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I’ve tried almost every language learning method and I’m curious what actually works for people. Over the years I’ve tried: \- Duolingo \- traditional textbooks \- comprehensible input \- YouTube immersion \- tutors Each one helped in some way, but none of them seemed to work completely on their own. For example: • apps help with habit but feel shallow • textbooks teach structure but feel boring • immersion is powerful but overwhelming early I’m curious about other learners’ experiences. If you’re learning a language, I’d love to hear: 1. What language are you learning? 2. What tools do you use most? 3. Do you feel like you’re actually improving? 4. What frustrates you most about language learning apps? Just trying to understand how people learn languages.

My native language doesn't have grammatical gender for words, and if I want to make a noun plural, I just add a specific one syllable ending to all nouns. So naturally, I don't think I've ever made a grammatical mistake related to that in my life. I'm learning German now, and it's really, truly, incredibly difficult. I'm curious what it feels like to use a language with grammatical gender and irregular inflections as your native language, aside from 'naturally acquiring it while growing up.' Do native speakers also make mistakes with gender or word inflections?