• newmou [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    Imagine being so addicted to screentreats you learn one of the most difficult languages so you can keep it flowing

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      5 months ago

      I get your point but It’s a good place to dip your toes into. You won’t learn to speak it but it’s nice for beginners to start somewhere before moving to something else if they’re serious

  • RNAi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    I don’t understand why but Duolingo’s mandarin course is shockingly bad compared to HelloChinese (at least the first part).

    HC doesn’t do anything wild nor impossible to replicate, it’s what you would expect from any course, but Duolingo’s course is a huge slog with no explanations.

    But I guess different people learn with different methods

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    5 months ago

    Ngl that’s cringe as fuck people are learning Mandarin to use the red app or whatever its called. Learning Mandarin because you have an interest on the other hand is cool.

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        5 months ago

        I dont think you understood what i said. Learning because you have an interest meaning you want to communicate with people is cool. Learning just so you can use a tiktok alternative is cringe. This is aimed at the people who would not learn it under any other circumstance than tiktok being banned and using the alternative