Erifnogard Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Bought the Time Practice power up and tried it a few times. Didn't do badly but prefer un-timed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talae Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 I did the same a while ago. Also, I feel the same way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvervane Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Good to know. I was curious about that. I was saving for the 3rd slot and was curious if I wanted to get that instead. I think I will wait on that now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talae Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 It isn't bad for review (the simple stuff) but new lessons don't benefit at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffStray Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Does the Timed Practice option give you a permanent button, or is it a 1-time deal and you have to buy it every time you want to try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonator Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) I've never used it; but I am willing to bet it is a one shot deal ! A timed practice will only frustrate the heck out of me, so I won't indulge my nerves system to that experience ! I think you would get more distance out of repeating adjectives since they are so difficult for English speakers. (we don't have to match genders and case) on our adjectives like most European languages. Edited January 15, 2016 by Jasonator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erifnogard Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Does the Timed Practice option give you a permanent button, or is it a 1-time deal and you have to buy it every time you want to try? Permanent button. The Progress Quiz is a one time thing though.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talae Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Does the Timed Practice option give you a permanent button, or is it a 1-time deal and you have to buy it every time you want to try? Permanent button. The Progress Quiz is a one time thing though.. I can confirm this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonator Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 My baby brother just completed the German Tree. !!! Kathud. I introduced him to Duolingo after I started. He seems to have been busting his butt getting the lessons done every day. Good for him. So, he beat me, though I will be done by mid February... I'm competing against me, no one else. Keep up the great work, and keep those streaks going. It is attainable ! (oh.. my bro.. is a butt head..). Just so you know that you are more gifted than he is 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonator Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Arghhhhhhhhhh. Just bulldozed my way through "feelings" on the Norwegian language page. Pant pant pant... While hacking and fighting off all the language gremlins I discovered (for me anyway) a little surprise about the "SKIP" button. I (as a rule) do NOT hit the skip button. I usually make a guess on what the lady with the mouth full of marbles is saying. If I am wrong I trigger about 8 new sentences with marbles, and she frustrates me terribly. Eventually I get it right, and the lesson continues. Today I could NOT understand two words in the sentence, so I decided to hit skip ! "There was NO penalty"..gave me the correct answer and continued on. NO pounding me into the ground with more sentences to translate verbally. Kathud. I thunked I just learned somfun ! This may only apply if you are further along in the course..so I don't know if it works the same for you. After 248 days, I might be a slow learner ! I can smell that certificate of completion now.. sniff sniff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvervane Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Wow! Nice find. I usually just cheat and hold the mouse over the words so they tell the correct answers for the most part. Well maybe not in the write what They say part, but on most of the other parts. What's been getting me lately is the typos . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonator Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Today I got finished with lesson (Adverbs2 #2), and realized the lingots bell was highlighted. I clicked on it and it showed 24 Lingots for a 240 day streak. I don't even pay attention to the lingots anymore. This snowy weekend I'm going to try to snowplow through a pile of these lessons. Might as well make the most out of being shut in the house with 50 plus mile per hour winds, and around a foot (more or less) of snow. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erifnogard Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I wish there was more things to do with the Lingots. Mine just keep accumulating with nothing left to do with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffStray Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 According to the algorithm bosses at Duolingo, I'm 41% fluent in Italian now. I'd argue against that in Italian, but I don't know enough of it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonator Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I don't think they mean that you are 40 percent fluent. I think they are saying that you are 40 percent fluent in what you have learned. If you go back and refresh those lessons you have taken and passed that number will go up. The Level you are at will also rise. I do NOT go back and refresh often, I stay at level 12. (remember I am in a beta course). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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