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Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

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http://mylanguages.org/learn_irish.php

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Óla - Dia duit (dia ditch)

Bom dia - Maidin mhaith (madin why)

Boa tarde - Tráthóna maith (tránona mai)

Boa noite - Óiche mhaith (e-ha why)

Tchau - Slán

[Muito] Obrigado / Obrigada - Go raibh [míle] maith agat (Go rev [mee-lay] mah ugg-it)

Fofoca - Beádan (bay-dan)

Fofoqueiro - Béadánaí (bay-da-ní)

Festa - Cósir (có-sure)

Dança - Damhsa (douw-sa)

Saúde - Slánte (slán-cha)

Amor - Grá (g-raw)

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Urú and Séimhiú Notes

Tá mé anseo i gcónaí. I am always here.

In Irish, the preposition i eclipses certain letters such as [c] in [cónaí] in this example.

This is an urú or an eclipse. The letters that pick up urú are b, c, d, f, g, p, and t.

Using urú and séimhiú helps to soften the Irish language to make it flow better / more palatable.

Eclipsis replaces these letters with a softer or diminished version of the same sound;

mb, gc, nd, bhf, ng, bp, dt and n- before a vowel in most of the same cases.

The original letter is not pronounced but it is still written.

(Except in the case of “ng,” which is pronounced the same as an English, although it occurs at the beginning of a word.)

b becomes mb. i mbosca, in a box

c becomes gc. i gcathair, in a city

d becomes nd. i ndeoch, in a drink

f becomes bhf. i bhfoclóir, in a dictionary (pronounced v)

g becomes ng. i ngloine, in a glass

p becomes bp. i bpota, in a pot (pronounced f)

t becomes dt. i dtír, in a country.

To remember these letters, we can use this:

my Brother ... got Caught ... not Doing ... dishes Tonight ... nobody Gets ... blueberry Pie ... before he Finishes"

Urú is used;

-After certain prepositions + the

-After the numbers 7-10

-After the possessive adjectives: ár (our), bhur (yours, plural), a (their)

-After dá (if), mura (unless), i (in)

The séimhiú (meaning [soft] in Irish) or lenition is similar.

In Irish, b, c, d, f, g, m, p, s, and t pick up a séimhiú or h.

Here the consonant is softened or diminished.

b becomes bh.

c becomes ch. (k/gk)

d becomes dh. deartháir > dheartháir (y)

f becomes fh. (silent)

g becomes gh. (gh)

m becomes mh. mála > mhmála (w/v)

p becomes ph. (f)

s becomes sh. (h)

t becomes th. (hy)

Séimhiú is used in instances such as;

-After possessive adjectives

-After feminine nouns and adjectives

-Nouns after the numbers 1-6

-Vocative case (speaking to someone directly)

-After prepositions with/on/for

-Words that come after [nuair a] (when)

-And prefixes; ro- (too), an- (very), má- (if), unless it's tá or dé

[Also nouns (people, places, things) after a consonant (not vowels) -

but it also happens in the middle of words.]

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Blurb / Burba

Tá Charlie agus Nick ag freastal ar an scoil chéanna ach nil aithne acu ar a chéile...

Charlie and Nick attend the same school but they don't know each other...

Go dti an lá a guidtear ina sui in aice a cheile iad.

Until the day they are helped (by their teacher, asking them) to sit next to each other.

Déannan siad cairdeas tapa agus sula i bhfad titeann Charlie in grá le Nick, cé nach greidean sé go bhfuil seans dá laghad aige.

They become fast friends and before long Charlie falls in love with Nick, even though he doesn't believe he has the slightest chance.

*Ach is ait an mac an grá, agus tá nios mó suime ag Nick in Charlie na mar a thuig ceachtar acu.

*But there's no accounting for love, and Nick is more interested in Charlie than either of them realized.

*Lit. the boy/son is (in) a place of love (suggesting his head’s in the clouds / oblivious to Nick's feelings?)

Is é seo an chéad leabhar sa traith shárdhiola.

This is the first book in the bestselling series.

Heartstopper as Gaeilge :D

“Beirt bhuachaillí splanc an ghrá”

“Two boys’ spark of love”

Vocab:

Beirt - two people / duo / pair / couple

Bhuachaillí - boys

Splanc - spark

An Ghrá / grá - love

Cairdeas - camaraderie / friendship

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Heartstopper as Gaeilge :D

“Beirt bhuachaillí splanc an ghrá”

“Two boys’ spark of love”

Vocab:

Beirt - two people / duo / pair / couple

Bhuachaillí - boys

Splanc - spark

An Ghrá / grá - love

Cairdeas - camaraderie / friendship

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Close enough, welcome back Rosetta Stone

