Learning a language on Duolingo

What Duolingo actually builds day to day, roughly how long it tends to take to reach a real conversation, and why the people who get there almost always add something beyond the app itself.

• Does Duolingo work? Yes, for daily habit and basics.
• How long does it take on Duolingo to hold a real conversation? A year of daily practice, and you'll hold basic conversations.
• What do longtime Duolingo users wish they'd known before starting? Streaks matter more than learning.
• Duolingo alone, or paired with something else: what do people who got conversational do? Duolingo alone won't get you conversational.
• How much is Super Duolingo? About $7 to $13 a month, billed yearly.
• Is Duolingo good? Yes, for daily habit-building, not fluency.

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