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#Duolingo used to be so good for #LanguageLearning. Is there an alternative I can use to play games and learn languages?

Boosts appreciated!

#AskFedi #Learning #Education

#Duolingo used to be so good for #LanguageLearning. Is there an alternative I can use to play games and learn languages?

Boosts appreciated!

#AskFedi #Learning #Education

Ashkenazi Jews

Author’s Note: This post has mentions of Nazis, the Holocaust, & Nazi Germany. We completely understand if you wish to skip over this post. We’ll catch you in the next one!

Also known as Ashkenazic Jews, Ashkenazis, or Ashkenazim.

This is a form of distinct ethnic subdivision of the Jewish Diaspora. Emerging from the Jewish communities that consolidated during the 10th century in the Rhineland (Western Germany) & northern France. They migrated there from centers such as the Italian peninsula & the Southern Levant. This includes present-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, & Jordan.

After numerous massacres of Jews during the Crusades (11th-13th centuries), they began a gradual eastward migration due to mounting restrictions within the Holy Roman Empire & the favorable policies of Casimir the Great & others.

This diaspora ramped up after the persecution during the Black Death of the 14th century. The bulk of the Ashkenazi Jews had migrated to the Kingdom of Poland (which includes modern-day Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, & parts of Russia). This area became the main center of Ashkenazi Jewry until the Holocaust.

Ashkenazim adapted their traditions, rites, & customs to Europe. They traditionally followed the German rite synagogue ritual & until the Holocaust primarily spoke Yiddish, an offshoot of Middle High German written in a variety of the Hebrew script, with significant Hebrew, Aramaic, & Slavic influences.

The Yiddish language progressively declined in prestige, in favor of national languages & Hebrew, being stigmatized by assimilationists & later also Zionists. Though it was spoken by over 11 million people worldwide before the Holocaust. The Yiddishist movement, which sought to preserve & revive the language, faded through the 20th century. Including Duolingo adding Yiddish as a language.

As a proportion of the world Jewish population, Ashkenazim were estimated to be 3% in the 11th century, rising to 92% in 1930, near the population’s peak. The Ashkenazi population was significantly diminished by the Holocaust carried out by Nazi Germany during WWII, which killed around 6 million Jews. Before WWII, the estimated worldwide Jewish population was 15.3-16.7 million, with 92% being Ashkenazi. As of 2023, the population of Ashkenazim was estimated to be around 10-13 million out of 15.8 million total Jews.

The name Ashkenazi comes from the biblical figure of Ashkenaz. He’s the 1st son of Gomer, grandson of Japhet, great-grandson of Noah, & a Japhetic patriarch in the Table of Nations. The name for Gomer has often been linked to the Cimmerians.

The Biblical Ashkenazis are usually derived from Assyrian Askuza, a people who expelled the Cimmerians from the Armenian area of the Upper Euphrates. The name Askuza is identified with the Scythians.

In Jeremiah 51:27, Ashkenaz figures as 1 of 3 kingdoms in the far north, the others being Minni (or Mannaea), an ancient kingdom that flourished in northwestern Iran, & Arrat (corresponding to Urartu), called on by God to resist Babylon.

Ashkenaz is linked to Scandza/Scanzia (usually identified with Scandinavia), viewed as the cradle of Germanic tribes, in the 6th-century gloss to the Historia Ecclesiastica of Eusebius. In the 10th century, in the History of Armenia of Yovhannes Drasxanakertci, Ashkenaz was associated with Armenia.

As it was occasionally in Jewish usage, where its denotation extended at times to Adiabene, Khazaria, Chimea, & areas to the east. They’re also identified with the Slavim or Slavs. In keeping with the custom of designating areas of Jewish settlement with biblical names, Spain was called Sefarad (Obadiah 20), France was called Tsarefat (I Kings 17:9), & Bohemia was called the Land of Canaan.

Given the close links between the Jewish communities of France & Germany following the Carolingian unification, the term Ashkenazi came to refer to the Jews of both medieval Germany & France.

In later times, the word Ashkenaz is used to designate southern & western Germany, the ritual of which sections differs somewhat from that of eastern Germany & Poland. Thus, the prayer book of Isaiah Horowitz (a prominent rabbi & mystic), & many others, give the piyyutim (a Jewish liturgical poem), according to the Minhag of Ashkenaz & Poland. A Minhag is an accepted tradition or group of traditions in Judaism.

