Monthly Archives: June 2024

The path ends in a roundabout

The path ends here.

When I first saw the Daily Refresh page, I thought: “Cool, a new feature!” I had recently returned from a week in hospital where I could not even charge my phone, let alone access a computer. So I assumed Duo was going to let me spend some time getting back up to speed. Haha, no. The daily refresh is what you get when the course is over. It took me weeks to realize this, because I could not imagine the Finnish course being so short. There is so much to learn, and I have only scratched the surface. I can’t even read a children’s book, let alone follow a YouTube video.

While the roundabout does use some of the most advanced grammar and vocabulary we have learned, it has a limited number of sentences. You’ll get through most of them the first day, and after a while, any mistakes are caused by misclicks, not misunderstandings.

So as much as it pains me, this seems to be it for Finnish on Duolingo. I may look into other programs to learn more Finnish, and move on with other languages on Duolingo. Even though they have removed useful features and stopped adding more languages, it is still the most fun way to learn or refresh the basics of a language.

Leave a Comment

Filed under Features, Finnish