Native Chinese Speedruns Duolingo Chinese (spoiler: don’t do it)

I lied! Last video before 2025. Let me know how you like Duolingo for learning Chinese ~
P.S. There's 30 more minutes of this, if you want to see it XD. I can make a part 2.
XOXO
Julesy

[@StarRealmMika]

0:58 he might look cute but dont get fooled, I'm trapped in his basement right now.

[@HanaSan-i3q]

Hahahahhah🤣🤣

[@sunnytran9545]

Send us some food please We’re hungry

[@StarRealmMika]

@@sunnytran9545 yeah please😔🙏...

[@heyitsdarla-n8g]

@@StarRealmMikaduo just gave me some of his bird food, it's not much but we can share 😢

[@JoouskariBS]

Wait im tell My mom to call police for help where you Guys

[@sweetlolitaChii]

After getting conversationally fluent in Spanish, I started learning Chinese and I've been studying it for only 2 weeks. But damn, I think I'm falling in love with the way Mandarin Chinese sounds. It's so incredible and expressive. And reading Chinese is so so difficult but it's a gorgeous written language, simplified and traditional both. I love it so much. I'm using a mix of Super Chinese, Duolingo for the Hanzi writing practice (it's really good!) and comprehensible input from TikTok and KZbin.

[@musenw8834]

Oh yes it can be. 😊 The idioms in particular are quite expressive too.

[@TacticalAnt420]

Chinese indeed sounds so pretty! I’m currently learning Russian, but Chinese is the next language I really want to learn! + I have Chinese friends to practice with :D

[@lixie4953]

I got tired from the way its written 😭idk how to learn writing

[@masterese]

Wow! I too started checking some Mandarin lessons out some three weeks ago! The characters are sure hard to remember as they are way different from everything I've ever seen (my language is Brazilian Portuguese). Almost zero vocabulary yet, but I learned words like water, soup, tea, rice, fried rice... And thank you and how are you... Wo ai ni (you never know when this could be useful! Lol!). I hope I can communicate in Madarin someday.

[@miyuqiii]

小姐 is still used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore, Malaysia, etc. The meaning of prostitute is really only a mainland Chinese thing.

[@Lizzy_edit.animeykpop]

yeah(coming from Malaysian)

[@masterese]

I thought Macao was part of continental China as well, no?

[@Butter_fly-.]

I’m a natal mainland Chinese but sometimes we use 小姐 for just miss and not prostitute but yeah it s real sometimes we use for saying prostitute cz like a Yong girl like 17 years old come with a 60 old man to hotel we used 小姐 like idk a sentence 嗯看着女的和着老人走得真近一看就是小姐 so that context it’s like the girl is corumpted or just idk how to explain😂

[@skane3109]

I tried Duolingo for mandarin a couple of years ago. It gameifies learning which I know some like but not my style. At that time I found the mandarin content was quite limited compared with say Spanish. Once I ran out of mandarin lessons I left and really don’t have any desire to return. I much prefer using apps like ‘Du Chinese’ which for me are more efficient at building listening, reading and speaking skills. Thanks for posting the video of your experience. It’s quite interesting.

[@fabiennevlcan-sparks7445]

Du Chinese is a great app i use it every day!

[@dairbarely6353]

Podcasts are also a great option, I've been teaching myself a month ago using podcasts about an hour everyday and it's helped me the most with conversations

[@nuranaaliyeva]

Hello Chinese app is also really good.

[@mozempire5096]

I am a gamer, so your comment truly hits home for me. I appreciate your comments, particularly the recommendation for other apps like "Du Chinese," as I expect to reach DuoLingo's end of content within a year (my subscription), so will want to move onto another app.

[@j5679]

Maybe the fact that Chinese is only the 8th most popular language rather speaks to the fact that Chinese learners are more aware of Duo's shortcomings?

[@celiad6012]

More people give up learning Chinese!

[@leoc3321]

that's wild 💀

[@yoshihammerbro435]

Dumb green bird.

[@Stuytz]

Dumb green birdie boiiiiiii 🐍🐍🐍🦜🦜🦜🐍🐍🐍

[@kylinaxx7544]

First of all..Chinese is not a language, it’s an ethnic group. And second of all, Mandarin Chinese is the 2nd most spoken language in the world so idrk what you’re on about..

[@yeroca]

She suddenly left (semicolon) we don't know why. I think they don't require you to use punctuation, so that's why it looks weird.

