Mango Languages is available for free through many libraries and has an app.
GongFuFlashSteep@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Anyone have a good Duolingo alternative?
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
boonhet@lemm.ee 1 month ago
At this point I’m thinking I’ll just take a trip to Tenerife to continue learning Spanish.
Other apps aren’t good at gamification I hear - and that was the only thing that kept me using it till a while ago. I have ADHD. The leveling up, streaks, etc, is what kept me going when the novelty of learning yet another foreign language wore off - I already had to learn two in school and I only ever really use one of them, you can guess which one.
Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Busuu is a lot like Duolingo but you also get to trade corrections with real people learning your native language
Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yes I love Busuu! I switched about a years ago and I feel like it’s actually been teaching me Dutch instead of just brute force vocabulary memorization.
My only complaint is that it’s really aggressive about asking for you to subscribe. I just close the popups and I haven’t ran into anything that I cant do.
Cossty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lingodeer for more languages Renshuu for Japanese
Sonor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
HelloChinese if you want to learn that
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I switched to using CBC’s Mauril from Duolingo, and it’s been good, but it’s only available to Canadian residents (or VPN users) and it’s only for French. So it worked for me but obviously that covers a small subset of Duolingo users.
seeking_perhaps@mander.xyz 1 month ago
Look up ALG language learning. That’s the best way to learn languages.
LiamTheBox@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
WITH AIRLEARN SEÑOR WHITE!
RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Quit your current life and move to a country where they speak the language you want to learn. Get a menial job in a small town, find new friends, and learn what love is. Then you’ll know what it truly means to speak a language.
xxd@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
This is the language equivalent of the “I have a small issue with this software.” - “Have you tried switching your OS to Linux?” conversation lol
kautau@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Lol it’s almost even more extreme and has a common trope I love. “Hey I got this spam text…”
“Burn all your devices. Remove yourself from the grid. Scrub your identity. Purchase a single burner phone. Root it and install Graphene. Yes it’s hard. Google it. Wait, don’t google it. Search for it elsewhere. Amass money somehow without using technology. Cut off your family ties. You need to move to another country. You will need a work visa to move to most countries. But to get that you will need an accepted job in advance. And to have that you will probably need to access technology. Instead, buy a fake passport, because very few countries will just let you ‘move somewhere’ with a ‘menial job.’ Once you get there, develop passive income streams and quit your job. After you have been a landlord for two years you will finally know what it’s like to claim that being a landlord is a real job because you need to talk to tenants and file paperwork natively for an hour or two a week.”
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 month ago
I lost it at “root it and install Graphene.” GrapheneOS does not work with rooted devices, and rooting is considered a security risk by the Graphene dev team haha.
RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Or when Scout explains his date plan to Spy.
Spy: you have a dinner date for 7. What time do you arrive? Scout: 7… AM. Case the restaurant, run background checks on the staff. Can the cook be trusted? If not I’ve gotta kill him. Dispose of the body, replace him with my own guy no later than 4:30.
Banana@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Anyone know how to afford moving costs?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
Crime
Banana@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Sound advice!