I must say that I have become very frustrated with and disappointed in Duolingo. I did not study French in High School. However when stationed in France 1961/63 in the U.S. Army I learned just enough to find a restroom, order a meal and get directions. Later while in college I took 3 semesters of French, but could still only speak it on a grade scool level. I have two Citroens (French Cars) and when people come up to me at car events and begin speaking French I want to be able to converse with them. I started using Duolingo in 2018 and was very impressed with it and felt like I was learning quite well, but due to serious medical problems I took at least a one year break from studying with Duolingo. Since I recently came back I have been studying an average of about 20 hours per week and have become very disappointed. The format has completely changed and many of the sentences not only don't make any sense at all, but the English translations are complete gibberish in a manner that no half-way educated person would talk. When trying to translate Duo's French sentences into English, even if you know the English meaning of every word, Duo's English translations have more bad grammer than imaginable. I will admit that I paid nothing to use Duolingo, but I am currently looking at other on-line French courses even if they are not free.
