Ignoring the dubiousness of the "energy" concept, Duolingo should not allow you to start a lesson if you don't have the energy to complete. Diabolical.

These lessons just aren't effective the way they are currently being presented to learners.

At least, that's my experience with the Spanish course. There are 2 main problems with how they function right now:

1: Everyone speaks way too fast, so the learner struggles to catch everything that is said unless they replay the conversation multiple times.

2: There is no transcript for what is being talked about. So often, the characters in these lessons will be speaking about something, but I honestly can't keep up. Eventually, I'll get the answer correct to a question, but Duolingo won't offer a translation or explanation as to why I was correct (or incorrect)

That isn't a good way to promote learning. Right or wrong, you should get a text pop up on screen explaining why the answer you provided was the correct option.

I know someone is going to comment below stating that "you need to listen to a language being spoken at a fast pace to help learn it"

My argument against that is that everyone learns at different rates. I'm a casual learner, I don't need to be "tested" with fast spanish right now. I'd much rather have a 50% speed version of these lessons to match my progression. Let users who want to push themselves choose the faster version of these lessons.

Secret knight move?

I'm from Ukraine and I finished this curse in 2 days😂

started in late february

1100 days on Duolingo it’s definitely been a journey

Can't believe it's 13 years already.

Hey everyone! I’d love to hear from people who have been using Duolingo for 2-3 years or longer. How much have you improved in your target language? Do you feel Duolingo has genuinely helped you, and was it worth the time? Please share your honest experiences! 😊

Thank you :)

Yay streak at 300 days

Really frustrating now having only 2 daily quests instead of 3. This is going to be rough if I continue having to do 70 points. It takes away the fun of it for me!

was anybody actually able to get all 54 pieces without using gems? i got my 4 pieces of every day of the junior’s toy hunt and still wasn’t able to get the 54 pieces.

just doesn’t seem fair… & forcing us to use gems even when you already did the maximum

Why do I have a friend quest with a complete stranger? I dont follow him and he doesn’t follow me. How is this even possible? I mean I dont really mind but it‘s still strange.

I know it's cadeau, but apparently it disagrees? I kept my streak, but this broke my brain at 11pm.

It used to tell you where you should be in the CEFR score, now it just has an example of what you should be able to do (read a story, watch TV, communicate at work). Are they backing out of the CEFR claim of reaching B1 (in Spanish anyway).

Now I might not be the brightest cookie in the cookie jar, but not once have I learned that ima is pronounced Ko or Kon. So can anyone explain why the AI is saying Ko(n) instead of ima?

I’m so tired of seeing “caffè” and “tè” being inserted into my units. Is there anyway I can tell that little green bird to stop doing that???

There is a ton of valuable vocabulary/ sentence structure from later units I would like a refresh on.

Also, f Duolingo for making me pay an entire year of super Duolingo in full. They make it seem like you pay on a month-to-month basis.

Ok, that’s all. But, if I see “caffè o tè” one more time, I will spill burning “tè” on me.

Eu passei 9 dias jogando Duolingo!

I can't believe it!!

Lily always forgets her best friend's birthday.