[@scotth5988]

Yeah with a semicolon it's completely normal

[@masterese]

Semicolon or comma since this is just an inversion.

[@Tibissia]

I started learning mandarin from duolingo, i have completed the tree in about 2 years. It was fun but very hard at the beginning, i stopped for few months a couple of times because i wasn't able to understand the language. Then my stubbornness won and i finished the course. I must say it was a good start from scratch, after that i went to a chinese class and i was able to start from A2/B1. Now i know around 1000 vocabularies...long road to go but a lot of fun! Thanks duo!

[@daniellysoares9266]

I'm loving your videos on Mandarin! I'm just starting my Chinese learning journey, and I'm feeling pretty lost about where to begin. I'd love to watch a video on the best starting points. English isn't my first language either, but it was relatively simple to find the right direction. I primarily learned English by watching TV shows, reading books, and singing along to songs. I feel like I can't apply the same approach with Chinese.

[@SweetieQing]

I'm a pretty new Chinese language learner. I've tried Hello Chinese, Duolingo, and now Super Chinese. I've only worked with Super for about a week, but so far it's my favorite. PS: i also work with a tutor twice a week. I just want something to supplement.

[@Romy---]

LingoDeer?

[@mozempire5096]

DuoLingo got me with their 60% off sale for 1 year ($60) 3 days ago. I have long wanted to learn Mandarin, and the KZbin videos don't suit me. This is encouraging, and easy to pick up where you left off, so it better suits my time and interest levels. I really like the DuoLingo approach of repetition with simple reinforcement. Some of the pronunciations are difficult, especially in sentences, so I appreciate the ability to hover over specific parts of words to repeat the sounds. ("hot," and "Japan," are still rubber-lip demons, 'tho.) I took 4 years of French in High School, so I am happy whenever I can recognize suffixes or conjunctions, or make connections for audible similarities to English words. Overall, as a native English speaker, I enjoy DuoLingos "hand holding," "flash-card," approach to the language, but I am still VERY early on in the process. I have not really tried to learn Pinyin, I am only focusing on being able to understand what I hear, and speak.

[@varietychan]

I love when Duolingo says "Write this in Chinese"

[@masterese]

The clauses are okay without the connector because it is just an inversion and, in that case, we use comma to separate the inversion (We don't know why she suddenly left...). You're too good in both languages! I'm impressed! I've seen so many videos of China now I believe I've fallen in love with the culture... I am now trying to learn the basics for the first time and I must say it is... different... so to speak! My mother tongue is Brazilian Portuguese, by the way. Thank you for sharing! Good vibes from Brazil!

[@En.6sk8]

I learn Korean from duo and theres sentence said “the cat went to school” LOL

[@julesytooshoes]

Very useful and important sentence to know 🥸🥸🥸

[@En.6sk8]

@ I agree 🥸

[@rairaidj1]

I used Duolingo during the first 5-6 months of learning Chinese. I don't believe its the fastest way to learn, but to me it was much easier to use it for an hour a day (15 minutes here and there) then to sit down with a textbook. In total it wont take you farther than hsk3 and you should start inputting (listening and reading) much sooner than i did

[@caioct8589]

I really enjoyed using Duolingo; it was a great way to start learning Mandarin. In just a few months, you can reach HSK2, and with a bit more study, HSK3. I also noticed it introduces some HSK4 words, as I recognized several when I began studying for HSK4! 🤗

[@celiad6012]

Duolingo is more challenging for beginners when you reach the point where you are given the sentence in English and you have to type in the pinyin, without buttons showing the characters. In all fairness, it is designed for beginners and early intermediates, not for people who already speak Chinese! Also, you can opt to have the pinyin above the characters hidden, so you must be able to recognise them. I find it good for consolidating my knowledge.

[@sheeliekittie9298]

You have a PhD in linguistics!! Wow you are my inspiration. I would like to find a program to study linguistics of ASL as i am really passionate about the deaf community as a teacher.

[@elise2816]

Yes please to part 2!! I loved your grammar explanations too 🩷

[@rickybobbyledeuxieme]

Been trying to use Duolingo’s Chinese course, lately. It needs a LOT of work, but it doesn’t seem to be a priority for them

[@euhype802]

It would've been nice to hear your thoughts at the end! Interesting that even though you selected the "advanced" level and got everything right, by the end of the 15-min lesson it was still showing you beginner-level content.

