August 21, 2020

August 20, 2020 - Patch Notes

These are getting shorter, which is positive news!

During our internal testing, we ran into an issue where the rewrite to the progression scheduler would reset streaks under certain circumstances. As this is one of the very issues we are working to avoid we are delaying the release of this update for at least another day. Thank you for your patience in the meantime.

System

Conjugator and Quizzes

  • Fixed an issue where typing the character "n" would immediately convert it to ん.

Content

  • Reworded Vます vocab flashcard note to be more clear.
  • Fixed a grammatical error in an English explanation in "The subzero pronoun" lesson.
  • Fixed wrong highlighting on a sentence in "How to ask for a fork [napkin, etc.]" lesson.
  • Added a Writer's Note in "How to ask for a fork [napkin, etc.]" lesson involving the multiple meanings of ナプキン.
  • Added to an explanation to clear potential confusion in "How to ask 'Do you have (something)?'"
  • Changed wording in "The secret weapon for ordering food" lesson to clarify an explanation that may cause confusion.
  • Fixed missing highlight on 私は毎年ゲームを買います vocab flashcard.
  • Added a sentence that briefly explains that making もらえます and いただけます negative makes them more formal in "をくださいませんか" lesson.
  • Fixed a typo in the English of the "をくださいませんか" lesson.

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