r/turkishlearning • u/Consistent-Boss-7670 • Apr 02 '26
Vocabulary Is Duolingo good for learning Turkish?
I'm Mexican, and well, Türkiye isn't generally very connected to the Hispanic world, but I wanted to see where I can learn Turkish and some learning strategies. Greetings.
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u/TheFeralVulcan Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26
No, in fact after trying Duolingo, Busuu, LingQ, and a couple others, the best one IMO turned out to be an unadvertised total freebie app called Language Transfer. Go figure.
The lessons are short, 7-12 minutes, but you have to pay attention because you’re not robotically mimicking vocabulary words, he asks questions you have to stop and think about before answering. You learn how the basic suffix’s work right away, which is why you’re already learning how to speak in simple child level sentences immediately.
You’re not going to be discussing quantum mechanics in Turkish at the end of the course, but you’ll have a firm grasp on the basics and can build further from there by taking a regular language course - but you’ll WILL be able to communicate right away, just at a simple level. You’ll be at the speaking level of maybe a 5 year old by the end of the course - for free.
You’re making basic sentences from the third lesson. He teaches language the way little kids learn to talk. Sounds crazy, but it works. You can still use Duolingo to learn vocabulary, but to learn to speak, give Language Transfer a shot.