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This is the official community of LingoDeer on reddit, a great language app for learning Japanese, Korean, Chinese and more languages from scratch!

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  • Feature requests - what you'd like to see on LingoDeer?
  • Tips on learning the language - what's your secret to success?
  • Questions regarding JP/KR/CN grammar/vocab/slangs/etc...

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/r/lingodeer

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Are the back to school sales usually better than the Black Friday sales?

It costs €129.99 now on Black Friday 2024. Do you think the back to school offer will be cheaper than that?

Does the LingoDeer subscription include LingoDeer Plus as well?

3 Comments
2024/11/30
10:53 UTC

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LingoDeer App Question

So I’ve been able to use the LingoDeer app to it’s full extent without paying any money for a very long time. Is this a glitch? When I go on the website it doesn’t let me access more lessons but the app lets me go on forever. Am I just super lucky? My friend has the app and it forced him to stop after a few Russian lessons. (I am doing Spanish 2)

15 Comments
2024/11/08
02:33 UTC

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What features of LingoDeer do you find the most helpful or enjoyable?

Pick your favorites!
Don’t see your answer? Let us know in the comments below!

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5 Comments
2024/10/30
03:37 UTC

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Best way to retain knowledge from previous lessons?

Still fairly new to this app, does vocab/grammar from previous lessons ever come up again? Besides the testing out?

Is there a quick way to import to anki?

6 Comments
2024/10/28
11:53 UTC

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New Community Icon and Banner Update!

Hello, everyone! We’re excited to share that our team has just updated the community icon and banner to give our subreddit a fresh new look. Do you like them?

We’d love to hear what you think—feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below!

Thank you for being part of the LingoDeer community!

4 Comments
2024/10/28
08:41 UTC

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LingoDeer Is Listening

Just a quick shoutout to LingoDeer because their support team actually listens to feedback, unlike other language learning apps where an actual support person may never even reply to your question (like duolingo)

https://preview.redd.it/0u7ndujshwwd1.png?width=1922&format=png&auto=webp&s=177eb4662cc33332a7451e63ffd16d528cd3210e

7 Comments
2024/10/25
13:10 UTC

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I'm watching a K-drama right now and I recognized 사랑해 (saranghae). Thank you Lingodeer.

2 Comments
2024/10/24
10:00 UTC

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What other languages would you like to learn on Lingodeer?

As for me, personally, I’d like to learn the Nordic languages (Norwegian, Finnish, etc) and the regional languages of Spain (Catalan, Galician & Basque). Please Lingodeer, add them next! 🥺

What about you?

25 Comments
2024/10/20
15:26 UTC

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Does someone know what will come next in lingodeer ?

I have discovered the app recently and I really like it. I really want to know what will come next. I am not that much interested in new language but I really would like to see some languages to be updated. Many languages like malay, thaï, arabic, polish etc. don't have a B1 level course. Do you know if lingodeer team will add these ? I also think it would be a good idea to add a "fluent" course to more languages. Why not add a B2 course ? It will be great !

Also, I have some questions about lingodeer Plus : will there be new languages ? I read Somewhere that the app didn't have updates since a pretty long time, is that true ? I think Plus is a good idea but it needs more languages and maybe more content in each language.

14 Comments
2024/10/18
05:36 UTC

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What mistakes are you making in the language you’re learning repeatedly?

I always confuse ㅇ and ㄴ! Like this 병원, always confuses me. Any tips to help me master them?

7 Comments
2024/10/17
09:38 UTC

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Is lingodeer effective in learning the following languages?

Is lingodeer effective in learning the following languages? Is the lingodeer organized into courses suitable for learning the following languages? Hindi,Thai,Indonesian

Thai is the language that I really want to learn And Indonesian and hindi is 2nd.

3 Comments
2024/10/09
12:00 UTC

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What's the First Word You Learned on Lingodeer?

