15 hours, 10 minutes

Finally caught up from my break. Strengthened everything and almost finished adjectives 2.

On a side note, I'm happy to see so many people are signing up for the challenge! 

Plus 40 minutes

This is starting to feel like a chore and homework, which is making me feel a little resistant, but I must bully through. For science! And Portuguese! 

Vamos la!

12 hours, 10 minutes

I got through my whole hour today. I didn't finish strengthening, but that's okay. Duolingo has a new feature called Duolingo Stories which distracted me a bit. It's my dream language learning tool! Something I've been thinking about for a very long time and they managed to put it into action. Go Duolingo!

Phrases

O menino sai daqui

Deixa eu ver

Plus 40 minutes - 6/23/2017

Clearly, I took a break. You can see the decay that resulted from the picture above. In 40 minutes, I was only able to strengthen a few things back to gold. I have some catching up to do!

Deixa eu ver.

11 hours, 10 minutes - 6/20/2017

I spent most of the last 40 minutes strengthening everything. But I did almost finish the unit for phrasal future tense. I was hoping to finish it, but on the bright side, I only have two parts left before it's done.

Plus 30 minutes

Today, I felt reluctant to get on Duolingo at all, so I decided to start with 30 minutes. I also decided to work my way from the "top down". I strengthened the harder lessons and worked my way backward towards the easier lessons. This made me feel less frustrated by the time I got to the end of the time limit. 

I didn't finish strengthening, though. But as you may know if you've been following this blog, I took a break yesterday.

a ponte

a ponte e aqui

um, dois, tres

10 hours, 10 minutes

Deixa eu ver. Ten hours in and I made it to future tense. Time for a placement test? I think so.

Plus 40 minutes - 6/17/2017

Well, I'm almost at ten hours. I will take a placement test today, and I will post the results to this blog.

It will be interesting to see where I place after approximately ten hours on Duolingo.

I obviously have concerns about listening comprehension, since the robot voice does not sound human. I copy her, and my mom, who is learning Portuguese on Memrise, corrects my pronunciation. She is hearing native speakers, so I think my best bet is to go with her pronunciation.

Eu quero morar em uma livraria.

9 hours, 10 minutes

Can't believe it's almost ten hours. With all the strengthening, I'm actually feeling pretty good about my Brazilian Portuguese right now.

Quero uma batata com quiejo.

Plus 40 minutes - 6/16/2017

I studied for forty minutes this afternoon. I spent part of the time strenghtening and part of the time learning new skills. I am in present 3, which is nice. I am looking forward to learning past tense.

Eu nao tenho tempo.

O hotel tem quarenta quartos.

9 Hours, 10 minutes - 6/16/2017

Today, I studied for 30 minutes so far. I spent the whole time strengthening skills. I was also muito cansada. 

See below for how tired I was.

Eu estou cansada. Quero dormir.

40 minutes - 6/15/2017

Today, I studied for 40 minutes. (So far)

All of my time was spent strengthening. I was busy all day yesterday, so that's why.

Phrases:

Eu nao tenho tempo.

Eu volto ja.

Eu gosto da minha mae tanto.

Hour 8 (and the 10 minutes) - 6/14/2017

I studied for forty minutes, hoje. I cannot give the exact time frame, because I had to stop (and pause the timer) during the lesson.

Eu preciso dormir.

7 hours, 30 minutes - 6/13/2017

Hoja, I studied from 21:30 to 22:00.

Studying in hour chunks was a bit of a strain on my back, so I am going to try for 30 minute chunks. I actually feel like I remember a bit better this way, though maybe I am imagining.

Even with strengthening everything before moving on, I am about halfway through the tree. 

A few phrases I remember.

Eu gosto de vermelho.

Eu quero saber.

Ela quer saber.

Eu preciso saber.

Eles sabem como nadar.

10 minutes - 6/11/2017

Today, I studied for 10 minutes from 14:40 to 14:50.

The whole time was spent strengthening skills.

5 hours, 10 minutes

Finally into present 2.

Studied from 23:38 to 23:48

Hour 5 - 6/10/2017

It is day 5, hour 5 of the "34 hour challenge". I am not feeling quite as optimistic as yesterday, but I am unsure if that is Duolingo's fault. Once again, I spent 30 minutes just strengthening skills. I guess that will be a daily thing to get used to. I started on adjectives 1 and didn't make it all the way through. 

I am looking forward to getting to the next verb sections. Verbs are always fun.

Some phrases I remember.

Eu nao tenho tempo.

A menina fala o lobo.

o menino caminha daqui.

And a funny one that I took a screenshot of

My pillow does not speak.

I hit 270 experience and am now on a 5 day streak.

Hour 4, 6/9/2017

Today is day 4, hour 4 of my 34 hour challenge.

I strengthened everything. This time it took a little over a half hour (not including the ten minutes from this morning).

I learned some family vocabulary and useful job terms as well. 

Some phrases I remember.

Estudantes bebem vinho.

O coronel fala com o diretor.

Mi neto chega em Julho.

Today, I studied from about 14:31 to 15:31

Hour 3 - 6/8/2017

Today is day 3, hour 3 of my "34 hour challenge". I spent the first 30 minutes strengthening skills. The rest of the time I spent learning new skills. So I didn't progress at the same rate as I did on the first and second date. I only completed two new circles. I think the strengthening process definitely has some merit.

Some phrases I remember.

Eu gosto de abacaxi. 

Falamos porque sabemos.

Minutos e segundos.

Falamos sobre livros.



I studied from about 13:00 to 14:00.

Hour 2 - 6/7/2017

Today is day 2, hour 2 of my 34 Hour Language Challenge. I am serious about this, y'all! So I actually feel more confident about my Brazilian Portuguese knowledge today. I feel like I can remember more. As you can see from my screen shot, I didn't complete a whole lesson.

I went back and strengthed some lessons that had faded from gold.

Some things I remember.

Eu somo uma menina.

Eu preciso dele.

Ela caminha daqui.

I studied from 18:00 to 19:00.