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- "Es ist Duolingo."
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I was tempted to say the same.. unfortunately it translates to "IT is Duolingo".. I feel a kinda frustrating sensation for not sayin "this is duolingo".
"This is Duolingo" would be "Das ist Duolingo", but yes, it is kind of frustrating.
Duo is the Latin root for 2 and lingo is the root for language so it roughly translates to double language
Its the name of the app. I think by duo it means like yiu will speak two languages.
Got this one wrong because I had no idea what the guy was saying when he said "Duolingo." sounded like "Dalingwa" or something
Annoying sentences as from context you'd always want to say "This is", rather than "It is"..
In English you can you the words it and this innerchangeably does this work in German too?
I was wondering the same thing. Are it and this not interchangeable? What would the sentence be in German if it was This is Duolingo?
"it" and "this" are not interchangeable.
"this" introduces something new to a conversation by metaphorically pointing at it.
"it" is a personal pronoun and refers back to something you had already spoken about previously.
"This is Duolingo" = Dies ist Duolingo. or Das ist Duolingo.; a bit more colloquially also Das hier ist Duolingo.
Thanks for your answer, and I wanted to say thatyou're really brave, learning all those languages...
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Oh nice to know that!!! I always wondered what was the difference between both... Viele Dank!!!
When I answer Duolingo, it"s wong; when I answer dueling, it's wrong. Was gibt?
I accidentally typed in english, instead of german kudos to the developer who made a provision for this case!!
Is "Es" really pronounced like that, or is it the same as "Er" pronounced like "air"?
Hey, i'm not really english, but does "that is duolingo" normally works ?
How can i set the fast speech cuz most of the time slow speech goes first its annoying
Auto correct is making me fail.
"Doctor, it hurts when I do this!"
In other words: disable auto-correct if it's causing you problems.
I really hate to complain but I can get the "Es ist " but the speaker is really mushy-mouthed when it comes to the end and for me at least, "Duolingo" is a big sound blob that I can't understand. A better reader would help a lot of this.
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It sounds like that to you because you are not used to hearing spoken German. It's perfectly normal.
Every language has its own set of sounds, some of which are the same as English, some, not. When we are children, our brains "tune" to what we hear around us, and we become very good at picking out the sounds of our native tongue, but other sounds, not so much. Just keep listening to as much German as you can find, and your brain will begin to "get it".
I got this question without having had a prior example of how "Duolingo" is pronounced. Sounded like "dwalinga"
I took a break from doulingo for awile but i remember one thing and that is that the answer to this was THIS IS DOULINGO!!!!!
Why is this name translated?? Normally it stays in its native language form!
Sein - To be
Ich bin - I am Du bist - You are Er Sie Es ist - He She It is Wir sind - We are Ihr seid - You are Sie sind - They are
