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Re:How to Almost Learn Italian by toomanybeersies on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @08:40PM (#18548574)
I found the same when I was learning French through Duolingo.

I could read French fairly well, I could write a bit too, although it was very formulaic. Sometimes I'd be able to speak a bit of French to someone and they might understand me through my thick New Zealand accent (which is apparently incredibly cute to French people), but I could barely understand a word of French spoken to me.

The big problem with Duolingo in my opinion is the computer generated French audio sounds nothing like actual French.

Re:How to Almost Learn Italian by napban on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @03:02AM (#18549953)
>The big problem with Duolingo in my opinion is the computer generated French audio sounds nothing like actual French.

Written French sounds nothing like French.