And then never discuss the weather or any emotion other than happy.
But then, I don't suppose the other feelings are even a necessity when you're drinking as much and as many types of alcohol as Duolingo seems to think Turkey — a highly-regulated, 98% muslim country — goes through on the daily.
I've been learning Finnish for nearly a year. The first phrase it taught me was "Sinä olet velho". I thought it was madness to teach me "You are a wizard". Like, when am I ever going to use that?!
Later that year, I was performing at a forest festival in Finland, and a guy staggered past wearing a wizard hat. The way his face lit up when I yelled "Sinä olet velho!" was priceless!
Actually 🤓 some of them were, but then the government decided to wipe all of them out and replace them with drones c/birdsarentreal c/ifitfliesitspies c/birdwatchinggoesbothways
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GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de · 21 pts · 2y
Duolingo will teach the 50 most common words first, and then the precise names of all items of clothing you could think of.
Nepenthe@kbin.social · 17 pts · 2y
And then never discuss the weather or any emotion other than happy.
But then, I don't suppose the other feelings are even a necessity when you're drinking as much and as many types of alcohol as Duolingo seems to think Turkey — a highly-regulated, 98% muslim country — goes through on the daily.
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
It took them forever to teach me the word for "then". But hey, at least I learned all about how to speak about cows.
Transcendant@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I've been learning Finnish for nearly a year. The first phrase it taught me was "Sinä olet velho". I thought it was madness to teach me "You are a wizard". Like, when am I ever going to use that?!
Later that year, I was performing at a forest festival in Finland, and a guy staggered past wearing a wizard hat. The way his face lit up when I yelled "Sinä olet velho!" was priceless!
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Can't wait for when I bump into someone who thought dinosaurs were pets.
Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y
If you want to learn a language, I recommend Language Transfer. It's a free app
aesthelete@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Haven't heard of that, maybe I'll check it out. Duolingo doesn't seem to really be working.
Gork@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
"Home is where the cat is"
Got that one time.
rockerface@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Considering birds are dinosaurs, factually not true
casmael@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
It’s the way
lugal@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
Actually 🤓 some of them were, but then the government decided to wipe all of them out and replace them with drones c/birdsarentreal c/ifitfliesitspies c/birdwatchinggoesbothways
son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Fred Flintstone disagrees.
whileloop@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
PETA, is that you?
GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y