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Re:Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO by Aerroon on Thursday July 29, 2021 @05:26AM (#27994493)
>So the only way to pick up these skills is with real native speakers which is expensive and slow.

TV, movies, anime etc can fulfill the listening purpose. But you have to do it in copious amounts and turn off subtitles.

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Re:Duolingo reaches $6.5B valuation on day of IPO by danuker on Thursday July 29, 2021 @06:49AM (#27994968)
Or turn on subtitles in the language of the audio; it might let you discover the writing of new words you hear.
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