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ana nenni aḫiya qibi-ma; umma nenni aḫuka: Šamaš u Marduk ana dūr dārim liballiṭūka. ina qê šanêm šipram aškunakkum: aḫuya lū īde šumma lā tāmuršu. kīma ul tašappar niqittī rabiat; lū šulmum ana kâšim.
Jason Morris
If I'm going to start learning a language, I usually check out Duolingo for an idea of the basics and what I'm getting into. Do NOT do this if you plan on learning Hungarian. I can't begin to explain how unfathomably shit Duolingo is for Hungarian.
After finishing the ENTIRE course, I know about 100 words. I cannot talk about the future, I cannot describe if I would, could or have to do something. I don't think I could even order a coffee at a shop. There is absolutely no useful knowledge in the course unless all you want to know is how to explain where things are. Seriously, this is all it teaches in about 160 lessons.
"I have to go to work" - not taught.
"Perhaps she'll be here tomorrow" - not taught.
"I thought Duolingo would be better" - not taught.
HOWEVER, I can perfectly construct sentences such as "The big green beetle crawls out from under the bed which is in the direction of the door beside that white window outside of which several nursery teachers are flying away from it". This is ALL the course teaches. Each subsequent lesson does nothing but add complexity to completely unnatural sentences with five million directional terms and postpositions.
