I’d probably stay far from that service. It stinks codemonkey crap from a distance, starting by the nationalism-stinking association between languages and government symbols.
EDIT: HN comments confirm it.
It’s always a good initiative to build something on your own. // Then again, it’s also good to not lie to your users. // Your courses are AI-generated and not curated by experts.
I tried the French beginner course, using German as my base language. The very first items were:\
- Hallo (hello) > Bonjour (I think salut would be better)
- Guten Morgen (good morning) > Bonjour
Then it asked me what Bonjour means, and selecting Guten Morgen is wrong, correcting me to Hallo. Then it asked me what Bonjour means again, this time Guten Morgen is correct.
So yeah, good initiative, but please just tell me what it is and don’t lie.
Welp, can’t spell lairner without AI
Maybe 1/3 of the Japanese audio played. Might still be better than Duolingo.


