# Assimil language course

2 Hacker News commenters recommended Assimil language course and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for getting conversational within a week of dedicated study. Only one quote was found, and no critics were recorded.

## Why people recommend it

- Conversational within a week of study (1 comments): "have been making people conversational within a week of dedicated study" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279477))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Duolingo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/duolingo.md): 39 recommend
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- [Language Transfer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/language-transfer.md): 13 recommend
- [Pimsleur](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pimsleur.md): 9 recommend
- [Voxel Tokyo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/voxel-tokyo.md): 9 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0199832587?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780199832583) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Assimil language course", https://hackerapproved.com/p/assimil/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).