Duolingo sentences are madness

Whilst I sourced some of these myself, a big ol thanks for the help from Twitter @DuolingoStrange for the rest. I don't know how that Twitter user's sanity is robust enough to look through these crazy phrases every goddamn day, good luck to em.

[@rayeraykaydenn]

I’m currently learning Greek. So far, I’ve only learned one color. Pink. It pops up in practically all my sentences. The pink water. The pink toast. The pink soup. The bread and the fish are pink. The pink water. The pink water. THE PINK WATER. STOP TELLING ME WATER IS PINK.

[@beesandwich3366]

Toe avokanto eeenay rrros. It's obsessed with pink avocados

[@t.k.5088]

It's bath water 💀

[@lys2303]

Haha, it should’ve been bronze! (Reference to ancient Greek calling the sky bronze instead of blue) 😆

[@thistles_whistle]

at least it’s not yellow water

[@nadia9526]

i always got: the rice is pink there is drama in the mini market the theatre in the museum I moved on to Hungarian and get: i do not want to see the ice today you see bread, I see dinner I am looking for some small children where is the fire the driver is never alone and many more

[@EarlHare]

The silly and weird sentences are very deliberate. They are something you are extremely unlikely to hear out in the wild so it trains you to listen to each word and actually comprehend what is being said rather than just guessing the sentence based on what it's most likely to be saying.

[@smilychips4371]

3:06 ☢️

[@meepbeep2464]

Finally someone said it you never know when a random french person ask you about their dead father who lived in germany and worked as a doctor and maried a teacher

[@yeethittter1285]

Wait what I hear a bunch of these phrases every day

[@baldrickthesphereofamusement]

Stop makin sense

[@whitebrown762]

But if you come across a nonsensical sentence won't you naturally second guess yourself?

[@Ze0do0Gas]

"Love is blind, but the neighbors ain't" must be the greatest sentence ever written by an human being

[@DanaRJabbaR]

I laughed so hard at this one 😂

[@Goudaboi]

This one killed me. Honestly my new favorite saying (excluding the neighbors part)

[@blackman5867]

But is it really written by a human being though...??? 👀

[@Ze0do0Gas]

@@blackman5867 I've read somewhere that these are sentences written by somebody, not AI generated.

[@blackman5867]

@@Ze0do0Gas the ones who wrote these sentences gotta have autism or something i swear

[@Charles-In-Charge]

“I thought it was an apple store but they only sold computers” is genuinely hilarious

[@jan.melcher]

What is a computer?

[@hulyaterzi8560]

​@@jan.melcherA PC, you know, they're like phones but bigger and have keyboards

[@familiamarquez3219]

​@jan.melcher no way you don't know what a computer is

[@jan.melcher]

@@familiamarquez3219 it was a reference to an ad by Apple from 2018

[@Eggslovemetoo]

My mum used to do Dutch on Duolingo (before giving up and doing Welsh instead) and one phrase she used to get quite frequently was "You might be a duck."

[@NguyenHuuTri2008]

wtf does she use that phrase for lol

[@seaof_stars]

somethings tells me she might be a duck

[@blurrysk1es]

maybe telling random people on the streets that they might be a duck

[@ape.4156]

“Je bent misschien een eend.’ (Translation)

[@RoseKindred]

@@blurrysk1es Or 4 in a trenchcoat.

[@darkshado9510]

Norwegian has a bunch of good ones that form a story "My wife hates me", " I am getting divorced", "She is taking the kids" and " I am eating bread and crying on the floor"

[@blesskurunai9213]

Is duolingo okay? We're here to talk if it needs us.

[@roastingnerd8545]

@@blesskurunai9213 Duo had other plans for the wife

[@name-nn7cs]

@@roastingnerd8545 she didn’t finish her spanish lesson

[@blesskurunai9213]

@@roastingnerd8545 oh no

[@blesskurunai9213]

@@name-nn7cs now it makes a lot of sense

[@nadie823]

1:59 Love is blind, but the neighbour ain't (El amor es ciego, pero el vecino no) is an actual proverbial phrase in spanish. It means that the lovers may not see the toxic traits or red flags that their couples may have because they are in love, but people outside the relationship can see them more objectively because their judgement is not affected by the feeling of afection, thus why it is a good idea to look for advice from friends or people outside of the relationship

[@Cassxowary]

and to close your blinds/curtains when you’re doing it but that’s good to know, thanks

[@JetFalcon710]

That's actually pretty neat

[@ToranDoesGaming1]

I love how "I want to live in your shoes so I can be with you every step of the way" is really wholesome and then after that its just "The end is soon."

