I did DUOLINGO for 800 days in a row

I held a Duolingo streak for 800 days. After all that time, did it actually work?

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[daysandwords]

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[nicolauscopernicus]

"I used duolingo for 800 days. Can I speak swedish now? Yes"
Me: ...ight that's all I wanted to hear

[thepotatoishpotato]

In Norwegian they give you “I am eating bread and crying on the floor.”

I feel like I might actually use that one

[waajd]

"That cat knows."
"I ate my hate."
"That banana sleeps." -- Indonesian Duolingo

[infinitykitty]

Duolingo tried to brainwash me with the sentence: “I love Duolingo”

[pygopygo]

What makes Duolingo great is it is fun and motivates you to keep trying.

[veerzara]

Summary:
- Doulingo is not enough for learning a language. Nevertheless, it is a very helpful way to build the habit of your target language.

- Do not quit Doulingo even if you find yourself able to speak that language. Since, it will open your eyes to some complex structures sentences never will come to your mind simply.

- Do not focus on the meaning of the sentence if it was strange sometimes. Furthermore, try to change it to be close to the situation you need, and even better try to imagine what is happening? Because this will stick the meaning deeply in your brain.

- Encourage others to think of you as an expert of that language so that will create a positive image of you which in turn will lead to motivate you when things go wrong.

[karinac]

My favorite one was: "Women are people too"

[melancholicotter]

In Dutch I got the sentence ‘In reality, I am a turtle’… same tbh

[xxdrosexx]

"Why did you buy that fat penguin?"

Duo, fat-shaming is not cool

[doraymeandyou]

I just burst out laughing when he quoted “you have a nice duck”, and then I didn’t have time to catch my breath before he double whammied us with “you have a nice elephant”.

[Datmexican]

“I sometimes drink alone”

-Japanese Duolingo

[Fullrusher]

This guys speaks like he’s in an argument constantly lol good video

[Wilted]

Duolingo is like a starting point for me. It helps with the basics.

[mustafakrl]

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Thanks Duo.

[wsqxxlm]

Dulingo be like : "My sister is a girl"

[scorebatgaming]

In Japanese I got "Excuse me I am cheese" lmfao

[aldrichsmith]

I’ve gotten “It’s raining men”, “I am taking my clothes off”, and “My parents do not like that you eat ants” in my Swedish lessons.

[bungeegumz]

In my French doulingo I got

"The man is eating a cat"

"I am a pizza"

[NIVILI]

Got really spoked one late night at 2am doing Chinese and I got the ominous sentence "He is behind you"