Fluenz, I get that you think the Commons is intended to be used as a user-to-user platform. But these months-long lags in providing answers to questions does nothing but conditions your audience to abandon the Commons. That can't be what you want! I mean, if a question goes unanswered by users for a couple weeks, it's reasonable to assume it's not ever going to be answered and that Fluenz personnel should jump in. As a longtime user, I don't care who answers a question, I just want it answered. But since this forum is typically dormant for a months at a time, there's no reason to check back in. You used to be far more involved in this forum, then, for some reason, you decided to let it atrophy.

Yes, absolutely! You can definitely use flashcards as a refresher. They’re a great way to review Sonia’s workouts after the dialogues and keep the key points fresh in your mind.

Hi Terry! Congratulations on completing Level 5 of the upgraded Spanish program—that’s a fantastic achievement and a huge milestone in your learning journey! 🎉 We’re thrilled to hear about your progress and dedication.

If it’s within reach, we’d be very grateful if you could also share your opinion in our mobile apps. Your feedback not only helps us improve the learning experience, but it also inspires other learners who are on the same path. Every bit of insight you share makes a difference for the whole community.

Keep up the great work with your Spanish—we’re excited to see where your learning takes you next!

Hi Ruth, for technical problems like this one please reach out directly to the user support service at usersupport@fluenz.com and they'll help you with this issue 🙂

Hi, I just checked the exercise you mentioned and you're perfectly right, part of the answer is missing for each line of this exercise, so we'll make sure to fix them asap and restore the complete phrases. Very sorry for this bug, and thanks a lot for reporting. Enjoy the rest of Portuguese 3!!

Hi Maaz,
As a Fluenz user who already bought the 5 levels, your ownership of the program if indefinite, no worries. The online version includes flashcards and shows you your progress as you move through the program. It also includes our latest updates, to fix any bugs we've encountered in the program, so I strongly invite you to upgrade. For more information, don't hesitate to send an email to usersupport@fluenz.com 🙂

Thank you for the information, I had no idea about the percentage bookmarking feature so I will def use that. I will also try the hard refresh for the mic (I am on a Mac). It comes and goes. I got to it to work for a couple weeks after posting this, now it's stopped working again, so I'll do the hard refresh. I also use DDG as a browser not Safari nor Chrome, so that could be an issue too. Thank you!

Thank you for reaching out! At the moment, we don't have a bookmark feature available within flashcard sessions. We understand how useful this would be, especially for longer sessions, and we've shared your suggestion with our product team.

If there's anything else we can help with, please let us know!

🎉 Félicitations! 🎉

What an incredible accomplishment—completing Fluenz French is a fantastic milestone! We're delighted to have been part of your language journey.

If you enjoyed your experience, could you take a moment to leave us a quick review in our mobile apps? Your feedback helps and inspires other learners!

Merci beaucoup from the entire Fluenz team. We look forward to joining you on your next adventure in Italian! 🇮🇹✨

Hi Keats, sorry for not seeing this post before! it' is true that Apretar can have several meanings, it doesn't have anything to do with local or cultural differences but just on different meanings that the same verb can have, depending on context. If you're referring to "apretar una tecla", it translates as "to press a key". It can also translate as "to push" if you're referring to a switch or a button "apretar un botón", but you can also use it as to squeeze, as in squeezing something inside your hand... Like in English, it's one of these words that can translate different ideas depending on context. Hope this clarifies your doubt. Enjoy the rest of the program!

I would also say that you can reach a strong A2 level if going through the 5 levels of Fluenz in depth. You'd need to do some extra work, especially to expand your vocab and to practice your oral expression a little more to reach a B1 level, but it's not that far away if you've already gone up until the end of leveol 5! Good luck and have fun hablando español!

Thanks again, we'll make sure to check again and specify we're referring to dinner in this exercise then, enjoy the rest of the program!

Hello Susan, Dirk,
The deal is that "visitare" isn't wrong when referring to visiting people, yet it is usually designed to refer to visiting places, and native speakers most commonly use "trovare" in this case. So thanks a lot for reporting this, and sorry for the delay, I somehow skipped this post, so sorry! We'll make sure to check every possible option is added to the program. Thanks again and enjoy the rest of the program.

Thanks so much for sharing this! It’s great to hear that you’ve found another helpful resource to complement the Fluenz audio. The ability to control the speed of dialogue is definitely a great feature, and the quizzes sound like a fantastic way to reinforce learning. Appreciate you taking the time to share—happy learning!

Hi @allen10086
Great question! You're absolutely right that eins functions as a direct object pronoun here, and German word order rules can be tricky.
In general, German follows the TeKaMoLo (Temporal - Kausal - Modal - Lokal) structure for adverbial phrases, but pronouns tend to take precedence. When you have a direct object pronoun (eins), it typically comes before time expressions like morgen. This is why "Du musst morgen eins kaufen" is correct rather than "Du musst eins morgen kaufen".

This is a special case where the presence of a pronoun slightly overrides the usual time-first rule. Keep up the great work, and let us know if you have any other questions!

Hi @vssierpi Great question! The course is designed to prioritize the most commonly used structures in everyday Spanish, which is why you've seen ir a + infinitive for the future—this is actually the most common way people express the future in spoken Spanish. While the simple future tense (futuro simple) does exist, it's often used more in formal writing or for emphasis.

The subjunctive and imperative moods are definitely important, but they tend to be introduced later because they can be complex and are used in specific contexts. Many language programs take this approach to ensure learners build confidence with foundational structures before diving into more advanced grammar.

It's great to hear that you and your wife are progressing so well! Let us know if you have any other questions.

Hi there, great to hear you feel comfortable after just 2 levels! The language used in both Brasil and Portugal follows the same grammatical rules, and the vocabulary is also essentially the same. Brasil is huge though, and there are a few variants in words or structures sometimes, yet nothing that will prevent you from understanding or being understood for the most part. The one big difference that I need to mention is the pronunciation. If you are not used to the Portuguese pronunciation and just to the Brazilian one, you might be surprised, because it's quite different. In Portugal people tend to speak a lot faster, and words seem to be shorter than in Brazilian Portuguese, so my advice would be to listen to some videos in Portuguese from Portugal before your trip, just to get your ear a little more trained. In my experience traveling there, it was a bit hard understanding during the first days, so I often asked to repeat slower, and then it got easier and easier. People usually understood me perfectly, but said I had a Brazilian accent!! In any case I loved the country and the people too, so enjoy your stay there!

We’ve received reports of technical problems with Flashcards. Please contact us directly at usersupport@fluenz.com so we can review your specific case and assist you further.

Thank you for your patience!