In a religious sense, an Ashkenazi Jew is any Jew whose family tradition & synagogue ritual follow Ashkenazi practices (German rite). Until the Ashkenazi community 1st began to develop in the Early Middle Ages, the centers of Jewish religious authority were in the Islamic world, at Baghdad & Islamic Spain. German Ashkenaz was so geographically distant that it developed a minhag of its own.

The counterpart of Ashkenazi is Sephardic. Since most non-Ashkenazi Orthodox Jews follow Sephardic rabbinical authorities, whether or not they’re ethnically Sephardic. By tradition, a Sephardic or Mizrahi (a.k.a. Oriental Jews; Jews who lived in the Muslim world) who married into an Orthodox or Haredi (a.k.a. ultra-Orthodox) Ashkenazi Jewish family raises her kids to be Ashkenazi Jews.

On the other hand, an Ashkenazi woman who married a Sephardi or Mizrahi is expected to take on Sephardic practices & the kids will “inherit” a Sephardic identity. Though in practice, many families do compromise. A “convert” usually follows the practice of the rabbinical court (beth din) that converted them.

Culturally, an Ashkenazi Jew can be identified by the concept of Yiddishkeit, which means “Jewishness” in the Yiddish language. Before the Haskalah (a.k.a. the Jewish Enlightenment) & the emancipation of Jews in Europe, this meant the study of the Torah & the Talmud for men, & communal life governed by the observance of Jewish Law for men & women.

From the Rhineland to Riga (the largest city in Latvia) to Romania, most Jews prayed in liturgical Ashkenazi Hebrew, & spoke Yiddish in their secular (worldly) lives. But with modernization, Yiddishkeit now includes not just Orthodoxy & Hasidism, but a broader range of movements, ideologies, practices, & traditions in which Ashkenazi have participated & somehow kept a sense of Jewishness. Although pockets of Jews still speak Yiddish, Yiddishkeit can be identified in manners of speech, styles of humor, & in patterns of association.

As Ashkenazi Jews moved away from Europe, mostly in the form of aliyah to Israel. Or immigration to North America, South Africa, Europe (particularly France), & Latin America, the geographic isolation has given way to mixing with other cultures, & with non-Ashkenazi Jews who, similarly, are no longer isolated in distinct geographic locales.

Hebrew has replaced Yiddish as the primary Jewish language for many Ashkenazi Jews. Although many Hasidic & Hareidi groups still use Yiddish in daily life. Aliyah is the immigration of Jews from the diaspora to, historically, the geographic Land of Israel or the Palestine region, where the State of Israel was established.

France’s blended Jewish community is typical of the cultural recombination that’s going on among Jews throughout the world. Although France expelled its original Jewish population in the Middle Ages, by the time of the French Revolution, there were 2 distinct Jewish populations.

One consisted of Sephardic Jews, originally refugees from the Inquisition (which no one expects! Sorry, we’re Monty Python fans here.) & concentrated in the southwest. While the other community was Ashkenazi, concentrated in formerly German Alsace, & mainly speaking a German dialect similar to Yiddish.

The 3rd community of Provencal Jews living in Comtat Venaissin was technically outside France, & was later absorbed into the Sephardim. Comtat Venaissin (called Comtat, for short) was a part of the Papal States from 1274 to 1791.

But after emancipation, a sense of a unified French Jewry emerged, especially when France was wracked by the Dreyfus Affair in the 1890s. (We’ll be doing a post about the Dreyfus Affair.) In the 1920s & 30s, Ashkenazi Jews from Europe arrived in large numbers as refugees from antisemitism, the Russian Revolution, & the economic turmoil of the Great Depression.

By the 1930s, Paris had a vibrant Yiddish culture, & many Jews were involved in diverse political movements. After the Vichy years & the Holocaust, the French Jewish population was augmented once again, 1st by Ashkenazi refugees from Central Europe, & later by Sephardi immigrants & refugees from North Africa, many of them francophone. Francophone refers to people/organizations who use French (language) regularly.

Ashkenazi Jews didn’t transmit their traditions or achievements by text. Instead, these traditions were passed down orally from one generation to the next. The desire to maintain pre-Holocaust traditions relating to Ashkenazi culture has often been met with criticism by Jews in Eastern Europe.

In an ethnic sense, an Ashkenazi Jew is a descendant of the Jews who settled in the Central European region of “Ashkenaz.” For roughly 1,000 years, the Ashkenazim were a reproductively isolated population in Europe.

