u/Perezosoyconfundido

An encouraging admission

An encouraging admission

Perhaps the most reassuring thing I have ever heard while studying Spanish was hearing Andrés admit he was not sure whether ¨sueldan" or "soldan" was correct.
It is at 7:20 into https://app.dreaming.com/spanish/watch?id=6a32a31e09d2527916e0416c

The second most reassuring was being told by a Colombian who reviewed a short story that theoretically was appropriate for intermediate level students of Spanish, but which I found almost impossible to understand that it was rather very advanced, in an antiquated and highly literary style that many native speakers would find challenging.
In short, I think many students are like me, beating ourselves up over our failings when sometimes our material would challenge native speakers and we need to cut ourselves some slack.

u/Perezosoyconfundido — 2 days ago

Disabled?

I didn't think I would ever post a pearl-clutching text, but I have to say it is unbelievably offensive that Duolingo is still teaching "inútil" as the translation for "disabled".

Ok, I'll take my soapbox and go now.

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u/Perezosoyconfundido — 22 days ago

I am finally posting about something that has ticked me off from day 1 with DS. The desktop/web version automatically begins playing a random video within seconds of finishing one. Unless you are using DS to fall asleep to and just want anything Spanish playing all night, I can't imagine how this feature is useful to anyone. Thankfully the app does not do this.
Is there any way to turn this off? If not, can Lawrence and team please excise this stupidity from the software?

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u/Perezosoyconfundido — 2 months ago