Please post here with any suggestions, concerns, or error reports about my Duolingo French course on Memrise.
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I was going though the Idioms skill, at the English translation for Tout vient Ă point Ă qui sait attendre is something like âNo need to worry. It wonât get things any further,â which is not a saying Iâve ever heard before. Iâm not sure what Duolingo expects, but I was wondering if âGood things come to those who waitâ is perhaps a more appropriate translation.
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Level 6 Adjectives. It could be me, but the audio file for âseulâ sounds like âsonâ.
In Pluperfect verbs the part participle of appeler is spelt appellé, it should only have one l.
Also in Pluperfect; âtu avais retournĂ©â, this is incorrect, it should be âtu Ă©tais retournĂ©â when being used without an object.
Same problem in Subjunctive Verbs; âil ait passĂ©â should be âil soit passĂ©â when being used intransitively.
Level 19, One of the female pronunciations of âLongâ is wrong. Sounds like âiloâ or something.
Level 22 the babyâle bĂ©bĂ© does not take le bĂ©bĂ© as an answer, even though it says the correct answer is le bĂ©bĂ©. This happens on the typing test.
On the off chance that someone is reading this before starting the course; heed my advice and do not undertake this course.
It has the potential to be great, but as of present it is far from it. It is of low quality in general and seems too much like someone just threw everything duolingo gave them in a flashcard without any consideration for utility, sense or accuracy. There are too many errors; many obvious, some not so much so that they will only become apparent once you truly learn French more. It is riddled with bad memory tactics like interference (i.e. exact same definitions for multiple words that you just have to take pot luck with) and long sentences (plain terrible for memorization purposes). Itâs also wholly unsupported, apparently.
The biggest discouragement should probably be the fact that this course is based on the old French tree, which was updated almost two years ago, which says it all. You are better off making your own flash cards as you go, it will do you the world of good (and use Anki if youâre serious about learning). Just stay away from this course, you will regret it otherwise.
There are two 'unâs on level 1 sometimes, and I donât know which one is right. Thus, I often choose the wrong one. Also, when asked to translate âboyâ, simply âgarçonâ should be accepted.
Itâs the same thing with âfilleâ, and probably other words too
In the âPossessives 1â level, could put the whole word instead of just the first letter, example :
(Informal, Singular) instead of (i, s). The abbr are confusing especially if you speed run.
Some are even more confusing like (f) female or formal ? I know itâs a lot to go through them, but please do so!
In âVerbs 3â level, some verbs ought to be in the pronominal (reflexive) form rather than the intransitive form, (e.g : se bronzer NOT bronzer) We say âJe me bronzeâ, you donât sunbathe others. also âse promenerâ, etcâŠ