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downloaded duolingo for japanese. i know it's not perfect and won't make me fluent or anything, but my brother used it for like 6 months or so before his japan trip and he had no issues getting around and making light conversation. i want to go to japan at some point so i figure i should probably do that.
spent like an hour on it today, maybe i can do that while i'm walking or just on my breaks at work.
@beardalaxy >spent like an hour on it today You should ideally only use it when you’re exhausted and you can’t bring your ass to do anything better (after work, before bed, etc) or while just sitting around doing nothing (on the bus, waiting at a station, pooping). That’s when apps like Duolingo shine.
If you do have energy, and want to use your time more productively, most of that hour a day should be spent on just listening/reading/trying to meaningfully produce real japanese and not broken sentences with no context. Nonetheless Duolingo is a good start to actually get minimally familiarized with the language before you start learning it “seriously”.
t. langfag
@kerosene oh yeah for sure, for me it's just that as of right now, the longer periods of time i have are dedicated to doing things like working on my game. since today was the first day of getting on there i kind of just went at it. i was also lying in bed because my neck/back still hurt so it was still kind of "doing nothing time."
in the future though i'm sure it'll mostly be on my work breaks, and then on my days off when i'm walking i might do it then as well.
i mainly want to use duolingo to get more familiar with it and get a lot of stuff done really quick. then i can go back and dedicate some more time to really learning the language itself instead of just learning the words and the phrases. if that makes sense.
