a good app for learning japanese but maybe spanish thats probably about it. Theirs an app HelloTalk where you can friend people who are free to teach you some japanese while you guys could exchange languages if you want. Sorry if not much help & if i didnt make sense.

[@isabelaramsey1330]

You haven’t wasted you time I think she is just bias because she is advanced level. I get some of the things she is saying are correct; like some things you Learn on Duolingo aren’t used in everyday conversations but because of Duolingo I understand Hirigana and katakana and basic words/sentence structure and everyday phrases. I think the moral of the story is Duolingo is a good app for absolute beginners and when you’ve passed that stage you can move on to other learning methods that will ultimately fix/ answer and prior questions.

[@LuanOliveira-yh7se]

I watch animes to improve my hearing, pronunciation...the app Duolingo is pretty good to learn hiragana and katakana

[@user-yb3tz4sz2r]

Dont rely on apps, use japanese textbooks, you can find pdf textbooks anywhere on the internet so u wont have to buy them, try to go for genki 1 and 2

[@regisphilbin529]

人 alone is just ひと so it's right because it's compartmentalized into the separate square.

[@notcorrect5744]

Right, when choosing the individual kanji it will do that but once it’s part of the sentence it will be corrected.

[@depressedteadepressoespres186]

Exactly, 音読み／訓読み exist 😂 however seeing the computer pronounce it as ひと before correcting it to じん might confuse some people, since they might think “hey, why did the pronunciation change after you just taught me that it’s pronounced like ___?” Yk? Although idk if duo talk as about that so that may not be an issue.

[@viralviruz8694]

I want to learn Japanese what should I be doing I watch lots of anime

[@katsuragikeima8809]

@@viralviruz8694 immersing yourself in japanese media is good! But you should also integrate in studying how to read (and how to write if you want) japanese.

[@davidheil3869]

I want to learn japanese and I use Duolingo for beginning. After I finished Japanese on Duoolingo I want to buy me the first book of the Minna no Nihogo series.

[@3thalluing339]

You should! I learned a bit of Korean through Duolingo and borrowed a Korean vocab book from the local town library. It was useful and resourceful, I think books really help enhance your language skills.

[@VaanOtacon]

More of these language program/learning method reviews would be something I would greatly want. Your review was fun to listen to/watch, and it would be nice to have the flaws I might miss about one of these programs pointed out to me before I possibly try them.

[@D3MlS3]

I don’t know what is more satisfying to listen to. Her speaking English or her speaking Japanese

[@daiki4386]

Please make more of this because I wanted to learn Japanese for a long time but never found a good way to study

[@reagann2563]

you should get books for learning the characters. and kanji is a waste of time you dont need to learn it.

[@user-ff9fk5rl4t]

Read manga I Suggest(If you’re anime lover) or watch some Japanese televisions show(including anime) Turn on the subtitles with English that is the most effective way to learn, But still, For a beginner, They need to learn hiragana is a must, Or else they can’t read any Japanese pronounce

[@pastxlls2597]

Short answer Duolingo is ok. Long answer As for someone who has been learning for 4 months so I’m not a pro. It tells you stuff but I recommend to any one that wanna learn Japanese on Duolingo do not just learn off doulingo search sum stuff up. I went a whole month learning Japanese not knowing what hiragana, katakana, and kanji was. I thought hiragana meant Japanese 😂. Please search up about the Japanese language and learn the verb conjugations. Doulingo isn’t the best so I recommend you to use other apps/ videos to help as extra. Doulingo doesn’t teach you how to write the letters so your gonna need a app for that. I suggest you to use a notebook and write down notes. They don’t teach how to write kanji either which I really hate so your gonna have the search that up to. I wish they would make a voice box for the Japanese doulingo half of the time Idk if I’m saying it right. Moral, Doulingo is a 5/10 for me ; but I do recommend it to anyone who wants to learn Spanish or any languages like that.

[@danielantony1882]

Or do the easier and more correct thing and check the tips, you dolt XD

[@pastxlls2597]

@@danielantony1882 when I started Japanese doulingo there wasn’t any tips. They added it later on. It’s been proven multiple times that doulingo doesn’t help for LEARNING JAPANESE. I find it most useful for practicing. If you read my thing it explains how learning on it was hard for ME I also said doulingo is a awesome app just not for learning Japanese Busuu and Bunpo is probably a better app to learn off

[@pastxlls2597]

@@danielantony1882 and did you even read the comments? They all say that doulingo is hard. One of them said that they did 10 days on Japanese doulingo to test it out they later edited it says that it was hard and they gave up

[@danielantony1882]

@@pastxlls2597 I did read it. That shit was honestly stupid to me. They had tips for years so stop lying.

