I actually said "Du bist perfekt" into the mic.
I haven't even covered einwandfrei yet.
Who here /duolingo/?
Hmmm.
>tfw wanted to learn russian
>gave up because it's a shitty cold country with a shitty cuisine and everyone there is mad all the time
>>52656003
Literally none of that is true
There are parts of Russia that reach 40 celsius, the food is pretty decent especially pirogis, blini and olivier salad and people are generally unemotional and cold
>>52656003
>wanted to learn french
>realized they are muslims
Je suis un homme et je mange la pomme ;_;
>>52656003
>>52656192
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxGRhd_iWuE
>>52656192
>study Russian for 5 years
>fly to Moscow
>can't practice because everyone there is central asian, belarussian/ukrainian, caucasian, etc.
;___;
>>52656323
This is actually true though, I was surprised at how few muscovites I met were actually Russian.
It's like their version of los angeles or jew york
>>52656186
What is blini?
I see kot blini everywhere
>>52656240
*bookmarks*
>>52656522
Really thin pancakes
Basically they are analogous to crepes
Usually they are rolled and filled with something. For breakfast usually they're filled with tvorog (sweet quark) or fruit and for lunch/dinner they can be filled with meat, mushrooms or caviar
bampen
Anyone else using Duolingo?
>>52660270
yeah mate
>>52660488
What language senpai?
>>52660620
french
I'm getting good at reading it but I still struggle with the spoken exercises
>>52660270
Yeah, it may be shit for learning grammar but it's excellent for learning vocabulary. I'm using it for French and German
Sure am.
Found this the other day in my practice lesson.
>>52655960
Doing Russian right now with Cyrillic. It's pretty fun, actually.
>>52661096
Yeah it's surprisingly good, there's actual sections on grammar, though they don't do a very good job on explaining the rules.
I've been studying it for a while now already so this is a decent way to practice writing sentences for me
I just wish their were more vocal exercises
>>52660975
Woah neat.
Any anons know where I can practise speaking German with real live Germans? I can find /deutsch/ threads on /int/ für reading und writing, and there are probably German IRC channels out there, but I want to practice listening and speaking.
>>52661284
Trying to practice at this moment with a real german might be counterproductive.
There should be some free audio books that start from 0.
>>52661284
See>>52661338
Not to sound demeaning but a children's audiobook in german would be an excellent starting point
>>52660682
If you do it on the web page proper there are grammar explanations to study prior to the lesson.
>>52661284
Try wespeke for finding native speakers
So much Russian learners. Le epic. Can I help you guys?
>>52656764
Technically, tvorog is sweetened for the stuffing, it’s not sweet otherwise.
>>52660975
GERMANY YES
Is same sex marriage even legal in any German speaking countries?
Hey, is there anyone else learning Spanish here?
Right here man! 750Xp in the German tree, making some good progress
Ser guut Mannnnnnnnnnn
Jag lär mig Svenska!
>>52663619
>learning a Latin language other than French
When you speak Spanish, can you taste the poverty?
>>52661284
Try /Deutsch/
I'm lucky enough to have both my mutter und Omi as native speakers
Holy fuck
If I could just get these conjugations and the right pronouns correctly
I'd be a fucking master of this language
>>52655960
If I'm not mistaken, that is really off?
Saying "Ihr seid einwandfrei." would be saying THEY are perfect, if I am not wrong?
>>52663685
When you speak French, can feel the inner jihad within you grow?
>>52663828
I tried learning french. Could not get used to the taste of Algerian penis and stopped.
Does anyone here was waiting for the Polish course to be released?
>>52663947
It's already out m8
>>52663923
But to be honest, I actually like French more than I do Spanish; I feel conflicted about learning Spanish over French; but it just feels to be more useful. Same goes with German, I will get conflicted between them.
>>52664048
I know m8, that's why I said "was"
>>52664153
Oh, i didn't understand what you wanted to say because you conjugated the first two verbs in different times.
And yeah, i wanted to learn Polish as soon as it released on Duolingo, but my grandma is coming to stay a month here and she will teach me German, so i'll learn Polish later
Doing Russian right now.
Switching language on the keyboard is a huge pain in the ass so I only do it on my phone.
>>52664099
I chose French because it is the only country that has movies and tv shows that I want to watch :/
>>52664471
alt+shift
>>52663947
Aye. I can't wait until the whole structure makes sense to me like how all the ending changes work. kolacja, kolację, etc
>>52661096
>>52661137
you guys really need to get a grammar book or something.
I can't even imagine how hellish it must be for someone coming from a non-case language trying to use duolingo only.
