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		airstrike on Jan 31, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese explained to programmers I tried learning it with Duolingo and was disappointed to see it was just trying to teach me characters via rote-memorization... gave up after a 10-day streak

Tor3 on Jan 31, 2023 [–]

Duolingo doesn't manage to show you the structure of the language. I wasted a very long time with Duolingo. It's much better to use the time on just about anything else if you want to learn Japanese.

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