[@pastxlls2597]

@@danielantony1882 then I must have not seen it then. Why are you so mad over my opinion?

[@georgiamurray5169]

As someone that has used duolingo for Japanese for over a year I can confidently say I can understand about 1/18 in ever Japanese video I watched without English subtitles.

[@Fennetic]

Well that's more than enough of what I was hoping for.

[@MakasuVAL]

It's really unlikely that anyone would learn Japanese in a year unless they're spending all of their time on it, 1/18 is actually a lot

[@georgiamurray5169]

@@MakasuVAL Now seeing my comment it was very misleading. Duolingo helped me with a few phrases, but overall I would not recommend it to actually be fluent in Japanese. Studying for about a hour daily is key to learning.

[@smileychess]

The Russian course is better. I can now say "this is my motor" and "Tom, Tim is there".

[@tabasumbashir4434]

Would it be written like this? Because I started Russian course too. "Том, Тим там".

[@smileychess]

@@tabasumbashir4434 - Yes "том, тим там". I think the creators think that's funny.

[@tabasumbashir4434]

@@smileychess I think it's funny lol

[@user-wt1cj3pr7r]

Это моя мама, Том, Тим там. Ладно

[@user-tq4dq5lo5g]

@@tabasumbashir4434 "Это мой мотор", but I can say that the Russian course is also a bit strange (I am a native Russian and Ukrainian speaker).

[@TheJayWay101]

Btw duolingo has updated the course and added a new "learn your characters" feature more revamps later this year

[@eula1194]

Yup. It has gotten better

[@eula1194]

I have seen too many in the comments that say "I want to" but got dissuaded and spent too much time thinking best way to start and end up not starting at all then give up in the end and it's sad to see. I also started like them. 5months ago. I spent longer time doing it the inefficient way myself but I'm fortunate enough to not given up til now. I'm currently at 500 kanji, but it's Soo soft. I need to get it drilled harder, and I think duolingos really good at it. I'll use other source as my main grammar source though. I'll leave vocabulary and kanji to duolingo

[@abookishfable8268]

The "i am vietnamese" if they read the whole sentence on duolingo they do say jin and not hito, they only said hito because u tapped on that specific kanji and they give u the most comon way to say it when u do. You will hear the speakers in the app say the full sentence "watashi wa betunamu jin desu" many times so at which that point they just asume u know how to pronounce it in the sentence written together :D if that makes any sense! So duolingo didnt get it wrong, they just didnt happen to pronounce the whole sentence in that lesson. you only clicked on hito the kanji so by itself they dont pronounce it jin as it wasnt in a sentence! Thank uu

[@glitchyboi3366]

I searched up Duolingo and this came up first, this video is helpful because I'm learning Japanese actually

[@Hamsterdawn]

oh ma god when she talks her vr character ears perk up ITS SO DAM CUUUUTTEEE AHHDH1R. CJDMDMKWNZ

[@colebremmer1225]

Bro go touch grass

[@perfectionist.]

@@colebremmer1225 HAHA GO TOUCH GRASS LMAOOO, SO FUNNT DUDE NEVER HEARD BEFORE LMAOOO TOUCH GRAS HAHAA BREATHE AIR LMAOOOO ORIGINAL HAHAHA EAT GRASS TOUCH ASS AMIRITE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH stfu dude

[@drdrdrdraiiiiii]

Duolingo doesn't teach you a new language. I'm pretty sure it only helps to test your languages and make sure you're on par

[@omp199]

Well, I'm learning Japanese from it. I can now say, "Asagohan no jikan desu yo." So there you go.

[@dxndy691]

imagine being first

[@Ineghart]

O-o

[@Me-uc1td]

imagine being last

[@hk_koala3646]

😂

[@pix3l331]

Imagine not being a really annoying comment (let's see if it start a war in the replies)

[@gangboi9996]

@@pix3l331 No war. You are right

[@JustGromski]

I re picked up duo lingo once they introduced the sections that just cover the characters only. Im going to just learn hiragana and katakana so I can atleast read for the most part. Not sure what il do after lol.

