Duolingo Progress with a Spotlight on Brazilian Portuguese

   I am making progress with Hungarian and Haitian Creole witth a higher accuracy in Brazilian Portuguese,

Can you recognise any words that I learned?

Can you translate any of these words to English or your target language?

I am interested in Brazilian Portuguese because it has such a large number of speakers.  It is similar to Italian and now Spanish that I have been self learning.  But it is further removed form Italian than Spanish in the Romance languages family.

Brazilian Portuguese -	Eu tenho esperado por it.

Part of speech	Translation
	English - I have been waiting for you.

 Reflection: Have been is one word in Brazilian Portuguese "tenho".  "Esperado" makes me think of desperate like waiting desparately.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - wait German - Warten Danish - vente Dutch - wacht Swedish- vänta Norwegian - vente Yiddish -וואַרטן vartn Italiano - aspettare  Francais -attendez Romanian-aștepta Haitian Creole - tann Esperanto - atendu Latin-manere Welsh - aros Irish - fan Scottish Gaelic - fanaibh Zulu - linda Hawaiian - kali Swahili-subiri Czech - Počkejte Hungarian-várjon Polish-czekać Ukranian-чекати chekaty Turkish Turk-Bekle Indonesian - tunggu Japanese-待つMatsu Korean -기다리다 gidalida Hindi -रुको ruko Vietnamese- Chờ đã Greek- Περίμενε Perímene Russian ждать zhdat'

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Duolingo Progress with Hungarian & Ukrainian

 Spotlight on Hungarian

I have been enjoying working on Hungarian. It has occasional accents and I am still learning the influence of the accents on pronunciation.

Hungarian - A magyar  tanár bent van, az angol diák pedig kint.

Part of speech holo	Translation
	English - The Hungarian teacher is inside and the English teacher in outside.

 Reflection: az, what ia nice, simple, short word for 'and'.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - uand German Deutsch- d Danish Dansk- og Dutch Nederalnds- en Swedish Svenska- och Norwegian Norsk bokmål - og Italian Italiano - e  French Francais - et Romanian Română-și Haitian Creole kreyol ayisyen- epi Esperanto - kaj Latin-et Welsh Cymraeg- a Irish Gaeilge- agus Scottish Gaelic Gaeilge- agus Zulu isisZulu- futhi Hawaiian ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi- a Swahili Kiswahili-na Czech čeština- a Hungarian Magyar-és Polish Polski-oraz Turk Türk-ve Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia - dan Japanese 日本Ni hon-とTo Korean 한국어 hangug-eo 그리고 geuligo Hindi हिन्दी hindee तथा tathaYiddish יידיש eydish און aun Ukranian українська ukrayinsʹka-і i Vietnamese Tiếng Việt-và Greek Ελληνικά Elliniká- και kai Russian Русский Russkiy а такж a takzhe

   Spotlight on Ukranian

I am interested in learning Ukrainian since it has been on the news as Russians invaded Ukraine and Ukrainians had to evacuate.  I am really impressed that Duolingo has ensured that all Ukrainian learners do not add to Duolingo's profits.  They are adamant to not profit due to international conflict and war. It is details like this that make me happy to support Duolingo as ga paid subscriber when they have a humanitarian to make languages universally available to all and free.

Ukrainian - де дідусь  de didusʹ

English - Where is grandfather?

 Reflection: де the first part is "Where is"  , дідусь he second part is grandfather? I wonder why дід is missing the ending усь in the Duolingo example.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - grandfather German - Deutsch - Großvater Danish Dansk- bedstefar Dutch Nederalands- opa Swedish Svedska- opa Norwegian Norsk Bookmål- opa Italian Italiano - nonno  French Français - grand-père Romanian Română-bunicul Haitian Creole kreyol ayisyen - granpapa Esperanto - avo Latin-avus Welsh  Cymraeg- taid Irish Gaeilge - seanathair Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig na h-Alba - seanair Zulu -isisZulu umkhulu Hawaiian ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - kupunakāne Swahili Kiswahili -babu Czech čeština - dědeček Hungarian Magyar-nagyapa Polish-Polski Dziadek Turkish Türk -Büyük baba Indonesian Bahasa Indonesia- kakek Japanese-日本Ni hon おじいさん Ojīsan Korean 한국어 hangug-eo 할아버지 hal-abeoji Hindi हिन्दी hindee -दादा daadaYiddish יידיש eydish- זיידע zeyde Ukranian українська ukrayinsʹka-дідусьdidusʹ Vietnamese Tiếng Việt- ông nội Greek Ελληνικά Elliniká- παππούς pappoús Russian Русский Russkiy дедушка dedushka

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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 :-)