Hi Sindaco, Yeah, it was the daily streak. I was over 300 days in some of my languages. But that’s ok, I’m over it.
I do find Duolingo valuable, still. It’s boring to learn grammar, but it is valuable. I do like their stories, which I play every day. I find that Clozemaster and Duo really compliment each other very well.
Yeah, Floria, it shouldn’t be too hard to hit 365, but I’ll probably lose it again bec. of the time shift. hehe. I like doing Clozemaster late at night, and sometimes just just make it. 
Do please set a reminder somehow. We want to see you hit that 365;-)
This is exactly my issue 
Sometimes I don’t realise and midnight has already passed…
Yes, I am really needing to improve my grammar, but I wasn’t managing to do that on Duolingo either, because all the tenses were concentrated in one “exercise”. I know the trick to apply when I know what tense it should be. The problem is knowing how to apply them when I don’t get told what tense to enter. Knowing it from the context of the sentence. Really getting a feel for which tense to use when, rather than just seeing “passato remoto” or “subjunctive” and then knowing how to construct it.
That’s why I find the cloze approach much more useful for finally mastering this a bit better on my own. Even here, if I go into the grammar collection, most of the collections are again for just one tense, and it’s too easy to apply it correctly. I really need to have all the different sentences and tenses mixed together in an exercise to properly start to get a “feeling” for them. Thus I know it’ll take much longer, but I know I’ll get the hang of it better over here in the end. Already in these past months, I feel I’m getting a much better feeling for/understanding of it
The stories seemed a nice touch indeed, though they got brought very late to Italian, and even then are finished in a couple of days. If they could incorporate all the different tenses well, then it’d be quite useful again for me. But the collection of stories would still remain quite limited I guess.
There is actually a workaround for that: You can choose another timezone in the Settings. I have set mine to “Mid-Atlantic” (GMT-02), which gives me until three o’clock in the morning to finish the last sentences (I am actually in GMT+01).
Ah that’s a great solution, thank you! “Mid-Atlantic” should suit me perfectly too
Ciao a sindaco e tutti. You’re so right about using all the tenses. Don’t know about you but I find general reading helpful to learn when and how to use them. I want to use the Congiuntivo for everything and often have to rein it in. All good fun.
Yes, I am trying to do more reading, already doing a lot of listening. (I had already procured I tacchini, but have not yet managed a copy of Ora dimmi, so have postponed getting started on the former).
Same! 
Anyway, still very much enjoying the journey. Little by little we travel forwards, even if sometimes taking a small step backwards once in a while along the way.
@sindaco I love “I tacchini” and would enjoy reading it “with” another. I re-read the first story last weekend. I was dubious as hunting animals doesn’t sit well with me, so I was delighted to find that the hare had the last laugh. A sensitive and kindly Camilleri. Don’t worry about “Ora dimmi” if you can’t get it. It’s just an option.
Wow! That is smart!!! 
Oh that is all good to know - being happy to re-read it “with” me, and that the hare had the last laugh! as well as not worrying about Ora dimmi just yet (though I will keep trying to source a copy somehow, perhaps I’ll just have to do a huge catch-up at some point when I manage 
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Ciao. Much prefer paper pages but resort to kindle ebooks from Amazon 'cos I need the translation that comes with.
Una buona giornata eh!
Same, perhaps I’ll just end up getting a digital copy indeed. Easier to source, and convenient translation options indeed, but much less charm.
@sindaco. Charm is so apt. I’ve read every Montalbano book and it’s a pleasure to look at them on my bookshelf next to several Donna Leon’s, and Tim Parks who writes great stories about living in Italy. But when needs must in these tricky times…ebooks are go! 
I only just realised, having seen Mike’s reference on the other topic, and now having edged closer to Daylight Saving Time (or “Summertime” as they like to call it here) on the other side of the pond, that that was what caused your streak loss!
I’m sure it’ll happen to some of us too next weekend 
Yeah, that’s exactly what happened. You guys be careful!
Thanks for the reminder for next weekend. Ten to one I would have forgotten in the excitement of life as it is;-)
And I just realized that my timezone trick doesn’t work in the Android app.
I indeed also discovered that last week much to my surprise… fortunately I had already managed to do the minimum activity before midnight to keep my streak, but overall it ended up in the daily stats as a huge dip in my normal review schedule
I think it would be nice to be able to take a day off from studying every now and then, without feeling guilty. It might even be beneficial in the long run.
I would love to see a streak freeze facility on Clozemaster!
@mike ?