How it works
TL; DR: start learning the most common words, then add less common words as you go up the levels.
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The LangGuessr learning system is based on 20 levels (sometimes fewer), ordered from the most common words to the least common. Most languages have an additional, final level which contains the words which only appear once in the database.
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We recommend you play at least one game in your target language per day - remember, a little bit of practice every day is better than a lot every now and then.
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Start at Level 1 (or whichever level you think best fits you), and translate the sentences into English or into your target language, depending on which option you've selected. The "Hint" on the right will help you to work out the translation.
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Whenever there's a word you don't know, this is an opportunity for you to learn. We recommend you make a list with the words you don't know and their meanings, as writing them down will help them to stick in your memory. If you get it wrong again next time, write it down again.
Don't worry too much about your score - getting a word wrong or not knowing a word isn't a failure, it's just a chance to learn a new word. If you're getting 100% every time, you're on the wrong level!
(By the way, the game will only accept the translation from the database: if you translated the sentence correctly but in a slightly different way, or you spelt a word wrong, feel free to change your answer to get those extra points).
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Once you feel comfortable enough with your score at that level, it's time to move up to the next level (the bronze/silver/gold colouring system is a guideline for this, but you don't have to stick to it - the choice is yours!)
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LangGuessr is just a gamified tool for helping you with your language learning; you should use it in combination with other resources especially if you want to work on your grammar or speaking skills.
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Options:
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Level: Choose your level from 1 to 20. The level of each sentence is based on the least common word in that sentence: e.g. "the" or "and" would be Level 1, whereas "antidistablishmentarianism" will probably be Level 20.
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Include previous levels: If you select "no" you'll only see sentences which contain at least one word from your chosen level. Otherwise, you'll see sentences from all levels up to the current one.
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English keyboard: Allows you to type in the Latin alphabet, without the more awkward accents (e.g. type "rodgrod med flode" instead of "rødgrød med fløde"). The individual pages will contain more details about which substitutes to use.
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Note:
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In some rare cases, the sentence may be too long to fit properly in the box. If this happens, you can right-click and select "copy" to paste the sentence somewhere else and read it properly.
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Note on accuracy:
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Tatoeba is an excellent resource but as it is based on community input, there will always be a small number of sentences which are grammatically incorrect, mistranslated or unnaturally worded. If you find any obvious mistakes, please let us know and we will correct them.
As we are not able to individually check each sentence, we hope you will forgive us these errors, and we encourage you to use LangGuessr in conjunction with other language learning methods based on smaller but more refined resource bases.