[@julesytooshoes]

Yeah I couldn't get the hardest level, even though I tried to. I said in the beginning I'm not a big fan of Duolingo, but after seeing some other KZbinrs due speedruns, I thought it would be a fun experiment to try it. In the end I still don't enjoy it - it feels more like a game than a way to really improve your language skills. I would say it's better than NOTHING, like if you can't get into the habit of using a more immersive and useful app - this app is kind of mindless entertainment, and maybe that's why it's so successful.

[@PrecisionSportScience]

Soooooo what is the allegedly more “immersive and useful“ app???

[@julesytooshoes]

@ I’ve never had to use an app to learn Chinese, so it’s hard for me to say right now. Some others have mentioned apps they like in the comments. But if you’re interested in Chinese-specific learning apps, you can give me a list and I can try them all and make a video on it 😄

[@PrecisionSportScience]

@@julesytooshoes I just asked ChatGPT "What are the most popular Chinese language learning apps?" and it said. . . .

[@PrecisionSportScience]

1. Duolingo Why It's Popular: Known for its gamified approach, Duolingo offers bite-sized lessons, achievements, and a mobile-friendly interface. Key Features: Streaks, leaderboards, and virtual currency for motivation Short, easy-to-digest exercises focusing on vocabulary and grammar Caveat: Suitable for beginners or casual learners; less robust for advanced reading and nuanced grammar. 2. HelloChinese Why It's Popular: Specifically designed for Mandarin learners with structured lessons that incorporate Pinyin, characters, and pronunciation practice. Key Features: Speech recognition for pronunciation feedback Exercises on tones, stroke order, and character writing Engaging mini-games for practicing listening and reading Caveat: Mostly covers beginner to intermediate levels, but extremely user-friendly. 3. ChineseSkill Why It's Popular: Similar in style to Duolingo but tailored more for Mandarin. Offers a range of lessons on vocabulary, grammar, and characters. Key Features: Reinforcement of grammar points through short quizzes Progress tracking and spaced repetition for vocabulary Caveat: Like Duolingo, best for beginners to low-intermediate learners. 4. Pleco Why It’s Popular: Primarily a dictionary app with robust features for Chinese language learning. While not a structured course, it’s widely considered essential for serious students of Mandarin. Key Features: Best-in-class dictionary with example sentences Optical character recognition (OCR) to look up words by camera Flashcards for personalized study Caveat: Not a lesson-based learning app per se, but an indispensable reference and vocabulary-building tool. 5. Memrise Why It’s Popular: Uses spaced repetition flashcards for vocabulary and includes community-created courses on Mandarin. Key Features: Audio, videos of native speakers, mnemonic devices Many free user-generated Chinese courses covering various levels Caveat: Lessons vary in quality depending on who created them. Best used alongside other resources for well-rounded learning. 6. LingoDeer Why It’s Popular: Known for its structured lessons and grammar explanations that are more in-depth than many other beginner apps. Key Features: Curriculum-like progression for Mandarin, focusing on reading, writing, listening, and grammar Exercises that reinforce tones, character recognition, and sentence structure Caveat: Paywall for advanced features, though the free content is still robust. 7. HSK Online / SuperTest Why It’s Popular: Tailored specifically for learners preparing for the HSK exam (the official Chinese proficiency test). Key Features: HSK-based vocabulary and mock tests Progress monitoring by HSK level Caveat: Most helpful for test prep rather than casual learning. Choosing the Right App Beginner Focus: Duolingo, HelloChinese, ChineseSkill, LingoDeer Intermediate / Advanced: Combining Pleco for vocabulary, Memrise for deeper vocab sets, and HSK-based apps for structured progression Self-Paced vs. Structured: Some apps (Duolingo, ChineseSkill) are more game-like, while others (LingoDeer, HelloChinese) have more lesson-like structures. No single app can cover all aspects of language learning (especially for advanced levels or nuanced grammar), so many learners use a combination of tools, often pairing a structured app with a comprehensive dictionary/reference app like Pleco.

[@kennethduran6780]

That fact i got a duolingo ad as soon as i clicked this video😂

[@Team-lr6ty]

Happy Holidays to you, and: Happy New Year, Jules!

[@Blooddrunk]

you can skip to the last chapter if you scroll down all the way and click on the last chapter and taking the chapter skip test

[@musenw8834]

Which is what I did. 😅 Still quite okay for me.

[@octarian2697]

@@musenw8834 She didn't

[@artugert]

I was never interested in gamified learning, but a while back my sister got the family plan and asked if I wanted to be added to it, so I thought I might as well check it out. I did a speed run and finished it in a few hours. The entire thing is beginner level content!

