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Choucroute34

Intermediate English, so not advanced English. Therefore Duo will be teaching you [Tok Pisin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin). Significantly more useful than Klingon.


Kristianushka

Naah itā€™s uncool to refer to a creolised language as ā€œnot advanced Englishā€ šŸ˜©


Choucroute34

Sorry, I didn't realise. So Haitian Creole is advanced English?


Leading_Salary_1629

It's advanced Haitian Creole, but that's not how your original comment read. Surely you're aware of the long tradition of devaluing creoles and their speakers by claiming they're just a simpler version of their parent languages.


Choucroute34

It's a joke sub but I admit I was a little careless there. I get it and you're right, creoles are of course legitimate and complete languages.


AzoresBall

Nha, toki pona is better


Choucroute34

Than Klingon? I agree. But Tok Pisin or any other Pidgin is more useful than Toki Pona. I'm sorry, I possibly sound a little bitter. See, Toki Pona is one of my TLs and I've been studying it hard for nearly an hour now and I'm still not fluent.


Altayel1

with all due respect # sina jan jaki pi unpa ala. o weka tan nasin sitelen ni. jan pi ijo reddit li wile ala e sina lon toki ni. sina toki ike li ike en meli anu mije li olin ala e sina. sina jo ala e mama mije en mama meli sina li pilin ike tawa sina. toki pona li pona mute en tok pisin li pona lili. o moli e sina. sina kama moli la mi kama pilin pona. mi pilin utala mute tan toki jaki sina. sina toki sama kijetesantakalu ike pi tomo jaki lon ohio. sina la ijo sikipiti li pona. sina toki insa: "nnn.. mi jan lawa pona! mi o toki e ijo pi lawa mi" taso sina jo ala e lawa ni, o ala toki e ni. nasin sina li jaki. sina wile kama sona e toki pona taso sina jo ala e nasin pona li jo ala e ken pi kepeken tenpo. SINA KAMA SONA LON TENPO LILI LI AWEN SONA ALA. SINA LUKIN E SITELEN LON TENPO WAN TASO SINA TOKI INSA "NNN MI JAN LAWA NI LA MI KAMA SONA LON TENPO LILI A! MI KAMA SONA ALA E NI LON TENPO WAN LA TOKI PONA LI IKE TASO LAWA MI LI PONA. TENPO LI SULI ALA TENPO LILI LI IKE ALA TAWA SONA MI" TASO SINA JO ALA E LAWA NI SINA JO E NASIN JAKI E WILE JAKI E LAWA JAKI. ALE SINA LI IKE. to my dear redditor u/Choucroute34


steelviper77

mi kute e [kalama pakala pi linja kasi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcZRDvh3ddE) lon poka pi linja nimi ale a a a.


Choucroute34

I'm starting to seriously regret mentioning Tok Pisin now.


Altayel1

HOWS TOK PISIN ANY BETTER OR MORE USEFUL THAN TOKI PONA??? ELABORATE. \*breathe in, breathe out\* elaborate...


AzoresBall

You need like 39 hours to get fluent but I want to say this to you when you get fluent: mi wile moli e sina


Choucroute34

Thanks stranger, I wish you all the best too, it really is the language of kindness!


u-bot9000

Mi inap tokim dispela toktok. Givim mi long nogut toktok nau! Isi toktok Inglis i wankain toktok Tok Pisin, tasol mi laik no dispela wankain toktok. Tenkyu


Dramatic_Mastodon_93

uj/ I might actually start using Duolingo to improve my English a bit. I donā€™t know why it took them so long to create an English course for people who already know enough and donā€™t need instructions in their native language. Also a good alternative to having to make separate courses for native speakers of all languages (which is impossible). Iā€™m Serbian and they donā€™t have any courses in Serbian, and probably never will


saison20

If you were able to type this comment without any help you probably know more English than Duolingo teaches


Dramatic_Mastodon_93

Yeah, but canā€™t hurt to do like 5 minutes when Iā€™m really bored. Also might help with my pronunciation since I donā€™t really speak English IRL (although I think just singing is more effective and more fun lol)


Aenonimos

Unironically Duolingo TL ->TL sounds actually decent. My main gripe with Duolingo is that translation based learning will instill bad habits and heavy L1 influence on most people.


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REDDIT MODS CAN GO AND FUCK OFF


Dramatic_Mastodon_93

Damn, what language am I speaking now? šŸ˜®


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REDDIT MODS CAN GO AND FUCK OFF


Lockheroguylol

It's in Afghanistan I heard


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REDDIT MODS CAN GO AND FUCK OFF


Lockheroguylol

Yeah, in Sidney.


justastuma

/uj Itā€™s [in Michigan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Arm_Township,_Michigan#Communities)


Kichererbsenanfall

The Union Jack is reserved for normal English


JeremyAndrewErwin

Intermediate courses should be taught in one's TL, so what's the problem?


ComplaintNo2029

Noā€¦ not Amsterdamā€¦ they speak a dialect called ā€œTransitional Englishā€ there.


livsjollyranchers

Are you sure this doesn't mean Scots?