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How do I fill in my 3rd Bonus Skill?
Hello, For the bonus skills; I finished the idioms and then the pick-up lines; but there is a third slot. And I can't find anything to fill it with. So, I can't get the check point ticked even though I finished everything else. Does any body know how to fix this or fill in the third slot?
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Looks like they stopped doing the Christmas bonus skill because it caused performance issues: https://www.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/7lyi4j/duolingo_will_not_be_offering_christmas_skill/
The OP is archived but the first and subsequent comments are useful. There are at least a couple Reddit threads along these lines.
No idea why it would cause performance issues, and they did a big UI overhaul several months ago, so why didn't they fix it? Or at least stop indicating that there's a slot open if there won't ever be a way to fill it. It's maddening!
I read on another discussion thread that the third bonus skill is about Christmas, and it is time -limited. You have to buy it with your lingots no sooner than Dec 14th. Very strange feature to have in an internationally available program. Not everyone celebrates Christmas. I happen to, and might have been interested, but I was unaware of the content and the time restriction. I thought it might be a skill that they were holding in abeyance until I got to Level 30, or 75%...only to discover again recently having passed Level 25 that there is really nothing after that. No new vocabulary, and occasional new construction. I have been doing the French. I do not know if other languages have the same bottoming out at Level 25.
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I thought I saw someone had done a Christmas one... There are lots more subjects out there. gardening, fixing car/burst water pipe/heating/house/internet problems,
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you can move on. just go! i have not done any of the bonus skills. moved ahead and am in last tier of skills.
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The app on my phone only showed me two options for bonus skills but when I logged in on the computer there was a third skill available in the store. Even after I saw this third skill online it was not available to see on my phone. Luckily after I added it via the computer it does show on my phone in the third spot, but not under the mobile store.
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My first language is English but I am trying to learn Spanish using duolingo and the only one I haven't completed is the third bonus skill. Someone said it's a Christmas one and is available at that time of the year but for the last 2 Christmases I have checked everyday but still can't open it. It's very infuriating
I had heard the same, i.e. that the third skill was Christmas related, and time limited. In December 2017, I therefore checked every day. The skill did not appear. Hopefully it will fill with something. It makes some sense that if it ever was Christmas, it is not any longer. This is an internationally available program. Not everyone celebrates Christmas. I would like it to be useful phrases.
How unusual. And a little sad for you. Flirting and Idioms are the current two choices. They should appear on the tree right after the very first 4 basic lessons. At least this is the case for French and Italian. I see you are studying American English. I do not recognize the first flag. It is a shame there is no direct contact method to DL. I suppose they would be inundated, especially since the Crown launch. One hopes they monitor the forums, but who knows. Anyway, wishing you bonus skills at some point.
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Do we have a way to create our own bonus skills? They'd obviously need to be tested first, but I think we could help create some great content.
You can apply to work on a course at https://incubator.duolingo.com/apply. If they accept your application you could probably create a new bonus skill. You will need to know the Spanish for the skill though.
The Christmas skill only comes around at Christmas time on French. I think there should be another bonus skill section somewhere else on the tree with other bonus skills. I find that the bonus skills are hard and set your mind to other less useful words, so I do not recommend buy them till are quite far on in the tree. The section for bonus skills is under food and animals, and the bonus skills are at the bottom of the shop
as far as i or anyone else knows, there's no consistent third skill. however, some ideas that i don't think have been said yet:
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anime-related skill when
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seasonal skills (not just christmas) for all languages with special skills for certain languages (easter, halloween, thanksgiving, independence day and president's day for americans, oktoberfest for german, etc.) available all year round so we can practice
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this one's already been said but it bears repeating: teach me how to pun in german or some other language
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2016 american slang skill (yes, it's that different, trust me on this)
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memes, because this is the internet
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actually, the internet in general would be good
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social skills (how2conversation) for all languages
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teach me how to use sarcasm pls
have i covered everything that should be added yet or
For example: I ain't got notin'... This sentence would normally be used to declare that the speaker has nothing (with them), but really it means that they have not got nothing, and therefore by basic logic they have canceled out their intended meaning (through a double negative) and have really said "I have something". Also ain't is not a word.. Is that the kind of thing you mean? Because that's kinda irritating to me too xD
"Your social life is about as exciting as the derivatives of e^x"
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The third bonus skill is available again and it is "Christmas". Glad to finally get that 3rd skill, but your suggestion is very intriguing...
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Hi Martina. It appears that the third slot only becomes available seasonally during the month of December. I had actually finished the language tree and obtained the first two bonus skills by August, and that 3rd slot remained closed until early December.
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I see this post a year ago and since that time I'm waiting for Christmas. now it is 23rd of December, I don't have my 3rd slot open and I'm longing for some Christmas magic...
holy cow! I'm not even celebrating Christmas!
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Lol, I hear you...I would just do the "pick-up lines" anyway b/c the thing is, by the time you get through the language tree and December comes around, you accumulate so many lingots that you will be ready to give lingots away, trust me.
It would be awesome if they made bonus slots that are based on events in the countries that speak the language. Like Karneval (Fasching) in Deutsch or independence day in July and Royal celebrations in May for English. That sort of thing and of course including seasonal holidays shared between languages like Christmas and Easter
Ok I have a question. I'm working on Turkish right? And for a while there was two bonus skills and now they're gone,how do I get them back so I can buy them because I have like 100&something lingo points because I've saved them just for those two anyone please help if you can my name is Alucard0030 please add me on doulingo please and thank you
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Will there be a Spanish christmas bonus skill in 2015? Its Dec 8th and its not available yet
You have to remember that these are "BONUS" skills. So you don't actually need to do them at all really! But of course, the challenge is to get the whole tree to GOLD!
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- so that would include the bonus skills for most folks. I still believe many would benefit from "thinking time" phrases - - such as "Well, let's see" and "More or Less" which you throw in whilst you are frantically trying for a reply to a native Spanish speaker who has assumed you know much more than your carefully rehearsed sentence.
Have a lingot on me - - !Amigos para siempre!
See my reply above to you Walter, and enjoy the rest of your voyage with DuoLingo and the Owl!
Sorry about the Spanish reference, I now see you're not doing Spanish, but to me the same thing applies to any language - - the small talk thinking phrases are important to help you along.
Have another lingot - - :-)
Good point CatherineK, in Spanish - -
"Donde estan los servicios, por favor"
usually works fine. But again, most of the free language apps or phrasebooks will give you that in the basic phrases sections, no matter which language you are studying. A bit of research should find them. DuoLingo is trying to teach a bit beyond that level.
I'm putting a Blog page(s) together on Wordpress for my "stroll through Spanish", using DuoLingo, and I will include your idea there.
www.paseoatraves.wordpress.com
This is just a beta to see where I can go, but you are welcome to visit and comment, just a few entries so far.
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Did the holiday lessons ever come out last year? I never saw them in the shop, but I checked every day.
Christmas was cancelled at Duolingo this year. I checked everyday from late November till Dec 25th. No bonus 3. I am disappointed though it makes sense. We live in such a multi-cultural world. Not everyone celebrates Christmas. I like the idea of the third bonus skill being slang. When I studied French in northern Quebec, we learned Joual. It is what you actually hear on the street. This was an advanced class. I appreciate DL wants us to learn the rules before we break them.
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It is frustrating not being able to fill the third bonus skill. Please can you give us one.
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