Despite living in many countries, with little inflow or outflow of countries from migration, conversion, or intermarriage with other groups, including other Jews. Since the mid-20th century, many Ashkenazi Jews have intermarried, both with members of other Jewish communities & non-Jews.

Religious persecution of the Jews in Western & Central Europe led to a significant migration of the Ashkenazi Jews into Eastern Europe. This resulted in a major cultural divide between Western/Central & Eastern Ashkenazi communities. In particular, this was reflected in the division of Yiddish into Western & Eastern Yiddish dialects. As well as in other cultural distinctions: traditions, food, dress, etc.

Initially, the Jews of Eastern Europe enjoyed relative freedom in terms of movement, being invited by the kings of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Over time, the situation was reversed. By the 19th century, the Jews in the West had gradually been integrated into the general society.

While the Eastern Ashkenazi maintained their strict Jewish traditions & were mostly confined to ghettos, especially in the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire, which incorporated a considerable amount of land where the Eastern Ashkenazi lived: Poland & Lithuania.

Well-known differences in practices include:

• Observance of Passover (Pesach)
  • Ashkenazi Jews traditionally refrain from eating legumes, grain, millet, & rice. Quinoa has become accepted as a food grain in North American communities. Sephardi Jews typically don’t prohibit these foods.
• Notwithstanding stricter requirements for the ACTUAL slaughter, Sephardi Jews permit the rear portions of an animal after proper Halakhic removal of the sciatic nerve. While many Ashkenazi Jews don’t.
• Ashkenazi Jews often name newborns after deceased family members, not after living relatives. Sephardi Jews often name their kids after their grandparents, even if those grandparents are still living. An exception to this is among Dutch Jews, where Ashkenazi for centuries used naming conventions otherwise attributed exclusively to Sephardim, such as Chuts. Chuts is the name given to Jews who immigrated to London from the Netherlands in the 1850s-1860s.
• Ashkenazi tefillins are wound toward the body, not away from it. Ashkenazim put on the tefillin while standing up. Other Jews generally do so while sitting down. A tefillin(s) is/are sets of small black leather boxes with leather straps having scrolls of parchment written with verses of the Torah inside.
• The prayer shawl (tallit/tallis) is worn by all Ashkenazi men AFTER marriage. Except for Western European Ashkenazi men who wear it from the bar mitzvah. In Sephardi or Mizrahi Judaism, the prayer shawl is commonly worn from early childhood.

The term Ashkenazi also refers to the Nusach Ashkenaz, the liturgical tradition used by Ashkenazi Jews in their siddur (prayer book). A nusach is defined by a liturgical tradition’s choice of prayers, the text of prayers & melodies used in the singing of prayers. 2 other major forms of nusach among Ashkenazi Jews are Nusach Sefard (not to be confused with the Sephardic ritual), which is the general Polish Hasidic nusach, and Nusach Ari, used by those in Chabad.

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Not... sure how often I'll be breaking this one out, to be honest 😬 #Duolingo

Почему Duolingo не работает

Duolingo часто критикуют за то, что после сотен дней занятий пользователь умеет поддерживать серию, но не разговор. Эта критика не совсем справедлива. Duolingo действительно помогает начать заниматься регулярно, запоминать слова и осваивать базовые конструкции. Проблема возникает, когда приложение воспринимают как полноценную замену разговорной практике. Реальный язык устроен сложнее упражнения с несколькими вариантами ответа. В разговоре никто не подскажет нужное слово. Собеседник может говорить с акцентом, использовать незнакомое выражение, перебить, пошутить или неожиданно изменить тему. Нужно не узнать правильный ответ, а самостоятельно и быстро сформулировать мысль. Поэтому вопрос стоит не в том, умер ли Duolingo. Скорее, умерла идея, что одно приложение и один формат занятий способны полностью научить языку.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1063020/

#изучение_языка #изучение_иностранных_языков #знакомства_и_общение_в_интернете #duolingo #эффективность_изучения

昨日のこのDuoの顔は初めてみた。
速攻でレッスンした。
#Duolingo

So geht’s, Ana! #duolingo

normal human way to say wifi

#duolingo #languagelearning #german

normal human way to say wifi

#duolingo #languagelearning #german

Nein, #Duolingo, ich bin nicht offline. Du bist offline.

Nein, #Duolingo, ich bin nicht offline. Du bist offline.