[@axog9776]

i was expecting an actual speedrun haha

[@julesytooshoes]

I tried but I don’t know how to do an actual speed run. All the lessons were really easy, so it wasn’t giving the effect I wanted, so I just used the first 20 minutes. I recorded 50 minutes but the rest were almost the same 😅

[@master-changingschools4053]

this was fun.. do more

[@MalaEnsminger]

I love him! You’re Chinese i love “Let’s get this party started!”

[@seal2270]

The reason panda comes up as an option is because it is a word in the course. They usually do a selection of words from the course you are doing as options, even if you haven't done that word yet

[@TaraKaos]

Regarding panda I find that really odd. Because ive been doing Duo mandarin for about a month, dup russian for about 8 months, and i did about 3 months of german. I have never seen the word panda as an option LOL

[@little_p3ngu1n]

Hi!! I am a Chinese person partially fluent in Chinese. As an American born person, I never really needed to use Chinese except for talking to older relatives, but I have been taking classes all my life (~ a decade now.) I started Duolingo lessons in Chinese a year and a half ago, and I actually found it pretty good for learning vocabulary, practicing grammar, and learning short phrases. I think Duolingo shouldn't be used for complete beginners in Chinese, like people who have never heard or been at least exposed to it. I knew the basics of Chinese, and I used it alongside classes and speaking with my parents, which helped a lot, and I still use it. TLDR ; If you know some basics of Chinese, Duolingo might work for you, but if you are a complete beginner it's more likely you will give up.

[@guidow9616]

It was so much easier to understand the phrase at 6:50 when you said it. I liked Duolingo better than Mondly, which was what I hd before. Duolingo was way better, so I signed up for 1 year with friends, doing great so far but added chinese courses, chinese friends, lots of cooking and HSK books. Duolingo itself won't help that well I think. Need to get up to HSK 2-3 in next 9 months, so I can enjoy my china trip to the fullest and have small talk with people :)

[@StrawberriesandJam]

i got a duolingo ad when i clicked this video

[@Urfav_Moa_Stay_Blink_Engene]

“He’s pretty cute” famous last words of duo users 💀 Also I used to use duo for a while but it wasn’t rlly helping me so I decided to do some research and if u want a more effective, quick and interactive way to learn languages u would recommend lingo deer 😊

[@merccat67]

Speaking hack/bug: if you pronounce the first few syllables well, it tends to give you credit for the entire sentence, before you even finish. Not sure if this is for all platforms, but noticed this with the ios app. Duolingo has made a lot of progress in their Mandarin course in the last couple of years. However, it still has a long way to go and there are a lot of things that bother me about it, such as the aforementioned speaking bug.

[@pierregagnon2666]

I like how you have the CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON final fight music playing in the background 😂😂😂😂

[@meghanh2511]

I love duolingo. Yes some sentences are weird but you still learn words and once you know those words you can form your own sentences. Granted I've only ever tried learning German, Spanish, French and Japanese, but still. :)

[@froodmood]

At least for Japanese, they have panda as one of the first animals as well

[@Oqwert]

You can skip entire sections if you go to the unit list (arrow pointing left on top of a section name) and click on "jump to section" then pass the test, it allows you to check what's in all sections in just a few minutes (and a non-speaker can finish them through trial and error, but if you are a student you won't learn anything).

[@nolankryptonite3167]

I am a native speaker and finished Chinese on Duolingo... Yes there is an end, and sadly, it still felt kind of beginner. I learned some vocabulary I don't normally use and that was it.

[@seruleanade]

i am a chinese speaker too and i do duolingo speedruns when i feel like it. one time i got really mad at chinese duolingo. there were questions where you have to type out the answer, i got it, but just didnt add a period at the end and got marked as wrong even though the text i typed was EXACTLY the same as the correct answer it showed me, just without the period.

[@maca8778]

I’ve used duo for over a year and it hasn’t taught me NOTHING! I WASTED 1 YEAR OF MY LIFE LITERALLY JUST LEARNING HOW TO SAY “APPLE” AND WORDS I DONT THINK I NEED TO SAY WHEN IM SPEAKING!!!!!!

[@mariusstrand5220]

What you did was spend

[@maca8778]

@@mariusstrand5220 I did 3 lessons a day…? And who said I’m hardly gonna use it? I have a family that speaks Spanish and I’m learning Korean because I’m going to Korea..? Like what are you hating for

[@Sera_des]

​@@maca8778there's person saying it works i think it's different from person to person

[@heejinate]

@@maca8778 3 lessons a day is 5 minutes.

