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tlhIngan Hol vIghojtaH!

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[-] dimath@ttrpg.network 27 points 6 months ago

But still no European Portuguese 😠

[-] library_napper@monyet.cc 14 points 6 months ago

Prolly more people who want to learn elvish than European Portuguese. Oh, leaderboards

[-] 7of9@startrek.website 11 points 6 months ago

Last time I looked it still did a weird mix of American and European Spanish, too

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 months ago

It had me pick Latin American or Castilian Spanish when I started using Duolingo, I couldn’t tell you exactly how accurate it was though.

[-] 7of9@startrek.website 4 points 6 months ago

When was that? Last time I tried it was a couple of years ago.

As for the difference, outside of Spain the conjugation of Vosotros (you, plural) isn't used, but speaking to strangers is much more formal. Also, there's a lot of vocabulary differences which can be confusing for non-native speakers.

Good luck with your learning, it's a great language :-)

[-] Stoney_Logica1@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

As somebody who doesn't naively speak Latin American Spanish but was exposed to it a lot growing up, the "th" sound for some words with "c" (like "gracias") in Castilian Spanish really disturbs me. It sounds like everybody has a lisp.

[-] 7of9@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

It is a lisp, albeit on purpose ... to further confuse things in parts of Spain with different languages the shared words don't necessarily have that lisp!

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

About two years ago for me as well, they might have rolled it out shortly after you tried or maybe I was part of some A/B testing or something. But the setting seems to be saved because I’m never given exercises with vosotros in them.

¡Gracias! Vivo en California, así que hay mucha gente para practicar hablando conmigo, pero estoy tímido y practico solo con Duolingo por ahora.

[-] 7of9@startrek.website 1 points 6 months ago

Best thing would be to go to a Spanish speaking country for a holiday, once you've been forced to use it on strangers you'll loose your language anxiety and it gets much easier (I live in Spain and work in Spanish, I'm not very good, but also no longer worried about muddling through).

[-] BlessedDog@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

Wtf is European Portuguese, Portugal is in Europe.

[-] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 14 points 6 months ago

Wtf is British English, England is in Britain.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 months ago

🇬🇧: English (Traditional)

🇺🇸: English (Simplified)

[-] cymor@midwest.social 0 points 6 months ago

Not our fault the posh snobs wanted to sound different and the commoners copied them.

[-] BlessedDog@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago
[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 10 points 6 months ago
[-] BlessedDog@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago

Yeah and then theres Portuguese

[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 0 points 6 months ago

Wow you're so smart. /s

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