Duolingo Progress with Hindi and Yiddish

 Spotlight on Hindi

Hindi -  नमस्ते (namaste)

English - hello (I bow to you)

 Reflection: I have completed 8 lessons across unit 1 and the start of unit 2.  I am still getting familiar with both the writing and the sounds. Duolingo says Unit 3 will be when the learner starts to form basic sentences and talk about food. See below which shows how many of the Hindi alphabet I have mastered or rather how many more I have to work on :-) For a reflection in this progress blog post, I decided to look up a Hindi greeting I have already come across in Yoga "Namaste".

Using the old Duolingo stats they used more in the first 10 years, I have already earned 10/192 crowns ( about 1%) , and completed 14/153 (about 10%)  lessons. Lexemes which equate to word parts (smaller than words as some languages also require knowledge of particles) I have completed 58 out of 656. (not yet 10%) 

 We must keep in mind that Duolingo courses vary smaller (like Navajo) to larger ( like Norwegian - which is something like 16 times bigger in depth than the smaller courses.  Also, French and Spanish have more speakers and more learners who want to learn them, so they have been developed and updated regularly.

    Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - hello German - Guten Tag Danish - Hej Dutch - Hallo Swedish- Hallå Norwegian - Hallo Italiano - ciao  Francais - salut Romanian-Buna ziua Haitian Creole - bonjou Esperanto - saluton Latin-Salve Welsh - helo Irish - Dia dhuit Scottish Gaelic - halò Zulu - Sawubona Hawaiian - aloha Swahili-mia Czech - ahoy Hungarian-Szia Polish-Witam Turk-merhaba Indonesian - halo Japanese-こんにちは Kon'nichiwa Korean -안녕하세요 annyeonghaseyo Hindi - नमस्ते namaste Yiddish - העלא hela Ukranian-привіт pryvit Vietnamese- xin chào Greek- Χαίρετε Chaírete Russian привет privet

   Spotlight on Yiddish

Yiddish -  नमस्ते (namaste)

English - hello (I bow to you)

 Reflection: I have completed 7 lessons. For a reflection in this progress blog post, I decided to look up a "mazel tov" meaning 'good luck".

DuolingoMe.eu is an unofficial statistics page run by volunteers where you can check your progress. see above.

Using the old Duolingo stats they used more in the first 10 years, I have already earned 7/364 crowns ( about 10%) , and completed 14/382 (about 10%)  lessons. Lexemes which equate to word parts (smaller than words as some languages also require knowledge of particles) I have completed 75 out of 2297. (not yet 10%) 

  Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English -  good luck German - viel Glück Danish - held og lykke Dutch - veel geluk Swedish- lycka till Norwegian - lykke til Italiano - buona fortuna  Francais - bonne chance Romanian-mult noroc Haitian Creole - bon chans Esperanto - bonŝancon Latin-bona fortuna Welsh - pob lwc Irish - ádh mór Scottish Gaelic - beannachd leat Zulu - ngikufisela inhlanhla Hawaiian - Pōmaikaʻi iā ʻoe Swahili-bahati njema Czech - Hodně štěstí Hungarian-sok szerencsét Polish-powodzenia Turk-iyi şanslar Indonesian - semoga beruntung Japanese-幸運をKōun o Korean -행운을 빕니다 haeng-un-eul bibnida Hindi - आपको कामयाबी मिले aapako kaamayaabee mileYiddish - זאָל זייַנ מיט מאַזל zol zayn mit mazl Ukranian-Щасти
Shchasty Vietnamese- chúc may mắn Greek- καλή τύχη kalí týchi Russian морковь morkov

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Duolingo September Progress includes Zulu, Haitian Creole, Irish, Swedish and Czech

Learning Focus in September: trying to level up in Duolingo (jump each language to the next increasing Duolingo level)

I am trying different ways to keep me on track around work and family and keep my motivation up.

My September Challenge

This month, I am working through languages I haven't had a chance to revisit for a while.  I am dabbling in them until I level up.  Each subsequent language level is harder to obtain because each level is a much higher number of XP.  Level 25 is the highest level.

Trying out the new Duolingo update

I have enjoyed revisiting languages once again and getting into their mode or head space.  I am also enjoying this in combination with the new interface in Duolingo.   I have been a Duolingo member since begin on their waitlist 10 years ago.  I love the new path way and how it organises a set path of mini steps to try in bite size pieces as well as revision sets of mistakes, listening and speaking that can be forgotten about if like me you often play Duolingo in waiting rooms and near others so you never want to to turn the volume up in case it annoys other people.  The speaking and listening exercises remind me to concentrate on these skills when I am away from others.

So far, I have levelled up in 9 Languages across Turkish, Polish, Russian, Irish, Danish, Swedish, Czech, Finnish as well as the newest language Zulu.  I have worked hard and am enjoying every minute of Level 11 Zulu.

I wonder how many more level ups I can work towards by the end of September? I don't want to set a goal, because my family and work come first, but I celebrate every achievement along the way. 

Dabbling across more than 30 languages in my long term goal at my own pace. 5 languages I have already reached Level 25: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Welsh, however as Duolingo evolves and updates more lessons and units are being added to more courses. So, 38 - 9 levelled up recently - 5 at level 25 = 24 languages to work my way though.  At the moment, I am cycling through 3 langauges daily, usually a Romance language, a Germanic language (as the two language families I have the most experience/background in) and one from another family.

Next in line: 

•  Romanian, Latin,
• Norwegian*, Finnish, 
• Indonesian, Chinese, Korean
• Hawaiian, Navajo, Swahili
• Arabic, Greek, Yiddish

*Norwegian is a huge course

Level 6 vs Level 23 comparison

*Norwegian is a huge course and is going to hard to be level up from Level 23 to level 24. This next level needs over 1200XP to be completed. Be aware, lower levels like my Hindi is only on level 6, so needs only 150 XP to level up.  I think this tiered systems is effective because it allows you to concentrate in bite size amounts when you first meet a langauge and lets you get spaced repetition until you do the next lesson.  Whereas, with higher levels, you can concentrate for longer periods when you are used to more grammar and more vocabulary and can take on more complicated sentences. I certainly notice how much more alert you are and how quickly you fatigue with a new language as a beginner.

Hence, I have currently completed 10 trophies but Spanish and French as 2 of the largest courses with the most learners have been significantly updated and grown.

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Edit

Next 10 level ups completed: Esperanto,  Scottish Gaelic, Swedish, Japanese,  Hungarian, Hindi, Dutch, Haitian Creole, Hebrew and Vietnamese this week.

Now 19 levels up in September :-)