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Some free or inexpensive comprehensible input, audio and video lessons, and listening practice stuff for popular languages because idk I felt like googling some stuff today

Arabic: Yale k-16 interactive reading, Arabic Comprehensible, Egyptic

Bengali: Bangla Shekho, Bengali Fairy Tales

Chinese (Mandarin): Comprehensible Chinese, hackingchinese.com, Acquire Mandarin, Comprehensible Mandarin, Blabla Chinese, Easy Mandarin, Mandarin Click

English: English Comprehensible input for ESL beginners, Dreaming English, EnglishClass101, British Council LearnEnglish, News in Slow English

French: French Comprehensible Input, alice ayel, Easy French, innerfrench.com, Little Talk in Slow French, Francais Authentique

German: DW Learn German, Naturlich German, Comprehensible German, Easy German, Löwenzahn, Deutsch Direkt, Learn German With Falk

Greek (modern): Natural Languages TRPS Greek, Helinka, Hellinic American Union, Easy Greek, Greekpod101

Greek (ancient): Easy Latin (Greek Course), Alpha With Angela (biblical [Kione] Greek), Chihon Teaches, Ancient Greek in Action, Athenaze

Hebrew: The Hebrew Adventure, Free Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew), Hebrew Time, thehebrewcafe.com

Hindi: Comprehensible Hindi, HindiPod101, Hindi TV, Easy Hindi

Hungarian: FluentBox, Magyar Hungarian, Speak Hungarian With Angie, Easy Hungarian,

Icelandic: Icelandic For Foreigners, icelandiconline.com, Ylhyra, Viltu laera islensku,

Italian: Italian For Americans, Easy Italian, Learn Italian With Lucrezia, teacherstefano.com

Japanese: Comprehensible Japanese, DailyJapanese, Akane Japanese Class, iroironanihongo, Japanese Immersion With Asami, Speak Japanese Naturally, Learn Japanese with Tanaka san,

Korean: Comprehensible Input Korean, Korean Patch, Immersion in Korean, Intuit Korean, Learn Korean in Korean, Hello Jadoo, MAVOCA, Storytime in Korean, Talk to Me in 100% Korean

Latin: Easy Latin, ScorpioMartianus, Quomodo Dicitur?, Found In Antiquity, The London Latin Course

Portuguese: Teach Yourself Portuguese, The Sounds of Portuguese, Portuguese With Leo, Easy Portuguese

Russian: Comprehensible Russian, Easy Russian, About Russian in Russian, Russian With Max, Russian from Russia, Real Russian Club

Spanish: Dreaming Spanish, Teacher Catalina. Hola Spanish, Easy Spanish,

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me: why are you destroying earth!!!

aliens: because theres people who think that english is the only language they need to speak

me: thats fair i understand

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European country names in Irish language

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I was reading through Youtube comments and it seems the Japanese version of unalive is 4ぬ. Slang is fun.

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Irish LGBTQ Vocab

LADTA - LGBTQ

Leispiach - lesbian (les-pia)

Aerach - gay (air-ah)

Déghnéasach - bisexual (dea-a-near-suh)

Trasinscneach - transgender

Aiteach - Queer (ah-cha)

Éighnéasach - asexual

Homaighnéasach - homosexual

Neamh-dhénártha / neamhdhénártha - non-binary

Solúbtha ó thaobh inscne - Gender fluid (lit. from the point of view of flexible gender)

Inscne sreabhach - gender (described as) fluid

Aeracht - gayness

Leispiachas - lesbianism

Déghnéasacht - bisexuality

Daoine aeracha agus leispiaigh - gays and lesbians

An pobal aerach (the gay community)

Daoine queer (queer people)

Banríon draig - drag queen

Dearbhaithe inscne - gender affirming

Athrú inscne - gender reassignment

Máinliacht athraithe inscne - gender reassignment surgery

Máinliacht barr / bun - (lit.) top / bottom surgery

Teiripe athsholáthair hormóin (TAH)- hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Éastraigin - estrogen

Téististéarón - testosterone

Instealladh - injection / shot

Ainm marbh - dead name

Crann taca - ally, supporter

Bród aerach / Bród na nAerach - Gay Pride

Saoradh na n-aerach - Gay Liberation

Cearta daoine aeracha - Gay (people’s) Rights

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has def already been shared here but further to previous posts on the subject here is a post with a bunch of resources for learning irish!

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Hey if any of you, like me, spend a lot of time on teanglann.ie, you might have gotten fed up with how hard it is to find stuff in their massive paragraphs.

I made a Firefox extension (mostly for myself) which automatically breaks the paragraphs up so it's easier to read

Sorry for the chrome users, if I ever get a chance I might try and port it for chrome, but I haven't done that yet.

