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nickjantz | 18 days ago

I watched the demo. It looks like a clone of duolingo. Can you do a better job of explaining how this is different? What features does it have that duo doesn't. How does the app push you to those features vs just falling into the same pattern as duo?

You say you learned Turkish with lairner. What level of fluency did you achieve? Are you able to take in native content with full comprehension?

Edit: I'm not trying to be argumentative, I see a lot of people come on Show HN with these fantastic projects but are poorly marketed. You seem to have some differentiator but I'm not seeing it in action. I wish you the best success with this, and I can assure you, if it's as good as you say I will be your biggest customer and fan.

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stronglikedan|18 days ago

> Are you able to take in native content with full comprehension?

Only a very small percentage of people that learn a language that is not their native language can achieve that.

Throaway1982|18 days ago

???? that is called fluency

ainar-g|18 days ago

Have you ever learned a language? Because that's what it is for a very large percentage of people.

hagbard_c|18 days ago

Nonsense, that's called 'learning a language' and is done by many who move abroad. I'm Dutch but more or less fluent in English and Swedish, can come quite far in German and make myself understood in and understand French. I'd have to learn local idioms in any of those countries, including the Netherlands since some expressions are really local and don't see much of any use outside of the village or county.