[@caroljean161]

You can still use what you have done over a year. Don’t let it be a waste!

[@Queenbee-s8g]

I’m learning Mandarin because I want to visit Chinese and I like c dramas ❤❤❤❤

[@Callme_June23]

When I clicked on the vid a duolingo ad pops up before the vid😰

[@TaraKaos]

Chinese Duolingo leaves A LOT to be desired. But I taught myself a decent level of Russian with a combination of Duolingo and my complete obsession with Russian Hard Bass lol. I have 277 days of duolingo and feel pretty confident I could get around just fine in Russia, but my russian grammer is really weak. I'd survive and could communicate fairly well, but my bad grammar would be VERY obvious i'm not a native speaker. It's a typical shortcoming of duolingo. What helped me as a native english speaker learning russian was spamming all of the Cyrillic lessons first. I've been trying that with Pinyin but OMG the pinyin lessons are sooooooo bad. Like half the lesson is just hearing 2 words and answering if they are the same or different words. And most of the pinyin lessons only encompass 2 words lol. But all that being said if yer on a budget... hard to find a more affordable app. Especially for crazy people like me learning multi languages at the same time lol

[@TaraKaos]

Also really funny observation my wife made. For the record I'm a VERY VERY out transwoman, started my transition about 10 years ago I think? Been a while I've lost track lol. But anyway this is so funny. When I speak English my voice tends to fluctuate somewhere between masculine and feminine depending on how rushed my speech is, when I speak Russian I have a very deep masculine voice, and when I speak Mandarin my voice is REALLY feminine lol.

[@SuhardiAdie-d4f]

HELP THERE WAS A DUOLINGO AD BEFORE THIS VID STARTED 💀💀

[@Shark-pj8in]

Make a new video doing the higher levels. It would be cool to see.

[@AlessandraCornel]

The fact I got a doulingo ad

[@1L0vegraqpes55]

Im a chinese person and i gotta say ur chinese is not bad 👍👍

[@Salang_kpop]

NOUR HES NOT CUTE HES EVIL!!!😂

[@firenze6478]

We saw its true nature in meatcanyon

[@yorgunsamuray]

I remember from late 90's that 小姐 was not a very businesslike word used at corporate settings. I had an even older textbook which had foreign characters named "Gubo" and "Palanka" who wore late 70's-early 80's outfits. Forgot the name though, "Practical Chinese Reader"?

[@jamalalafgani1137]

i used duolingo for beginer part, just to have image what chinese language looks like.

[@Wellidontknowyou]

Guys..😂...i just got a Duolingo ad before the video started LOL

[@esamazing809]

i downloaded duolingo in 2022 to learn mandarin. it was okay but i quickly lost my motivation. in 2024, i went back to studying but got greatly confused by how much it had changed. i remember starting in 2022 with how to introduce yourself, but now it's just a random topic. the same goes for japanese, you start with how to order food instead of introducing. 'mizu to gohan kudasai' is a fun meme on the internet but to me, starting with this makes no sense. i switched to hello chinese for mandarin. i don't really like duolingo in general tbh, they have great advertisement on social media but the app is just not my fav to learn languages

[@CrimsonValkyrie3452]

Wait till you get tons of emails from duolingo Even if you delete the app It will still go through

[@vipe.z]

I literally got a doulingo ad the beginning of the video.. Doulingo is really watching me

[@petey9712]

With the pinyin really helps

[@katymbeke8400]

I've been having fun on Duolingo, but what I hate about it is the whole life/heart thing. Like bro, I'm trying to learn, and I'm being limited on that simply for getting things wrong. I'm a beginner who knows little to nothing about the language, of course I'm going to get things wrong. It's kind of a double edged sword, because it makes me not want to get things wrong next time, and memorise the words enough to get things correct. I even got a writing book for notes.

[@seanrowshandel1680]

In school, do you remember your teachers ranting about STANDARIZED TESTS? Duolingo is not A STANDARDIZED TEST. Every student is expected to be there in order to learn, because he WANTS to learn. In a standardized test, the potential answers are supposed to be hard because someone is measuring how well the students have learned (in order to criticize the teachers). Non-standardized testing is completely different because only in a standarized test does the concept of correct and incorrect come into play. It's not LEARNED and NOT LEARNED YET. It's correct or incorrect. So in a normal quiz, you either do it really quickly, or it takes you an extra few minutes to look at all the answers and then choose the one that's obvious. You DON'T FORGET it because you remember how serious it was to get a good grade on the quiz, and the way you DETERMINED that it was the correct answer made you PROUD to be SMART.

