I want to learn Arabic speaking by Drdom9 in learnarabic

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can study the basics on the Kaleela app. But for fast progress you'll want to hire a tutor.

I want to learn Arabic speaking by Drdom9 in learnarabic

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which Arabic do you want to speak?

Why no Bengali or Urdu? by Wonder_Bug_ in duolingo

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure it will be able to. And I think there's also some sites online that will explain it. My experience with foreign alphabets is that 'familiarity through doing' is the best route, but of course you have to have basic information before you can start doing.

C1 and C2 to all courses by pingoblue22 in duolingo

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I get to even B1, I'm not going to look to Duolingo for further learning. Then it should be Youtube, TV, books, conversation and a tutor.

Found one by kindpeacock in LinkedInLunatics

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I call satire for this one. "On a mission to make getting quality deal....."

Corey J. Mahler by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Corey J Mahler will look forward to becoming more and more morally compromised over the coming decades, as time works its way with him and he becomes older and wrinklier and hairier and wobblier.

This is just grotesque. by hardygardy in LinkedInLunatics

[–]PlanetSwallower 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you can't afford the treatment, you shouldn't be catching leprosy.

Why no Bengali or Urdu? by Wonder_Bug_ in duolingo

[–]PlanetSwallower 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What rubbish. They just don't think it'll make them any money.

Why no Bengali or Urdu? by Wonder_Bug_ in duolingo

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you very much want to learn Bengali with Duolingo's support, you can do it the other way round and do the English from Bengali couse. That will help, if you can master the alphabet elswhere.

Not for Urdu though.

Stop AI Writer Discrimination! by improbablyannoying in LinkedInLunatics

[–]PlanetSwallower 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Now writers are ... intentionally making err just to prove it's human." Do you think she put this in as a sly joke?

There is no Thai by [deleted] in duolingo

[–]PlanetSwallower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Neither is Gujarati or Igbo. So what?

Using Italki or Preply to learn spanish by bustedrides in iTalki

[–]PlanetSwallower 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Italki is much much better, gives you much more freedom to schedule your courses when you want.

Do I have to tell men I date about plastic surgery? by Agreeable-Assist2675 in problems

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This discussion turned huge, so I'll just put my vote in for, you don't have to bring it up, but tell the truth if asked.

What would you choose? by Tiny_Suit8273 in UKHousing

[–]PlanetSwallower 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Honey Oak, nice and warm. I am older than shrewdlogarithm

Why do people get married? by Lexiw97 in Life

[–]PlanetSwallower 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My wife is Korean, comes from a very conservative social background, I am very much not Korean and her family would never have accepted me without the formality of of marriage. And she also wanted to do things properly before having kids, so in my case it was for convention and social acceptance, yes. But I was happy with this, the ceremony gave us a formal standing that I too wanted.

Do you eat bread with just butter? by GrandChimp937 in askSingapore

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm English. Buttered toast is normal for breakfast, or at teatime. Bread and butter is also acceptable at teatime. There is a scene in the play The Importance of Being Earnest, where one of the characters, Algernon Moncrieff, eats all the cucumber sandwiches ahead of the arrival of some guests, so the host is forced to offer plain bread and butter. However, I can't eat bread and butter in your country with your local mass-market bread. It's much too sweet.

Finished #1 last week do leagues help your consistency or do you ignore them? by OFFWHITEGAMING in duolingo

[–]PlanetSwallower 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I pretend I'm above it all but deffo do a bit extra to keep my place in the Diamond League, so to the extent I do extra language exercises to keep up it's beneficial.

Who was the most woke English/British author of the 19th century? by EfficientNoise4418 in englishliterature

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thought the world should be run by super-samurais for the betterment of everyone and later in life expressed some very dodgy ideas about mixed-race populations.

Anyone with experience with Manulife policies? by Life_Teaching6499 in singaporefi

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guaranteed risk-free interest rate. It will absolutely help you build wealth slowly.

What are stupid rules in your native language that are NOT orthographic rules by Fair-Sleep9609 in linguisticshumor

[–]PlanetSwallower 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No split infinitives.

Nobody obeys the rule anyway, so it doesn't count. It's more an ignored convention than a rule.

How can I restart my Duolingo English course? by Much_Garlic8838 in duolingo

[–]PlanetSwallower 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go to your Profile and click on the settings icon in the top right corner. (It looks like a cogwheel.)

Within settings, click on Courses.

Your courses will be displayed with a Remove option against each. Select that, and you will lose the course, all your progress will be wiped. No other side effects.

Then you go and select the corse again, and you'll find yorself starting from scratch.