Hey, I'm curious--what's the first word (besides "hello" and "goodbye") you learned on Lingodeer? I'm learning Japanese, and the first word that really stuck with me is ocha because I'm a huge fan of it! What about you guys? I'd love to hear about your experiences!

3 Comments
2024/10/08
10:27 UTC

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What language are you learning with Lingodeer?

I'm just curious about this;) In my case, I used to learn Indonesian for my summer trip.

16 Comments
2024/09/30
09:54 UTC

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What languages will come next to Lingodeer?

It’s great that they added Greek and Ukrainian, as well as Thai and Hindi. But does anyone know what the next languages will be? I’d love to know.

8 Comments
2024/09/26
20:57 UTC

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What is the difference between de wa arimasen, and janaidesu?

2 Comments
2024/09/21
02:03 UTC

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Using an Apple Pencil to write in Japanese for muscle memory is not working out very well

(I don’t think this is a fault of the app, I just thought it was funny)

6 Comments
2024/09/05
08:02 UTC

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Research study participants needed

Hellooo

I'm in the beginning phase of starting a research study and wanted to reach out to see if anyone would be willing to participate. The study would investigate the relationship between working memory capacity and success in app-based language learning. I would need 40 participants so I'm hoping it would be possible to find some people who are interested on here. Please comment if interested <3

15 Comments
2024/08/23
16:28 UTC

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Indonesian has been added!

I have used Lingodeer for several years, and all that time I was hoping they would add a course in Indonesian, one of my favorite languages. And now it's here!

3 Comments
2024/08/21
12:10 UTC

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want to be friends in the app?

hi! I've been using lingodeer for a few years now and I'm trying to be consistent and keep up with my studies. I would love to have friends in the app to keep me motivated, so please add me!

My username in lingodeer is ohmysayhi

I'm on Latin American Spanish 2, Korean 2 ( though mostly reviewing 1 for now ) and Chinese 1. My current goals are to study for 30 minutes to an hour a day, and hopefully more on days I have off work.

Wishing you all well in life and your studies! ♡

3 Comments
2024/08/21
05:20 UTC

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I have a question

When is lingodeer update the vietnamese course?

0 Comments
2024/08/14
03:45 UTC

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Typed Japanese marked wrong - am I missing something?

Hiya,

I’ve gotten a bit bored of the pace and repetiveness of Duolingo so, after a rec from my boyfriend, decided to download Lingodeer. I’m on Section 3 on Duo, so not a complete beginner - I’ve got hiragana down, some kanji and my katakana is very iffy. But it also means I’ve covered the first few sections on Lingodeer.

However, I can’t do one of the ‘skip ahead’ tests because every question that involves ‘typing’ an answer gets marked wrong and I’m not sure why. Those lost lives were all for the same issue 🥲

Any advice? The only thing I can see missing is the punctuation, but that app doesn’t give me the option to put that in. It’s very frustrating, so if there’s a work around or something very obvious I’m doing wrong I’d appreciate it if someone would let me know!

TIA

16 Comments
2024/08/02
13:04 UTC

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Informal Polite 1

"Blue hats are very cheap"

파란색의 모자는 매우 싸요

What is the possession particle doing here? "Blue*'s* hats are very cheap"?

0 Comments
2024/08/02
11:29 UTC

6

Is this a glitch or am I missing something?

11 Comments
2024/07/26
13:29 UTC

2

Korean trouble

I'm having real trouble with the Korean course, specifically particles and negation.

  • The topic particle 이/가 can be used in place of the subject 은/는 and object 를/을 but I never got the hang of when to do so,
  • there are three forms of negation (아닙니다, 안 습니다, 자 않습니다, and I want to add 업습니다 but that's something else?) but each question will only accept one form.
  • Formal speech is another big one; this is something I struggle with even in my own language (English). I have no idea when to use 습 and it's derivatives and when to leave it out.
  • Numbers are another thing. Often, particularly with time, we seem to use both counting systems in the same sentence. Again, no idea when to use which.