[@SarKhal123]

Duolingo increased my chinese level from 10% to 50%

[@merrymeriam1495]

I used duolingo to learn Chinese, and got high grades but actually, cannot speak the language... it's a miracle 😅😊😂 I'm having fun learning

[@firenze6478]

Learning Japanese before this made grasping hanzi super easy for me, so chinese is actually easier for me despite its tonal nature scaring me off at first. Trying to learn Korean too but the apps just aren’t as good, and won’t teach me the alphabet like renshuu or hello Chinese

[@julesytooshoes]

Traditional characters used by Japanese scares me 😣

[@BhasuraDissanayake]

9:49 I do French in duolingo and I guess panda is only for Chinese 😂

[@Stay_alwayz]

I do Korean and… yeah panda has never came up 😭

[@Team-lr6ty]

Hi, China! How are you? From Russia- with love(from: Far East, Khabarovsk)!

[@julesytooshoes]

Doing relatively well, thanks for asking :) Hope you are having good end of year celebrations :)

[@Team-lr6ty]

​@@julesytooshoes Yes, Jules! Christmas in Russia- January 7th(by the way)!

[@Comrade_Broski]

Duolingo Chinese (on the mobile app, not PC) got worse a few months ago when they forced us to learn to write characters in between listening and speaking lessons. I don't use it anymore because of that but I used to like it.

[@caioct8589]

But that's great because many people don't learn to read and write hanzi, and as a result, they don't progress in the language or can't take the proficiency tests. By the end of Duolingo, you are expected to reach HSK3, but this will only be possible if you've practiced hanzi. The HSK itself will require you to do so!

[@teijahaussalo1083]

I was about to stop using Duolingo, but then they introduced hanzi exercises and that was - and still is - really inspiring. I think Duolingo's hanzi section, where you practice writing separately from the other exercises, is better than the hanzi sections in other apps I've seen.

[@hassanscottodierno9284]

Each language is unique, never seen panda in Arabic, Indonesian or French. I feel Duolingo is good for getting used to hearing the language and differentiating words and learning common words. Definitely can’t get fluent using Duolingo

[@Kumimi334]

I miss when Duolingo had placement tests😭

[@totallynotherebcreasons]

Lol the Duo bird may be cute, but he'll steal ur family if you dont do ur lessons.

[@VitalijKaramakov]

I love how sassy this sounds... "li xiaojie shi women.... DUUUUH... Jing li 😊😊😊"

[@valhoundmom]

I use duolingo for Chinese...I needed a break from. Finnish.😂

[@user-su5lo6nz3o]

I just got a douolingo add

[@lazeineddine6834]

We don't know why ,she suddenly left 😊It is right

[@oldiemcfee]

I would prefer to learn from reading a book on speaking Chinese, but I don't know how that would turn out, considering I can't even read the Roman spelling of Chinese words (also, I don't have anyone to speak Chinese with). At least with Spanish I already knew how a word should sound when I read it, but if anyone knows any good books on Chinese I would be willing to try.

[@Connorhayes2010]

13:34 10000 DOLLARS FOR THE FAMILY PLAN

[@julesytooshoes]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Itz_Smileing_critters]

I GOT A DUO AD LOL9LOLOLOLOLOLOLLO

[@MalaEnsminger]

You made 0 mistakes this year.

[@PaulfrmTXtoCO]

Been using Duolingo. The pronunciations seem to change between different voices used, and their seems to be some ghost sounds at the end of words (sometimes last letter pronounced, other times last is missing).

[@julesytooshoes]

I also noticed the pronuniciation is a bit inconsistent! Seems like Duo is not prioritizing Chinese >__

[@musenw8834]

​@@julesytooshoesI suspect it's cos they used AI. They did advertise that they're using ai powered sets even for their super duo. Did you do the jump forward test though?

[@nicoletoledo.7067]

I'm kinda scared about that.

[@sheeliekittie9298]

You are amazing with korean i thought originally you were korean by birth! Lol. Jules, i had a question. How can i measure my level with any language to obtain at least a B2? For example i am currently living and teach in korea. How can i take a test to have my B2 level. In Korean. This is my long term end of year goal. For 2025!