>>52665037
Well as I said in my post, I've been studying it for a while already.
I've been at it since way before duolingo even began to create a russian course.
I've tried using grammar charts and whatnot but they're pretty useless for Russian. The only thing that's helped me so far is analyzing the speech of native speakers. I've got a few of the cases understood pretty well now like accusative, instrumental, prepositional, still working on the others though.
>>52664981
I know, but it's a pain.
>>52665199
what?
it's literally about as complicated as doing it on the phone.
Don't be such a babby
>>52665168
you're a brave soul m8
Whatever works for you, but I'd give the grammar charts another go, they're actually quite helpful and pedagogues swear by them
>>52660975
There's also "Sie liebt ihre Frau"
>>52663923
I tried learning French. Got me drinking vickies for the night due to a sore throat from gargling semen so hard.
>>52663779
You’re wrong, and duolingo is correct.
>>52665570
Ihr seid Einwandfrei would be plural (you all are perfect), I think that's where anon's confusion stems from.
>>52663779
Ihr is plural you.
>>52665309
>brave soul
Perhaps. I mostly just love slavic languages, especially russian
The problem I have with the grammar charts is all they say is "ктo, чтo" "кoгo, чeгo" "кoмy, чeмy" and then a list of the corresponding declensions. It's useless to me because in English we just have "what?" and "who?", so I can't really make sense of what the chart is trying to explain
>>52665737
That’s a valid complaint. These charts are retarded.
>>52665764
I'm glad you understand my plight.
Every time I ask people about grammar they just say "here look at this handy dandy chart" and my reaction is always the same, "what the fuck am I supposed to do with this?"
>>52665817
Just listen and read in Russian a lot, someday it's just gonna click. It's often like that for languages. you get things right eventually without learning the rules, through sheer experience.
>>52665847
That's what I've been doing every day faм, it's literally the only thing that's helped me.
Native speakers also rarely can explain a rule or two to me, which is understandable because the rules are naturally pretty complex and they learn to use them subconsciously.
Basically I just talk to people a lot and read things on the internet. Step by step each case has been clicking for me, just like you said, so my hope is strong.
>>52665737
right yeah, I guess I see it from a perspective of having a cased mother tongue...
>>52663779
Ihr is also an archaic polite form of 'you' in singular
>decided to learn chinese
>how hard could it be?
>mfw 6 months later i still cant even do tones correctly
>>52668387
Mandarin isn't as hard as people make it out to be, you know.
>>52668409
>Mandarin isn't as hard as people make it out to be, you know.
YOU'RE WRONG IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
>>52668421
Find someone to practice with, that's what I did.
>>52668387
I wouldn't worry about it too much, most people still sound like shit in most languages at that point. Just keep practicing until you can find a real life or online language partner. Native's correcting you is the best way to correct mistakes.
Are you trying to produce tones from your natural voice range or are you trying to imitate a native speaker? It's important not to force a tone of voice that isn't natural, even if you work your ass off either way people are going to recognize your accent, like most languages.
How is the russian learning in Duolingo?
>>52663779
I'm saying that it doesn't specify if it refers to the plural or not, and also that I gave the wrong answer and it heard me correctly.
>>52668485
Like every other language in duolingo you retard
>>52670609
I know about it. I wanted to know how it is now since it is not in the stable version yet, you shithead.
>>52670997
Never heard of an unstable language learning
>>52671085
By stable, I meant the language itself, not the site.
>>52671241
>By stable, I meant the language itself, not the site.
Uhh, I think you mean the site. Russian is developed over centuries, it's not 'unstable'
CZECH WHEN its been at 100% for 2 weeks
>>52672770
Ditto for /Hungarian/
>>52655960
I'm learning Italian. My great uncle Pino says I'm "cosi cosi".
Studying french level 13 wooo.
>>52663619
ONCE A JOLLY SWAGMAN CAMPED BY A BILLABONG
>>52675811
>believing anything ever gets done in this shithole of a country
kek, you've been rused
I've hit a wall since I've finished. I still get 50 points a day to retain my stupid steak, but I don't feel like I'm learning anything.
>>52678029
visit /deutsch/, mate!
>>52668421
C'mon man, it's not that hard. Writing it looks like hell, but at least speaking is easy
>>52655960
>Ihr seid einwandfrei
This sounds really weird. I can't think of a situation where someone would actually say that. It's mostly attributed to nouns, like in "Ihr habt einwandfreie Arbeit geleistet", meaning "You all did a perfect job".
Is it actually worth it to redo the lessons when the bars go down? I already know almost all of it anyway..
>just picked up Dutch
>already want to give up
I have no patience or will for this shit
