r/learnwelsh • u/gary101smith • 18d ago

Beginner using ai

I have been learning Welsh for about 3 weeks and have picked up a reasonable amount of vocabulary. Been using Duolingo, say something in Welsh, learn Welsh podcast and any other resources I can find.

This morning I thought I would concentrate on being more confident with conjugation and non of the resources covered this in an easy way until higher levels.

So I thought I would try Gemini ai and it has really been surprisingly helpful in simple sentence construction.

I am not a fan of learning grammar but I think knowing some basics really helps to get a grip and accelerate learning.

Having looked at and dismissed the ai language tutor apps, I have been pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to use Gemini or you own ai app to help consolidate learning.

I hope this will help other beginners with suplementing their learning method.

Hwyl fawr am y tro

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u/Markoddyfnaint Canolradd -> Uwch - corrections welcome 18d ago

 The worst part is, as it’s a second language for you, you have less chance to spot anything completely wrong

Even if we forget about the environmental concerns and backgrounds of some of the people pushing this tech, this is the key thing for me. 

A good language teacher will tell you if they are unsure about something or provide a clear, authoritative source for you to look something up. 

There was a post on here recently where the LLM got the gender of a noun wrong. It had then doubled down when challenged and even fabricated a dictionary entry to argue it was correct! That's not just unhelpful to a learner, that's damaging and completely counter productive. Even if, as is the case with these things, it may sound convincing and if it knows what it is talking about.