[@zla_204]

*me wanting to learn Japanese but also scared for no reason because of the memes*

[@lamidene8139]

One big problem with duolingo is that it shows grammar rules in action, but doesn’t explain them. For example, take the French verb “avoir” which means “to have”. There is a different form of the word for each subject. “We have” is “nous avons” while “they have” is “ils ont” Duolingo will show you sentences that contain the phrases for I, she, we, you, and they have, but the app never shows you a chart laying out the conjugations, you’re expected to pick it up purely through repetition.

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

I think the problem is that they created lesson plans for an early version of the course and then later revised the material several times without updating the documentation. As it is, the course materials explain about one of five constructs introduced in a given course.

[@SarnaiViola]

They updated it where you can just practice the letters instead of learning sentences but its more for learning the words instead of an actual consversaton

[@claxisthebesta]

was learing Korean yesterday and had to translate "the man lays the egg"

[@MagicFGH]

i watched this in like 2020 and i found it again. Thanks for the amazing content! keep up the great work ❤️❤️

[@redcomn]

I call this a trolllingo bc how do hecl do they expect a beginner to learnt kanji from the get go.

[@spicynoodles2742]

If I'm not wrong, Duolingo was intended as an external aid to your studies but not as teaching you as such. I'm currently trying to learn Russian and even though it has something called "alphabet 1", they never teach you the russian alphabet or pronunciation of the letters as such, just basic sentences.

[@Leon-rf4dp]

well like a child you learn stuff randomly no crazy introductions I like it about duolingo because it's not a conventional kind of learning.

[@makeshift307]

In the actual beginning courses rather than the “learning what level you are” quiz, it teaches you basic hiragana and a couple of kanji, slowly introducing more kanji and katakana.

[@Sheenifier]

I'd say it's more important to learn grammar and vocabulary than actual Kanji (unless you're just gonna be reading all the time). I have to learn Kanji on the side bc for example I knew beforehand "dog", I knew the phonetic "inu", but the Kanji for it 犬 I just had throw my hands in the air and go "Alright fine" and that's an easy one.

[@eula1194]

they actually dont Start with kanji. In this video they actually asked if she wants to take test so they can skip all the beginner stuff. In contrary to what everyone say, It does work. The way they still stuff sticks really well. But like what others say. It's best to use multiple sources

[@block_head_steve240]

As a half Japanese who stopped learning Japanese and wants to get back into, I realized that I wasn’t learning how to write or read the kanji at all and relying on the audio. This video is the last push to me not using Duolingo.

[@notcorrect5744]

Duolingo does help you learn grammar structures and vocabulary...probably not the best app out there for learning Japanese but I think people don’t give it enough credit for what it is.

[@MakasuVAL]

I think it provides a lot of content for a free app with a good interactive interface

[@kancila1128]

I'm from Malaysia and I'm a 15-year-old student. I have been using Duolingo to learn Japanese for like.... 20 days? And my Japanese is bad af lol I use Chinese to learn Japanese. Now I still feel the app is ok, nothing weird.I think I will edit this comment to share my learning experience. (ah..pls ignore grammar problem my english is also not so good)

[@SquishyGamers25]

"I cook my insects" "Emily you are not two years old you can walk" "Ours is a banana" Just SOME of the phrases I get.

[@learnerdecuriousqueen3320]

Her voice is 😍

[@subsdubsanime5566]

There's two types of vtuber: This one(the first type): Useful, interesting, peaceful. Second Type: chaotic videogames with memes

[@mlc4495]

Does anyone else remember this infamous sentence? 　すみません、 私はりんごです。🤣🤣🤣

[@veeinconfusion]

Could you translate it please? Thank you

[@mlc4495]

@@veeinconfusion "Excuse me. I am an apple." 🤣

[@veeinconfusion]

@@mlc4495 Excuse me WAIT WHAT?!?! What on earth was going through the heads of the people who designed the course???

[@mlc4495]

@@veeinconfusion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@WestAirAviation]

Well, since you didn't forget the sentence, then the intention behind it worked. You were taught a perfectly correct grammar structure and remembered it because it was so bizarre.

[@boidheach5709]

you are in light mode, I am glad you have good eyes.

[@ParrotPeele]

If you ever want to start a conversation the best sentence would be "Purple."

[@Poke-ladd]

Ah I remember the memes from it

[@sjs558]

i was practicing german on time and it said “der vater ist ein vater“ (the father is a father) lmfao💀

[@LegendGamer-ed3mr]

Yeah, there are a lot of sentences like that one

[@Jynxzifangirl]

Kon'nichiwa! I would love to travel to Japan to see the cool things Japan us like a new whole universe

[@user-hf6jm4tv2v]

Fully agree! I thought I was the only one noticing a problem.

