[changadera]

I used Duolingo in 2022 for the 35 days leading up to a holiday in Greece. I went from knowing 0 greek to being able to read the alphabet and words, pronounce them and do things like order in a restaurant, explain allergies and convey our room number.

Around the beginning of 2023 they did a couple of things that ruined it a bit for me. They completely changed the track system so now you have to follow one set path, and they got rid of the classes feature which was awesome because for around $5 I could have a zoom lesson with a native teacher and other people learning the language.

Also the sentences it teaches you are a bit less silly now and that was a cool gimmick.