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I found out about languagedrops in this post: https://sopuli.xyz/post/23380411

And was wondering if it's any good?

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[–] Jessamyn@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I paid for it for a while to up my Finnish vocabulary, and it was fairly useful for that. So if you dislike making your own vocabulary flash cards, I recommend it.

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is really helpful, thank you!

I know someone who is trying to learn Finnish and tried to supplement their learning with Duolingo, which is not very refined course. So might have to suggest languagedrops.

[–] Jessamyn@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they do go that route, I recommend they set their language level to at least intermediate, because otherwise they will be locked into the beginner sets until they get enough points, and they are like early A1 vocab lists

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the tip - that is really useful. I have to ask whether they already started!

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ehh, I used Drops, on the free tier it only gives you 5 minutes/a day to use it, I think it can be okay as a supplemental tool, but not as a main learning app

They do offer some small languages, like Ainu and Maori, so that's nice

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's interesting. Do they also mention / teach grammar rules in the app? I would love to have those in an app and not always look it up in my books / online.

[–] Fitik@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not really, it mostly focuses on vocabulary

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ahh okay, that's a bummer. Thanks for the info!