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		silvaben on Dec 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How did you teach yourself a second langua... I've had success with Duolingo. I've been doing Duolingo's French lessons every day for 15-20 minutes during my commute to work. I find it quite engaging and useful.

dirktheman on Dec 30, 2016 [–]

I second Duolingo, and I also did it while commuting. I used it to learn rudimentary Russian, but it was enough to roughly understand the people there. Build your language skills from there.

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