The resemblance is striking. #Duolingo

#bass #purple #bassGuitar

The resemblance is striking. #Duolingo

#bass #purple #bassGuitar

These phrases which describe typical every day situation which you face regularly and you do need to describe in a new language. #duolingo #languagelearning

These phrases which describe typical every day situation which you face regularly and you do need to describe in a new language. #duolingo #languagelearning

🕹️🚂 Oh wow, a digital train set where you can pretend to learn Japanese while a virtual Tokyo politely ignores you. It's like #Duolingo and #Minecraft had a baby, but with fewer dragons and more #kanji you won't remember. 🎮🎌
https://jivx.com/densha #digitaltrainset #learningjapanese #virtualtokyo #HackerNews #ngated

🕹️🚂 Oh wow, a digital train set where you can pretend to learn Japanese while a virtual Tokyo politely ignores you. It's like #Duolingo and #Minecraft had a baby, but with fewer dragons and more #kanji you won't remember. 🎮🎌
https://jivx.com/densha #digitaltrainset #learningjapanese #virtualtokyo #HackerNews #ngated

#streak #duolingo

So #Duolingo decided to roll these out today on my account. Umm, k. Shit timing though since it's almost over. And hell no, I'm not spending P135 for a suit. lol

So #Duolingo decided to roll these out today on my account. Umm, k. Shit timing though since it's almost over. And hell no, I'm not spending P135 for a suit. lol

It's Time To Admit I Have Too Many 'Start The Day' Games

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/puzzle-games-daily-oh-no/

Buja!

#BeatThatDuoLingo #DuoLingo #Svenska147

Buja!

#BeatThatDuoLingo #DuoLingo #Svenska147

🍉🍉🍉

#Duolingo

Can you become conversationally fluent in a foreign #language by using #Duolingo? If not, what is it for then?

“The Promise Of Duolingo” [2024], The Dial (https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-22/duolingo-language-learning-fluency).

#Learning #AI #Conversation #Gamification #UnbrokenStreaks

Can you become conversationally fluent in a foreign #language by using #Duolingo? If not, what is it for then?

“The Promise Of Duolingo” [2024], The Dial (https://www.thedial.world/articles/news/issue-22/duolingo-language-learning-fluency).

#Learning #AI #Conversation #Gamification #UnbrokenStreaks

Was ich so mit meiner Freizeit mache. Inzwischen bin ich bei über 200 Wörtern, kämpfe natürlich nach wie vor mit der Aussprache und auch damit mir die Zeichen zu merken. Deshalb immer wieder schreiben, schreiben, schreiben, schreiben #duolingo #chinesischlernen #中文学生

Big milestone today

#Duolingo

Big milestone today

#Duolingo

La gran rueda

No nos volvimos más libres.

Nos volvimos más fáciles de domesticar.

Antes bastaban relojes para controlar el tiempo. Hoy llevamos en el bolsillo máquinas capaces de medir cada paso, cada palabra, cada fotografía, cada segundo de atención y cada instante de aburrimiento.

Y todavía creemos que las usamos nosotros.

La mentira más elegante del siglo XXI no es la inteligencia artificial.

Es la gamificación.

Todo tiene una barra de progreso.

Todo tiene un nivel.

Todo tiene una insignia.

Todo tiene una racha.

Todo tiene un contador.

Ya no aprendemos idiomas.

Mantenemos llamas virtuales.

Ya no hacemos ejercicio.

Cerramos anillos.

Ya no compartimos fotografías.

Perseguimos alcance.

Ya no escribimos.

Alimentamos algoritmos.

Ya no conversamos.

Respondemos notificaciones.

Todo parece un juego.

Nada parece una cárcel.

Ese fue el verdadero genio del diseño moderno.

Las prisiones dejaron de parecer prisiones.

Ahora parecen aplicaciones bonitas, coloridas y llenas de recompensas.

No hace falta obligarte.

Te convencerán de volver mañana.

Y tú volverás creyendo que fue decisión tuya.

Las redes sociales descubrieron que un “me gusta” vale más que una conversación.

Las aplicaciones de idiomas descubrieron que una racha pesa más que el conocimiento.

Las plataformas de video descubrieron que el siguiente video importa más que el anterior.

Las empresas descubrieron que un gráfico motiva más que un aumento de sueldo.

Los gobiernos descubrieron que un ciudadano entretenido hace menos preguntas.

Todo el mundo aprendió la misma lección:

No vendas resultados.

Vende indicadores.

La tragedia es que terminamos confundiendo una cosa con la otra.

Una persona presume mil días de Duolingo.

