Learning languages with Duolingo

> io una donna

io sono una donna

or

sono una donna

either being correct.

This is interesting, because I have been using Duolingo for twenty-something days now and at various times I have had a go at the first lesson or two of various language, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, from zero and I tried a placement with French (and a couple of others). Of those I have named I have not gone back to them since as I felt that I should concentrate on one and I chose Welsh. Now I am hoping to try to learn some Italian, at a gentle pace in a group in a Gransnet thread while continuing to learn Welsh on my own. I went to evening classes in Italian in the 1970s so I remember a bit, but I either never knew, or had forgotton about the word for "the" is sometimes "lo". (lowecase l not Capital I) and I have now learned that from Duolingo.

So maybe I will get similar emails from Duolingo, or maybe not as I am using Duolingo for other languages.

Io sono un uomo.

I have some cognitive impairment as a result of my brain injury and the DuoLingo teaching method suits me perfectly. Like StarDreamer I use a notebook to jot things down as I work through the lessons and I make much use of the practice function to revisit previous lessons.

I’m getting so much enjoyment from it and I’m grateful to StarDreamer for bringing it to my attention.

Oops - predictive texting meant missed out the sono
At least that's my excuse( "I, a woman," - sounds powerful though!)

I have today received an invitation to Duocon 2022.

Upon searching for

Duocon

on YouTube I found some videos of presentations from other years.

I have looked at one of them thus far.

Yo soy una mujer. Yo tengo una hija y un hijo. Yo vivo en una casa bonito
I am learning Spanish and loving it. Like Blossoming I want to thank Stardreamer for reminding me of Duolingo. I've used it in the past for refreshing languages I know.

I like the idea of keeping my streak by doing some Duolingo every day.

Sometimes I do a detailed session for an hour or more, moving forward at a gentle pace through two lesson. On some days I just do two lessons from a higher level of a "circle" of which I had completed the basic level some time before. Sometimes one of each. The first one keeps the streak. The second one completes my daily target.

Sometimes I do more than two lessons in a day.

Really I suppose it is a bit silly trying to keep the streak, but in practice it does mean that I do do a bit each day.

Otherwise I might miss a day, then that could be two and before long a week would have passed and I had not looked at it for a week.

So, yes, keeping the streak going has helped me to learn.

I tried having a notebook to jot things down but somehow my brain wasn't happy about it so I write down words on pieces of paper which I peg together. I'm finding that very helpful as I get to know where the words are on the various scraps. I think I must be a bit odd!!!!

People have different ways of learning Athrawes, if it works for you just go with it

Noswaith dda, Athrawes I have learned the word 'athrawes' in the Duolingo Welsh course this evening.

Athrawes dych chi, Athrawes?

Dych chi'n gweithio fel athrawes mewn ysgol?

The word 'athrawes' means 'a female teacher' in Welsh. There is no indefinite article in Welsh.

Noswaith dda, Athrawes.

Good evening, Athrawes.

----

Athrawes dych chi, Athrawes?

Are you a teacher, Athrawes?

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Dych chi'n gweithio fel athrawes mewn ysgol?

Do you work as a teacher in a school?

StarDreamer

> io una donna

io sono una donna

or

sono una donna

either being correct.

This is interesting, because I have been using Duolingo for twenty-something days now and at various times I have had a go at the first lesson or two of various language, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, from zero and I tried a placement with French (and a couple of others). Of those I have named I have not gone back to them since as I felt that I should concentrate on one and I chose Welsh. Now I am hoping to try to learn some Italian, at a gentle pace in a group in a Gransnet thread while continuing to learn Welsh on my own. I went to evening classes in Italian in the 1970s so I remember a bit, but I either never knew, or had forgotton about the word for "the" is sometimes "lo". (lowecase l not Capital I) and I have now learned that from Duolingo.

So maybe I will get similar emails from Duolingo, or maybe not as I am using Duolingo for other languages.

Io sono un uomo.

Io una donna. Not correct.

Sono una donna. Correct
Io sono una donna (as i explained on a other thread) for emphasis . Maura è una ragazza ma io sono una donna.(Maura is a girl but I am a woman)

mi scusi Lucca - my typo

Va bene !

I was doing Scottish Gallic (spelling ? ) , my granddaughters are fluent, they enjoyed my efforts , but someone put French on and now I can’t get back to the original !
Any ideas how I can go back to Gallic?

Go to the French flag at the top of the page, aggie and hover on it, and you will see a saltire below it. If you click on the saltire you'll get back to Gaelic.

Aggie - if you open a French lesson, go up to the top of the page and click on the (presumably French) flag on the left hand side, it'll open up the flags of any other languages you might be doing. Click on the Scottish flag.

Fàilte! Welcome! (haven't learned how to say "welcome back" yet.....)

Wheniwasyourage types faster than me!!?

Not in Gaelic, I would bet, Ailidh!

Ailidh

Aggie - if you open a French lesson, go up to the top of the page and click on the (presumably French) flag on the left hand side, it'll open up the flags of any other languages you might be doing. Click on the Scottish flag.

Fàilte! Welcome! (haven't learned how to say "welcome back" yet.....)

And also offers the opportunity to add another language.

Thank you for the tips , I’m off to see what I can do ?

Wheniwasyourage

Not in Gaelic, I would bet, Ailidh!

?????????

In case anyone is interested, there is the plan to try to learn some Italian from the Duolingo course, starting from the beginning, at the rate of one lesson each day, and discussing it and posting a sentence or two in Italian, as an optional part of the acivity of the

LINK > www.gransnet.com/forums/culture_arts/1314201-Venice-and-the-river-Po-a-virtual-cruise

thread.

The plan is to try to start on Monday, but if anyone wants to start earlier and do the first lesson before Monday, please do.

Thank you .
I don't feel particularly drawn to Italian, or Italy, but I'll give this a go as something different.

Hi FarNorth.

I am learning Welsh. I am finding it fascinating.

I am also going through the Esperanto course.

I got an advanced placement with Esperanto but I wiped it so that I could go through it from the start, as I learned what I know of Esperanto from the Teach Yourself Esperanto book many years ago.

I am glad I am doing that as there is vocabulary that i did not know previously.

With the Welsh I have completed eight "circles" at the learning level and there are two more circles until what looks like a small castle.

I have also completed some of the higher levels for the earlier circles.

Esperanto is a really beautiful language.

Esperanto estas belega lingvo.

Knowing some Esperanto has helped me understand more about languages generally, because Esperanto has enough to carry out the function of being a language, yet without the irregulrities that many natural languages have.

It is a like a work of art and a scientific mechanism at the same time.