The formatting isn't entirely consistent, but a lot of that comes down to the entries themselves being formatted a little inconsistently, if you notice any bugs, please let me know

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site with a shitton of links to irish-language resources, although as far as i can tell it hasn't been updated since about 2012 so there's a strong chance a bunch of them are broken. could be interesting as a way to find the older sites and resources that might have been forgotten / not get recommended so much though

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“Cuimsíonn an táirge seo nicitín, ar substaint an-andúile é”

“This product contains nicotine which is a highly addictive substance.”

Vocab:

Táirge [tar-eg-guh] - Product

Cuimsíonn [qum-síonn] - Contains / Includes

Andúile [An-dúl-yeh] - Addictive

Note:

An- (Very) - adjective, put before nouns

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Irish Language Resources

DICTIONARIES

focloir.ie (search for words in English) + audio samples

teanglann.ie (search for words in Irish/English) + audio samples

tearma.ie (search for terms in Irish/English)

potafocal.com (dictionary)

dil.ie (dictionary of medieval Irish)

DATABASES

logainm.ie (placenames in English/Irish and their meanings)

ainm.ie (biographies in Irish)

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

seachtain (online weekly newspaper)

nos.ie (online cultural magazine)

comhar.ie (online literary and current affairs magazine)

tuairisc.ie (online news magazine)

meon eile (belfast based news and videos)

nuacht1.com (gathers news from various online sources)

peig.ie (information hub and news source)

TV

tg4.ie (national Irish language tv station)

nuacht rté (rté news in Irish)

rté (rté website of articles/videos etc. in Irish)

bbc gaeilge (bbc’s Irish language content)

RADIO

raidió na gaeltachta (national Irish language station)

raidió na life (Irish language station located in Dublin)

raidió fáilte (Irish language station located in Belfast)

raidió rí-rá (Hit music station that broadcasts through Irish)

blas (bbc’s Irish language radio show)

raidió na dtreabh (online station based in Galway)

LANGUAGE COURSES

easy irish (basic online introduction to the language by rté)

duolingo (total beginner introduction + audio examples)

gaelchultúr (includes online course for adults + language level testing)

oideas gael (adult Irish language and cultural courses)

gael linn (courses for teenagers and adults)

daltai.com (language courses in usa/canada as well as other countries)

peig.ie (includes map with Irish courses, conversation circles, events, + summer camps)

YOUTUBE

now you’re talking! (complete Irish language learning tv show from the 1990s)

nuacht tg4 (official tg4 youtube channel)

clisare (youtuber, various videos teaching the language)

scúp (tv show about struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast)

DOCUMENTARIES

des bishop: in the name of the fada (US/Irish comedian learns Irish for a year)

guth in eag? a lost voice (insight into the decline of the Tyrone native Irish)

an feidir linn? can we? (investigating the revival of the Irish language)

it’s a blas! (BBC NI presenter learns Irish to host radio show) [audio missing]

MOVIES

lipservice (short film)

yu ming is anim dom (short film)

cáca milis (short film)

clare sa spéir (short film)

poitín (first feature film entirely in Irish)

fíorghael (short film)

the wind that shakes the barley (available dubbed in Irish)

song of the sea (amhrán na mara) (animated movie available in Irish)

MUSIC

songsinirish.com (database of songs in Irish + English translations)

ceol’08 (Irish artists sing their songs in Irish)

tglurgan (language students perform popular hits in Irish)

rte2fm (various artists perform songs in Irish)

m. máire ó súilleabháin (Irish songs with translations)

SHOPS

siopa.ie (books, music, games and more)

cnagsiopa.com (books, dvds and more)

anceathrupoili.com (bookshop)

udar.ie (games in the Irish language)

gael linn (includes shop with books, dvds and more)

daltai.com (includes shop with some learning books)

cló lar-chonnacht (music, books)

SELF-LEARNING

rosetta stone (software or online)

living language Irish (books, cds, online, apps)

linguashop (software, cds, books)

MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING

mylanguages.org (basic introduction to various parts of the language)

omniglot.com (history of the language, vocabulary)

duolingo.com (course aimed at complete beginner, audio examples)

101languages.net (beginner overview)

wikibooks.org (beginnger course)

irishcultureandcustoms.com (phrases, vocabulary)

OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS

foras na gaeilge (responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout Ireland)

gaeilge.ie (information on Irish language organisations and services)

seachtain na gaeilge (Irish language week: annual national event)

udaras.ie (includes brief history of the language)

coimisineir.ie (includes more brief history)

APPS

getthefocal (two way translator)

cúla4 (aimed at children who are native speakers)

OTHER

list of Irish language media (wikipedia page)

ga.wikipedia.org (wikipedia in Irish)

abair.tcd.ie (turn written Irish text into speech)

lexilogos.com (many useful links!)