Perfecto.

¿Puede sostener una conversación de diez minutos?

Otra presume leer cien libros al año.

Perfecto.

¿Cuántos le cambiaron la forma de pensar?

Otra presume diez mil seguidores.

Perfecto.

¿Cuántos aparecerían si necesitara ayuda para mudarse de casa?

Vivimos enamorados del marcador.

Olvidamos mirar el partido.

Y lo peor es que defendemos nuestra rueda.

Si alguien elimina Instagram, lo llaman exagerado.

Si rompe una racha de mil días, le dicen que desperdició el esfuerzo.

Si apaga las notificaciones, preguntan qué le pasó.

Como si la normalidad consistiera en estar permanentemente disponible para una máquina.

Nos enseñaron a sentir culpa por detenernos.

Ansiedad por desconectarnos.

Vacío por no producir datos.

La economía ya no necesita solamente trabajadores.

Necesita usuarios.

No necesita ciudadanos.

Necesita consumidores de atención.

Cada clic alimenta una base de datos.

Cada segundo mirando una pantalla alimenta un modelo.

Cada desplazamiento del dedo tiene valor económico.

Nos convencieron de que el producto era gratuito.

Hasta que descubrimos que el producto éramos nosotros.

Por eso ya casi nadie soporta el silencio.

Cinco minutos esperando una fila parecen insoportables.

Diez minutos sin revisar el celular producen inquietud.

Una tarde sin publicar parece una oportunidad perdida.

El aburrimiento, ese lugar donde antes nacían las ideas, fue reemplazado por una notificación.

Y mientras celebramos nuestras estadísticas personales, alguien celebra las estadísticas reales.

Las de nuestro tiempo.

Las de nuestra atención.

Las de nuestros hábitos.

Las de nuestra dependencia.

No estoy diciendo que abandonemos la tecnología.

Sería absurdo.

La tecnología es una herramienta extraordinaria.

Lo peligroso comienza cuando la herramienta empieza a diseñar nuestro comportamiento mejor de lo que nosotros diseñamos el suyo.

Ese día dejamos de usar el sistema.

El sistema empezó a usarnos.

La libertad no consiste en romper todas las ruedas.

Consiste en reconocer cuándo una rueda nos está haciendo avanzar…

…y cuándo solo nos mantiene corriendo para que alguien más cuente nuestros pasos.

@elmandelacamara

Operario de cámara. Observador de la zoociedad. Porque no toda barra de progreso conduce a algún lugar.

Imagen creada con inteligencia artificial.

Las ideas, la crítica, la mala leche y las consecuencias… son problema de ElMandelaCámara.

La gran rueda

No nos volvimos más libres.

Nos volvimos más fáciles de domesticar.

Antes bastaban relojes para controlar el tiempo. Hoy llevamos en el bolsillo máquinas capaces de medir cada paso, cada palabra, cada fotografía, cada segundo de atención y cada instante de aburrimiento.

Y todavía creemos que las usamos nosotros.

La mentira más elegante del siglo XXI no es la inteligencia artificial.

Es la gamificación.

Todo tiene una barra de progreso.

Todo tiene un nivel.

Todo tiene una insignia.

Todo tiene una racha.

Todo tiene un contador.

Ya no aprendemos idiomas.

Mantenemos llamas virtuales.

Ya no hacemos ejercicio.

Cerramos anillos.

Ya no compartimos fotografías.

Perseguimos alcance.

Ya no escribimos.

Alimentamos algoritmos.

Ya no conversamos.

Respondemos notificaciones.

Todo parece un juego.

Nada parece una cárcel.

Ese fue el verdadero genio del diseño moderno.

Las prisiones dejaron de parecer prisiones.

Ahora parecen aplicaciones bonitas, coloridas y llenas de recompensas.

No hace falta obligarte.

Te convencerán de volver mañana.

Y tú volverás creyendo que fue decisión tuya.

Las redes sociales descubrieron que un “me gusta” vale más que una conversación.

Las aplicaciones de idiomas descubrieron que una racha pesa más que el conocimiento.

Las plataformas de video descubrieron que el siguiente video importa más que el anterior.

Las empresas descubrieron que un gráfico motiva más que un aumento de sueldo.

Los gobiernos descubrieron que un ciudadano entretenido hace menos preguntas.

Todo el mundo aprendió la misma lección:

No vendas resultados.

Vende indicadores.

La tragedia es que terminamos confundiendo una cosa con la otra.

