I see people say they get nonsense phrases in Duolingo a lot but I never seem to get them. For example, a lesson I'm doing right now has phrases like "Quand est-ce que vous partez aux Etas-Unis?" (When are you leaving for the United States?), "Tu as ton ticket? (Do you have your ticket?), "Nous cherchons un bon hôtel à Paris." (We are looking for a good hotel in Paris).
How are these nonsense phrases? Seems like some useful things to know as a traveler.
Maybe it's the different language courses. But I also did a lot of Esperanto and it had similar quality phrases to learn as this French course.
You’re not saying how far in the course you are or at what level.
The basic stage stuff is trash. You’re not even getting “ou est la biblioteque” or “donde esta la biblioteca”, you’re getting “la tortuga es verde” or “un homme ne pas femme” or something.
But I haven't done Esperanto in a long while, so I hopped into that. Back in section 1 unit 2, very early. The phrases are things like "La vetero estas bona" (the weather is good), "Hodiau estas bona tago" (today is a good day), "Cu la tago estas varma?" (Is the day hot?), "Hodiau la vetero estas tre bona" (Today the weather is very good), "Hodiau estas varma tago kaj la suno brilas" (Today is a hot day and the sun is shining). Once again, not nonsense like "the turtle has green pants".
So once again my experiences in the app do not mirror yours of just getting nonsense phrases for hours and hours.
How are these nonsense phrases? Seems like some useful things to know as a traveler.
Maybe it's the different language courses. But I also did a lot of Esperanto and it had similar quality phrases to learn as this French course.