[@julesytooshoes]

@@sheeliekittie9298 hello, good question! B2 seems to be a part of the international language proficiency system but I don’t know if Korea follows it. In Korean is mainly using TOPIK. I think B2 would be around TOPIK 4, so that can be a goal for you :)

[@sheeliekittie9298]

@julesytooshoes thank you! For this info. But how can i officially find and take the test? For testing my level for example? To receive my official B1 score.

[@Ghosty0969.Official]

Omg I did that once and I absolutely do not recommend it, I’m not born in China but my parents are from China and so I speak Chinese quite fluently in my house

[@HockeyGame]

I'm part Chinese and I decided to learn so I downloaded Duolingo and it actually helped me! I started out not being fluent but I could have simple conversations and Duolingo has definitely helped me strengthen my vocabulary

[@Lincyags]

I’ll try chinese

[@bshthrasher]

6:56 Yeah lol, the fact that Chinese doesn't have plural is pretty confusing for me as a Russian. If I say for example 我的腿很疼, does it mean both of my legs are hurt or only one?) Like how do I say it if I mean both, 我的腿都很疼? 我和朋友喝咖啡在食堂。- does this mean one friend or a few of 'em?) As for Chinese course on Duolingo, I like it a lot. Especially the speaking excercises and hanzi lessons. But the course is too short, it contains only 1000 hanzi, which is just around HSK3. I'd like it to go further to advanced level, I think it should be at least 2000 characters.

[@julesytooshoes]

我的腿很疼 - my legs are hurt/in pain (legs as a whole set) 我的腿都很疼 - a bit awkward but it's understandable as both legs As for meeting a friend/friends, we usually say it like this: 我跟朋友在食堂喝咖啡。 - I would view this as one friend unless you mentioned meeting multiple people beforehand. You can also say something like 我跟一个朋友在食堂喝咖啡。（a bit unnatural but it would make it clear it's 1 person). 我跟一些朋友在食堂喝咖啡。OR 我跟几个朋友在食堂喝咖啡。- I would say this if I want to emphasize that I'm meeting multiple people. BUT in Chinese, if you don't really care if the listener doesn't know how many people, you can just say the very first sentence above. Thanks for watching!

[@bshthrasher]

@@julesytooshoes, oh, thank you for trying to clarify the topic for me a little bit, I'll try to keep this in mind! Happy 2025 to you!

[@ThatMevely]

make it clear which leg, the left or the right so like this: 我的左腿很疼 我的右腿很疼 我的左和右腿都很疼

[@bshthrasher]

@@ThatMevely, yeah thanks, I get it, it was just an example tho, luckily in this case we can specify which one)

[@donnawright6844]

I use Duolingo to learn Chinese been doing it for a year. I use KZbin and few other things to learn it as well. I like it though the English translation is weird sometimes though 😂

[@bozok6360]

I can speak many languages . I tried this just for fun with them . :D not gonna lie it was satisfying

[@Team-lr6ty]

I'm- multilingual Russian! My languages: Russian, English, Spanish(little), etc.

[@bozok6360]

@Team-lr6ty я знаю Русский язык

[@bozok6360]

@@Team-lr6ty я не Русский и никогда не был в России ,но хочу посетить однажды Санкт-Петербург. Я сам на учился говорит на этом прекрасном языке. Я могу говорить на 5 языках и одна из них это Русский . Я Русскую реч абсолютно понимаю ( но грамматика у меня хромает потому что я не изучал грамматику и у меня не было учителя) и каждый ден читаю новости на вашем языке . Я из Турции. Привет вам .

[@Team-lr6ty]

​@@bozok6360 О, Турция! Привет! Мы- помним: все наши морские бои 19-го века! Мы- уважаем вашу страну(так-то), но: Плохо, что: ваш президент(Эрдоган)- хочет усидеть на: двух стульях! Это- плохо, что: Ваши власти- помогают: украине(в: наше время)! Я- из тех, кто: против войн!

[@Team-lr6ty]

​@@bozok6360 Чтобы хорошо изучать чей-то язык, лучший способ- обратиться к: носителю этого языка! Пример: Русский!

[@GaramYoon2012]

You know since Mandarine is a hard language there is many apps only for Chinese so I feel like if u want to learn Chinese u get other apps.

