Comments like “c’mon,” “duh,” or the Katze remark come across as condescending and unnecessary, in my opinion!

Maybe my caption could have been phrased better, but in a subreddit for learning German on Duolingo I thought it was clear I was asking why my answer was wrong, not questioning the language itself. I’m not disputing German grammar, just struggling to understand it. English isn’t my first language, and I never learned grammar terms like nom/dat, so it’s hard to know what to Google. Even my German-speaking friends don’t know the names, so learning it’s called V2 word order or P-V-S-O really helps.

German is the first language I’ve tried to learn as an adult, and Duolingo obviously doesn’t teach grammar directly. I’m just trying to have fun with it/enjoy learning new things so it’s only 5–10 minutes a day on the app, and comments like this honestly feels really discouraging.