Duolingo: Pardon, ik ben een appel? (View large)
My Dutch friend Chris told me about a web site that teaches users a foreign language. Other than Chinese (my mother tongue) and English (my principal second language), I know a tiny bit of Dutch. So I said to myself, I'll learn a little bit more Dutch on-line. Duolingo (a Latinised word meaning bi-lingual) is free after all, so why not?
But the other day, Duolingo asked me to say to the microphone
Pardon, ik ben een appel, which means "Excuse me, I'm an apple."
I was both AMUSED and BEMUSED!
Duolingo: Pardon, ik ben een appel? (View large)
My Dutch friend Chris told me about a web site that teaches users a foreign language. Other than Chinese (my mother tongue) and English (my principal second language), I know a tiny bit of Dutch. So I said to myself, I'll learn a little bit more Dutch on-line. Duolingo (a Latinised word meaning bi-lingual) is free after all, so why not?
But the other day, Duolingo asked me to say to the microphone
Pardon, ik ben een appel, which means "Excuse me, I'm an apple."
I was both AMUSED and BEMUSED!