Duolingo

Will Duolingo Always Be Free? Yes, Duolingo will always be free. Duolingo has been free since day 1, is still free, and will remain free. There is no paywall after a set number of lessons and no free trial countdown. What's included in Duolingo's free version: - 40+ language courses - Math, Music, and Chess courses - Full access to lessons, streaks, and characters - The same core learning experience as paid users How Duolingo stays free: Learners who want an ad-free experience or premium features like Video Call can pay for a subscription. Those subscriptions fund free learning for everyone else. Are you a free or subscription user?

What does an owl say? 🦉 If you immediately said "hoot hoot," you're thinking in English. A French speaker might say "hou-hou." In Korean, it's "부엉 부엉" (bu-eong bu-eong). In Mandarin, "咕咕" (gū gū). The owl didn't change, but the language did. (This is the kind of thing we think about a lot at Duolingo!) Animal sounds are onomatopoeias (i.e., words built to imitate real noises), and they reveal something fascinating about how languages work. You can only spell a sound using the sounds your language already has. Take the grunting sound a pig makes, for example. In English, it’s “oink,” but in Polish, it’s “chrum.” English doesn’t have any words that start with the soft "k/h" blend that opens the Polish “chrum,” so an English speaker would never land there naturally. The deeper you go, the more interesting it gets. When you compare the word for a pig across English ("oink"), French ("groin"), Indonesian ("ngok"), and Polish ("chrum”), they look unrelated. But every single one uses a mid-mouth vowel, a nasal sound, and a consonant made near the throat. It’s the same human anatomy and the same animal sound, but a slightly different output. Animal sounds can teach us a lot about pronunciation in different languages. So take a guess… what sound does a cat make in French!?

The most interesting thing on your calendar isn't your next meeting. You've looked at the days of the week thousands of times, but have you ever stopped to question where they come from? Here's what's hiding in the calendar: → English Friday, Spanish viernes, French vendredi, Hindi शुक्रवार (shukravaar) — all named after Venus, the brightest planet in the sky.  → Italian domenica (Sunday) means the Lord’s day. → German Mittwoch (Wednesday) literally translates to "middle of the week."  → Danish lørdag (Saturday) comes from an Old Norse word for "bath day."  → Polish niedziela (Sunday) means "no work." Poniedziałek (Monday) translates to "after Sunday." Then there's Portuguese. Monday through Friday are just numbered. Arabic, Greek, Mandarin, and Polish count their days, too. They just can't agree on which one comes first. Knowing the days of the week is vocabulary, but knowing how they got their names is a history lesson. This is barely touching the surface. Read the full blog post:  https://lnkd.in/eNRkAfnf. How many of these did you already know?

Is it possible to learn two languages at once? Yes! Some of our users are learning even more than that! On top of that, they may be learning Math, Music, or even Chess on the app. 

Fun update alert!! Current iOS learners can now unlock limited-time Avatar Suits for their Duolingo avatars. There are 6 different looks to collect and show off. We built this because personalization makes learning feel more engaging. And when learning feels personal, people come back. Learning is worth choosing every day! This idea shapes a lot of how we build at Duolingo. Small moments of delight can turn a daily habit into something our learners genuinely look forward to. Okay, now the important question: Which Avatar Suit is going to become the crowd favorite? Show us which one you picked! 👇

This story might make you cry. It starts with a 3,976-day streak. That's almost 11 years of doing at least one lesson every day. Last August, Suxin, the woman behind that streak, walked into our first NYC merch pop-up and won a giant Duo plushie for the longest streak. She also picked up a backpack on her way out. When Suxin got home , she saw a comment from a girl in Ukraine who had hoped to be there too. She had her eye on the same backpack, which was sold out online and couldn't be shipped to her anyway. So Suxin mailed the backpack across the ocean, along with a letter wishing for peace and the hope of meeting in the US one day. When it arrived, the girl wrote back. She shared that she cried when she opened the package and that Duolingo “has made living through the war a little easier.” Now they have a friend streak, and the backpack is in Ukraine. We are so proud to have such kind and generous people like Suxin using our app and making the world a better place. 💚

Are you smarter than a 2nd, 5th, or even a 12th grader? (You can tell us – this is a safe space.) Find out by looking at the Math questions below. Which ones did you get right? For the ones you missed, don’t worry – we got you! We now have Duolingo Math content from 2nd to 12th grade. You can learn basic arithmetic, algebra, and even…. <gasp> calculus! Math can be hard, but as always, we make it fun and free. Tell us which math problems you got right below. ⬇️ Try Duolingo Math on iOS, Android, Web: https://lnkd.in/ee8eZaYH

If you've taken a standardized test before, you'll know what to do with this. (Hint: Every workplace has one.)

If your Duolingo score is between 60–130, you're considered an intermediate-level learner. This post is for you. 🫵 We heard you. Long units felt repetitive and abstract. You wanted more chances to use your new language in realistic situations. So we introduced mini-units. What are mini-units on Duolingo? Mini-units are shorter, focused lessons that introduce just a handful of new words and immediately put them to use in real contexts. ‣ Fewer new words introduced at a time ‣ Listening and speaking sessions woven in more frequently ‣ Stories, DuoRadio, and Video Call integrated earlier The result? You interact with new grammar and vocabulary sooner, remember it better, and actually get to use your new language right away. Good news, we're testing this approach beyond intermediate too. 👀 Have you tried mini-units? If so, what's your favorite: Stories, DuoRadio, or Video Call? Haven't made it to intermediate yet? Consider this your sign to open the app. 🦉

Fun update alert!! Current iOS learners can now unlock limited-time Avatar Suits for their Duolingo avatars. There are 6 different looks to collect and show off. We built this because personalization makes learning feel more engaging. And when learning feels personal, people come back. Learning is worth choosing every day! This idea shapes a lot of how we build at Duolingo. Small moments of delight can turn a daily habit into something our learners genuinely look forward to. Okay, now the important question: Which Avatar Suit is going to become the crowd favorite? Show us which one you picked! 👇