Una persona presume mil días de Duolingo.

Perfecto.

¿Puede sostener una conversación de diez minutos?

Otra presume leer cien libros al año.

Perfecto.

¿Cuántos le cambiaron la forma de pensar?

Otra presume diez mil seguidores.

Perfecto.

¿Cuántos aparecerían si necesitara ayuda para mudarse de casa?

Vivimos enamorados del marcador.

Olvidamos mirar el partido.

Y lo peor es que defendemos nuestra rueda.

Si alguien elimina Instagram, lo llaman exagerado.

Si rompe una racha de mil días, le dicen que desperdició el esfuerzo.

Si apaga las notificaciones, preguntan qué le pasó.

Como si la normalidad consistiera en estar permanentemente disponible para una máquina.

Nos enseñaron a sentir culpa por detenernos.

Ansiedad por desconectarnos.

Vacío por no producir datos.

La economía ya no necesita solamente trabajadores.

Necesita usuarios.

No necesita ciudadanos.

Necesita consumidores de atención.

Cada clic alimenta una base de datos.

Cada segundo mirando una pantalla alimenta un modelo.

Cada desplazamiento del dedo tiene valor económico.

Nos convencieron de que el producto era gratuito.

Hasta que descubrimos que el producto éramos nosotros.

Por eso ya casi nadie soporta el silencio.

Cinco minutos esperando una fila parecen insoportables.

Diez minutos sin revisar el celular producen inquietud.

Una tarde sin publicar parece una oportunidad perdida.

El aburrimiento, ese lugar donde antes nacían las ideas, fue reemplazado por una notificación.

Y mientras celebramos nuestras estadísticas personales, alguien celebra las estadísticas reales.

Las de nuestro tiempo.

Las de nuestra atención.

Las de nuestros hábitos.

Las de nuestra dependencia.

No estoy diciendo que abandonemos la tecnología.

Sería absurdo.

La tecnología es una herramienta extraordinaria.

Lo peligroso comienza cuando la herramienta empieza a diseñar nuestro comportamiento mejor de lo que nosotros diseñamos el suyo.

Ese día dejamos de usar el sistema.

El sistema empezó a usarnos.

La libertad no consiste en romper todas las ruedas.

Consiste en reconocer cuándo una rueda nos está haciendo avanzar…

…y cuándo solo nos mantiene corriendo para que alguien más cuente nuestros pasos.

@elmandelacamara

Operario de cámara. Observador de la zoociedad. Porque no toda barra de progreso conduce a algún lugar.

Imagen creada con inteligencia artificial.

Las ideas, la crítica, la mala leche y las consecuencias… son problema de ElMandelaCámara.

Duolingo, a freakin’ casino, it takes more time to open the chests and watch all animations than completing the practice.

I always have my phone in silent mode, Duolingo violates that and play more sounds than the tivoli roller coaster

Advise: you should focus on your core business.

#duolingo #casino #annoying

#duolingo

#duolingo

Yay! #Duolingo

Yay! #Duolingo

The French word "plantes" means "plants" in English. Given that the 2 words are almost identical, it should be easy to translate from one to the other...

...except that the Welsh word "plant" means "children" in English, and I'm easily confused!
#Duolingo

‘Today is the last day,' I told myself – but I was powerless to stop’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/28/david-sedaris-duolingo-obsession-the-land-and-its-people-memoir?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#DavidSedaris
#Duolingo

‘Today is the last day,' I told myself – but I was powerless to stop’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/28/david-sedaris-duolingo-obsession-the-land-and-its-people-memoir?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#DavidSedaris
#Duolingo

Duolingo nervt mich zur Zeit gerade etwas an.
Werde es noch bis Sonntag machen, dann hab ich einen Streak von 650 Tagen - das reicht dann auch.

Muss ich nur noch sehen, was ich ansonsten als Hirntraining nutze.
Und wie das mit dem Account ist, weil meiner der Familien Account ist.

#Duolingo

Doing a quick toot-and-go because this thing just popped up on my #Duolingo 😏😅

Reached the streak milestone, got a Spanish score of 80, and started Unit 6 all today. And of all days, I have vertigo - it's on Day 2. 😵‍💫 Later, fediverse.

Learn a language with me for free! Duolingo is fun, and proven to work. Here’s my invite link: https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKSRJPN3BRPN2DFM?v=sm

#Hebrew #language #linguistics #Judaism #Duolingo #Talmud :flan_book: