Trying to pick up some French with Duolingo, and it's... very sink or swim. Different from the regimented way I was taught Spanish in high school. I guess it's trying to teach it conversationally, like you'd learn your first language? I mean, yeah, you don't sit with a baby and conjugate "to be", but it's confusing sometimes. Like I didn't see why there was only one valid answer here. Why can't I eat a sandwich?

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@yatchi Yup! Software hadn't explicitly taught me that yet. I guess it's cool that it's letting me make mistakes/errors as long as I learn from them.

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