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The influx of Portuguese spouts is making my head spin. I'm approaching 100 days of Duolingo Spanish and my overtaxed brain CANNOT handle the not-quite-Spanish. 🤣 🤦‍♀️

Bem-Vindo nonetheless.
05:18 PM - Apr 17, 2024
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I'm on day 40 of learning Italian. Studied Spanish for 6 years in HS and uni so that helps but old habits get in the way.

Brain still goes to por favor rather than per favore.
05:24 PM - Apr 17, 2024
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I've heard that the brain can compartmentalize languages after the third one, but I won't live long enough to find out if that's true. 😄
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05:28 PM - Apr 17, 2024
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I'm getting there. About as equal in Italian as Spanish.

And now I can watch bike races in Italian on youtube before I go to the Giro next month.

Using the tools of today is a whole new game. I'd have been fluent in Spanish years ago if they had been around quaranta anni fa.
05:45 PM - Apr 17, 2024 (Edited)
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Completely agree. The Duo approach is a total game changer. I could never learn a language with the classical method I had in school, or even the Rosetta Stone approach available in my 20s.
05:46 PM - Apr 17, 2024
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