[@isabelleayumi5450]

Nooo It's not correct. In the ベトナム+ 人, it duoling shows the pronunciation alone. But if you hear the complete pronunciation is correct.

[@catsandcrochet]

"This is water" That's exactly what I thought. Also it asked me to translate a sentence that translated to "I can't speak Japanese" which is true, but I'm using the app for that reason. It has odd choices for translating sentences. I'm wanna get a different app now.

[@xikers_roadyy]

Im learning Japanese in Duolingo rn and it’s kinda cool ngl

[@randomeditorhooman2720]

I tried Duolingo and one sentence was こんにちは,さよなら(literally hello,goodbye) I mean, who just says hello then goodbye? Plus sayonara actually means goodbye, I’ll never see you again and is never used!

[@orbtalkz]

Here from the course in 2021 - They fixed the "Jin" issue

[@pianistofthemosthigh]

Yeeeesss been waiting for this🖤

[@juda8415]

For me, duolingo is working. Most of the people are just doing it wrong

[@LaCabraAsada]

Duolingo isn't exactly an app that will help you dominate a language. It works better as an app for beginers or as a way of reinforcing your grammar. It also doesn't work for everyone, everyone has a different way of learning, so it's important to remember that. The app by itself won't help you dominate a language, but it can help you learn the basics and reinforce your grammar and spelling skills.

[@louveblancheomega799]

To learn japanese, use assimil and mango languages for example (people who step by here)

[@feirialle1169]

I see the word "soba" All the time

[@thesunset5610]

Actually Duolingo does sound like a normal conversation but you have to get 15 crowns to get stories. You just didn't reached that way.

[@marywatry1042]

The fact I could understand the first question...

[@mapl3mage]

I once tried using My Japanese coach for learning the language. It's probably "better" than duolingo (it is paid, afterall), but it still had some significant mistakes that I can't in good conscience recommend it as a learning source. They teach you how to write the kana, but the stroke orders are incorrect, for example. There are probably other errors within the game, but I haven't touched it in ages.

[@naravievsp]

i am learning spanish and the question was ¿Una hamburguesa de carne? and it was a multiple choice question and deadass one of the answers available was "¿Mi dinero?"😭

[@shoyoz3377]

Anime, and the culture of Japan made me study Japanese so

[@glorxsiie7]

no japan is not just anime :/

[@theunexplainablecrumbs4387]

It's not the best app, but you can't knock it too much as it is free, and they will no doubt improve it over time. I think Japanese is the third most studied language on Duolingo now, also the reason they use weird and funny sentences is because they're more memorable

[@caveman1736]

Is it wierd that I got a duolingo ad on this one?

[@teragotchi]

So far with Duolingo I have found it useful to remember hiragana & vocabulary but I have yet to see if it teaches you to speak Japanese more fluently... 😅

[@hamna8611]

i have picked up alot of Japanese words and phrases from ue vids lol thanks for the amazing vids

[@LuanOliveira-yh7se]

Actually, Duolingo is a pretty good app and I am learning japanese very well

[@hardrokrulzjj]

It actually is and the recent updates have added more content to the courses. Also it definitely gets more advanced as you go if you stick with it. I love how I am learning longer and more complex sentences and I’m not even halfway through the course!

[@_Astrogirl_]

It is OK if you believe that but all in all she actually speaks Japanese fluently. But I do recommend a LingoDeer it's a great app you do have to pay for it but if you want to get somewhere with your Japanese that I would use that one. 🤗

[@omp199]

@@_Astrogirl_ Someone who already speaks Japanese fluently isn't in a good position to judge how good an app for beginners is. Yes, they can spot the mistakes, but if they can't get into the mindset of a person who doesn't know any Japanese, they can't tell how much the app would help such a person.

[@maritzajasmine718]

I'm learning japanese on Duolingo

[@Thepuffymonkey]

Just so everyone knows, Duolingo might not be good for Japanese but it works very well for German, Spanish, and French (in my experience)

[@Dazaiisalivewearenotdelusuonal]

About the robotic sound it's a free app so it uses text to speech

[@yuzukidee]

Omg U know English so well Wowwwww I thought you were Americann. But ur japanese 😱

[@fart6903]

she's mix :)

[@Flicker_thefo0x]

I use dolingo to catch up on what I learned for the day and learn new words and use anime and Japanese KZbinrs for Immersion and pronunciation. And I use youtube to learn hiragana and katakana. So far i know hiragana and im starting on katakana. Ive only been practicing for a few days but I feel I am going at a good pace.