[@martingusdegr8]

I do the Chinese duolingo. Panda comes up a lot. Like Kung Fu Panda. For example,‘Have you ever seen a panda that knows Kung Fu?’😅😂😊

[@payen1235]

I actually use that kind and I got perfect

[@cloebloss]

I really wish they had Cantonese. My husband and his family speak Cantonese and I want to learn with my 5 ye old but resources are limited

[@julesytooshoes]

Yes, sadly there aren’t that many resources for learning Cantonese 😢

[@Saidsaidbel]

I do Chinese and there was panda on one of the options 😵

[@brettallen6290]

Duolingo won't show "panda" when learning other languages; it draws the extra words from the other sentences it has for the language you're learning. It frequently teaches me this very weird sentence, "你见过会功夫的熊猫吗?" It will even offer "fu" by itself as an extra word sometimes! I find it strange that it doesn't offer extra words that are at least a little bit credible. Maybe that would make it too hard.

[@celiad6012]

I tried their English lessons for French mother-tongue speakers once, and the sentences had “croissants” in them. You don’t get that in the Mandarin lessons, just pandas that can do Kung Fu! Makes perfect sense to me !! Owls with orange feet and green feathers - it gets you used to the unexpected.

[@Slothian-ry3hf]

LOL the thumbnail says can you help us solve it? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ViAfling]

Im a native Chinese speaker and if any Chinese learners here need a tutor or someone to practice with plz don’t hesitate to dm me❤❤❤

[@Team-lr6ty]

Hi, China! How are you? From Russia- with love(from: Far East, Khabarovsk)!

[@Team-lr6ty]

​@@ViAfling Cheers, China! You're- our economic partner! We're all- helped: North Vietnam(in: Vietnam War)!

[@Team-lr6ty]

​@@ViAfling Great Mao- always with you(in: your heart)!

[@dottieshields5918]

I am very frustrated with duolingo right now. I have completed 253 days consecutively now. I cannot advance past module 3. I am not willing to pay money to do this program. I have found some errors in the Chinese words they use, like renshi instead of zhidao for to know something, and the English translations are pretty screwy at times. What I do like is that I can hit the microphone and listen to a sentence multiple times.

[@julesytooshoes]

@@dottieshields5918 yeah, like I said in the beginning of the video, I’m not a huge fan of Duolingo 😅 I think it’s better to learn from an app that’s specialized in Chinese (or not from an app at all).

[@dottieshields5918]

@@julesytooshoes What apps do you recommend to learn Putonghua?

[@julesytooshoes]

@@dottieshields5918 The only one I can recommend with no hesitation is Pleco - it's a dictionary but it has great features. You can bookmark any word or phrase/idiom and there are a lot of good example sentences for every entry.

[@dottieshields5918]

@@julesytooshoes Thank you! 新年快乐！

[@Zephyr-lg5ne]

The aspect ratio though

[@julesytooshoes]

Idk what happened in the editing process. My apologies 🥲

[@Zephyr-lg5ne]

@ all is swell 👍

[@ZYMMERK]

to answer the panda question, the sentences tend to be quite stereotypical the german duolingo does NOT shut up about sausages and beer, and chinese one about rice and soup

[@julesytooshoes]

We are MORE than just pandas, rice and soup! 😡😡😡

[@Nirpiyuworld]

I tried Duolingo for learning korean and Trust me it was not worth at all , for learning alphabets it was a great experience but then for other things like sentence and grammar etc stuffs i would NEVER recommend duo , they don't teach properly and directly go to harder levels 😢

[@Justcallmeswampy]

I used it two days ago

[@Hofer2304]

You should have tried this course as an absolute beginner. This would be much more informative fo a new learner. Make some mistakes on purpose, use unusual word order, both in German and in Chinese. Can you recommend Chinese videos for absolute beginners like Peppa Pig, or better a Chinese series?

[@vminhope3040]

8:20 “was that Korean?” I had this in the background and suddenly turned my head to hearing that. I’m new here hello.

[@julesytooshoes]

@@vminhope3040 hello! Yes, it is Korean, 잠깐만요. I speak Korean fluently and also teach it on this channel ☺️

[@perrob]

​@@julesytooshoesdid you try duolingo korean? seem outright awful to me

[@vminhope3040]

@@julesytooshoes Im trying to learn Mandarin now :)

[@julesytooshoes]

@perrob I’ve never tried it, but maybe I’ll do it for a video 🤣

[@Colin91809]

I dare say, there are probably a few more than 10.7 million Chinese learners on duolingo now 🤣😅

[@apaaja7662]

you have a proof to say that?

[@Treyfox24]

i been using hellochinese

[@mlsterlous]

You chose highest level in the beginning, but because i understand 95%, that definitely not high level. Probably because doulingo is not meant to be harder than ~hsk3.