LingoDeer seems to be teaching to the test. The only way I'm getting most questions correctly is by listening or looking at the provided words. I feel like I'm memorizing lines rather than actually learning anything.

4 Comments
2024/07/24
11:28 UTC

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Finished Japanese 1 in 87 days.

#General

I lost my streak on day 77, forgot to do it for 1 day. I started Duolingo 1 day after Lingodeer, so that one is on an 86 day streak.

I think I retained around 80% of the grammar and vocab. I did multiple reviews of the lessons each time. I also noticed that there is quite a difficulty jump in the later lessons, some websites showed the grammar as being more N4 level vs N5.

There were also a small amount of errors, in the beginning I didn't know what they were but towards the end it was obvious. Examples were mismatched to their translations (the examples/translations were correct in the grammar card, but not in the lesson part itself).

I'm also using Genki 1 and some YouTube resources at the same time. I'm at Genki Chapter 5, Duolingo Section 2 Unit 17. Both Genki and Duolingo are much easier than where I'm at in Lingodeer which has been both good and bad.

My Chinese hanzi is very advanced, so learning the kanji hasn't been too difficult.

I can start Japanese 2, however I've been going back and doing weak sections of Japanese 1, as well as running the randomized "weak" quizzes, my goal is to be on a Genki 1 pace with Duolingo/Lingodeer as supplementary material, but currently it feels like I'm on a Lingodeer pace which is just way too fast.

That's the other thing, there are a ton of grammar rules, just the differences in usage of ni, de, o, ta, would probably be weeks worth of explanations but Lingodeer sort of crams them into 2 or 3 lessons (which amount to like 30 minutes of practice).

Other notes

I have the lifetime membership for Lingodeer and Super Duolingo, wouldn't recommend doing the apps with ads as it just sucks too much time out of your day and removes immersive studying. I also turned off animations so they would load a bit faster. Also recommend turning off romaji , get used to hiragana/katakana.

3 Comments
2024/07/24
01:20 UTC

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LingoDeer Plus, paid

I can see the difference in LingoDeer free and paid, but I’m not sure what the difference is between the Plus free and paid.

2 Comments
2024/07/23
20:35 UTC

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Korean or Japanese

I have seen this debate 100 times. People are unsure about Korean or Japanese to learn. However, my situation is a bit unique. I started learning Korean because of a love for K pop. I took to it quite well and have worked my way up to intermediate level. I even have all of the “Talk to me in Korean” books. In the past year I have been less interested in Kpop. Even tho I still like it, I’m just not as intensely into it as before. I have found myself getting bored with my Korean studies. I’ve been stuck in a cycle of stopping for a bit but then having to back track when I restart because of lost information. Then learning for a bit and stopping only having to back track again. I’m never really gaining any new knowledge just constantly reviewing old info that was forgotten during these breaks. I feel stuck. So recently I have been into Japanese movies and video games. I thought maybe I should learn Japanese instead. I tried to get into it but couldn’t shake the feeling that I was throwing away all my Korean learning and starting from square one again. I have invested so much time and money into Korean. I don’t know what to do. I love language learning so I don’t wanna stop all together

5 Comments
2024/07/18
14:33 UTC

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let me be lazy, lingodeer!

1 Comment
2024/06/28
18:26 UTC

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Why is Lingodeer not as popular compared to other language learning apps?

Lingodeer has a good reputation and is often recommended as a great alternative to Duolingo, especially for learning Asian languages. However, the popularity of the app compared to other rivals like Babbel, Busuu, Memrise, and Pimsleur seems more modest. For example, I accidentally found out about Lingodeer not so long ago on Reddit, even though I knew about all other mainstream apps, and Lingodeer actually has impressive 10 million downloads on the Google Play Store.

What do you think is the reason why Lingodeer can't get on the pedestal and become as popular as Duolingo and Babbel?

11 Comments
2024/06/27
06:43 UTC

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