[@aliciajohnson5368]

I don't think sentences like 'would you like to buy my old socks' and the other 'unnatural' ones that you encounter when studying a foreign language are necessarily bad, because the goal is to teach grammar, and knowing the word order in these types of sentence will help you to form different sentences in the future. plus, if they sound funny then you will definitely remember the translation.

[@smooshi.mooshi]

hi i am from 2021 and just wanna say they updated :D

[@f2k3x41]

I lerned all my haragana because of this channel :D

[@eternallysami]

I'm proud of you 💗

[@f2k3x41]

@@eternallysami thanks!

[@imbored3063]

I still get mixed up with certain ones. I know a few よ- yo の - no These are the ones I’ve memorised

[@dinazza4090]

Wish i had known this app had this many errors before, because right now im already on a 95 day streak

[@kysphattie]

And what did u learn 😀

[@Thetravelingmonke]

Duo is nice for starting but later on use other ones since duo has a limited amount of things so it’ll only bring you so far until you need other things

[@stolas_princegacha6691]

On the start from scratch it tells you everything even the pronunciations and greetings

[@combatcat7]

I'm over here, practicing French, and Duolingo hits me with "You live with a horse?"

[@helenawhat5242]

Im learning Japanese in duolingo and they teach you to say that you are an apple lol

[@mellowgeekstudio]

すみません私はりんこてす

[@SelcraigClimbs]

@@mellowgeekstudio は*

[@mellowgeekstudio]

@@SelcraigClimbs ありがとうございます I am still getting used to the japanese android keyboard, I had to type that a lot of times cause it kept changing the hiraganas and I missed that. 😅

[@minooooo3574]

I only use it to help me learn it online 'cause of this stupid quarantine it became my hobby to learn to speak and understood japanese

[@rachelruiz5637]

It does teach informal eventually!

[@exquisite6719]

Watching this at 1:00 am

[@yourstrulykyle2180]

I was learning japanese and first thing I was taught by duo was "おさけ". Duolingo I'm literally 12 calm down

[@theromanshogunate5716]

I'm half Japanese I tried duo lingo Japanese I'm stopping it now since I already speak Japanese and I don't know why I started it

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

Duolingo isn't the best for learning Asian/Asiatic languages. It's better for learning other languages.

[@avablack9961]

I use Duolingo to learn Chinese. Yes, it sometimes gives strange sentences but it's a really effective app for learning various languages.

[@AilhartTaiga3746]

Man it embrasses me when i just learned some Japanese but i sound like an Idiot.

[@dunce234]

Doulingo is spamming on my E-Mail everyday "Hello I don't know! Got 5 minutes? Learn some Japanese" or "Hello I don't know! Your 1 day streak froze" I don't blame Duolingo for calling me "I don't know" because that's the name I put on my tnuocca

[@mukuroikusaba8651]

I'll tell you this now, that problem with 人 (じん) and 人 (ひと) hasn't been fixed

[@dycedargselderbrother5353]

The problem is they give it default pronunciation when the character is isolated. Like if it were English the word "read" would always be pronounced "reed" regardless of context when "red" would sometimes be the correct pronunciation.

[@wafflecult27]

Idk what I would do in Japan without knowing the phrase: すみません私はりんごです。

[@cyrusmarikitph]

I am a Filipino, and I would try Filipino language tomorrow. But I can also learn Spanish and Indonesian in that app.

[@bnsgokugreat]

According to Professor Jeff Brown who is the creator of “How to Acquire any language not learn it” video, Duo-lingo sucks. He explained clearly in the recent interview I did. Please feel free to check it out 😁

[@jebediahkerman2972]

The easy parts where it speaks you the answers may seem strange but they jam the pronunciations in. You said you only unlocked 27% of the course I believe it collects the stuff together into proper language during the final stages

[@Emo_Coven]

i think you can use Duolingo when you learn Japanese, but still have to do another things to help learn like books, videos and other. Duolingo isn't that best, but still can help you some very small things

[@waterlol4994]

Japanese be like: we have up to 50 different ways to say a word English: we have words that sound the same but are in no way related