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Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
1. I'm refreshing my Spanish with Duolingo. I used to be fairly fluent and even lived and worked in
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 11:51 AM
Mar 2021

Mexico for a time. It’s fun to brush up and I like Duolingo so far. The stalking is crazing making but it does work. I don’t care the way they try to get you to purchase points and streaks. What is Pluto? And how does does Nick Latino work?

eShirl

(18,491 posts)
3. Pluto is a free streaming service with tons of its own channels
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 12:03 PM
Mar 2021

they have a lot of Pluto-only versions of regular channels
lots of repeats
but it's free

https://pluto.tv/live-tv/nick-latino

bikebloke

(5,260 posts)
8. Go into your settings.
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 03:27 PM
Mar 2021

Click on Notifications. Then you can opt out of annoying emails, like the daily reminder and weekly progress report.

mitch96

(13,895 posts)
2. I like the way some actors and actresses would watch soap operas to learn the language
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 11:53 AM
Mar 2021

Charlize Theron said she used this technique to learn english.
There are tons of "tele-novelas" out there. I would sit with a spanish/english translation book to get words I did not know. Others say use a spanish newspaper and a dictionary... YMMV
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Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
5. I used telenovelas in Mexico to improve my Spanish. Though I did not enjoy the genre and eventually
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 12:09 PM
Mar 2021

Stopped. Couldn’t take the classism and colorism. Tons of light skinned blondes. I found it sickening.

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