[@Cassxowary]

aka stalker

[@pacifistcowboy]

they could make a horror movie out of someone learning a language but all the translations get gradually more specific, personal, and threatening

[@neobell9511]

SOMEONE MAKE THIS

[@CyberCrow4]

That's genuinely a good concept and that's from someone who doesn't like horror movies

[@average_tea_cup]

this,this thing right 'ere,it's perfect

[@bluee128]

thanks for the idea- I might write this

[@pacifistcowboy]

@@bluee128 hell yeah!! let me know if you do!!

[@isaacharvey451]

Questionable sentences I’ve gotten from the Korean course: “A man is not food.” “I am slow.” “Duo is a police officer.” “There is no bed in the park.” “The men fall down together at the library.” “Movies are meaningless.” “Books are meaningless.” “Is an orange a vegetable?” “Is coffee a fruit?” “He buys a fox.” “The cat eats a banana.” “The doctor lies in the room.” “The cat is going to school.” "Germans and Russians are learning the Korean alphabet together." A few my brother has gotten from the Norwegian course: “My husband doesn’t eat children.” “Bears have bicycles.” “Are they eating spiders?” “I don’t know who I am.”

[@bluesapphireymca]

I also had "Don't trust your friends." And "They're all lying to you." One after the other on the Korean course

[@taehyunsbfREAL]

I got "How does she not have a family" from the Korean course

[@SunshowerWonderlab]

@@bluesapphireymca °_° Well then

[@crispsediment]

One of the first things it asked me to translate in the Korean course was “child milk”

[@taehyunsbfREAL]

@@crispsediment oh the classic (word) milk sentences

[@Robin_Gray]

I don't remember any disturbing sentences, but once I was learning English and I got this: "The princess wanted to kill the monster, but then she saw three baby monsters. The monster had a family!" and it was so cute 😭✨

[@Troels_T_Kjoeller]

Tell that to Beowulf

[@bumblebee_xxx]

⁠omg lmao

[@tandemdwarf745]

My new favorite sentence from German Duolingo is "Markus is going for a walk with his plants"

[@Alicia-zf3nq]

I was once having a bad day and figured some Duolingo might cheer me up. The sentences I then had to learn: "You're a complete disappointment", "You will fail" and "You are annoying and unlikable". Needless to say, it did the opposite of improving my mood

[@seanhartnett79]

Lol

[@RAF-cc1ng]

Bruh

[@gnome2812]

Trolling

[@Demi_Purple]

I can only assume the algorithm picked up on that somehow and reacted accordingly

[@louisecram2616]

Are you sure you didn't pick duolingo for Asian parents

[@videoket]

For real though, Duolingo actually DOES make me think about what a sentence really means. It's easy to lapse into "auto mode" when translating sentences like "where is the bathroom?" and "do you want dinner?" but it's hard to do that with a sentence like "the boy eats 23 beetles."

[@rob3rtbigtoegaming431]

specifically 23 beetles? no more and no less?

[@happyboi347]

@@rob3rtbigtoegaming431 Did he stutter?

[@justanaveragebuzzsaw]

omg why did i think about the band.

[@snazzical]

LMAO

[@redlophix5670]

😂😂😂😂Ohhhh my god you guys ahhh

[@blep-ir2jp]

The fact that the lady is smiling and giving thumbs-ups as she says "The lion is eating a boy" ... 💀

[@Zendro_s5]

I got a weird duolingo sentence, “The horses are cooking the farmers”

[@Sosia06]

Imagine this really happening😬

[@Picobits]

The absolute comedy gold of "the end is soon" and then the video ending. Matt Rose is truly a genius of comedic timing. 10/10

[@duckduck5910]

this happens so often and people think it's an original idea

[@rue04]

I also think it's at least interesting that it was in Russian...

[@TheAngryBiscuitchannel228]

@@rue04 конец скоро.

[@arandomcommenter412]

@@duckduck5910 He didn’t say it was original??? He just said it was funny.

[@zelos666]

@@arandomcommenter412 He said Matt is a genius of comedic timing for doing this, when in reality it's just a blatantly copied joke from thousands of other videos.

[@Absbor]

"Love is blind, but the neighbors ain't." sounds like a great start for several horror ideas update: i forgot how relationships work. either way it's a horror story for the neighbors.

[@_CertifiedHoodClassic]

no, it just sounds like a sarcastic sentence to indicate that your neighbours are very nosey.

[@steamfunk6889]

Or an indication that maybe you should close your windows before continuing

[@Ghiaman1334]

Sounds like kinky voyeurism to me

[@fivebrosstopmos]

It's actually a commonly used proverb in spanish.

[@--gato]

I want it on a shirt lmao

[@Ashorterhandle]

Me waiting for the “Please take a shower immediately 🤨”

[@crookedzombie93]

im learning german and one day i was struck by the phrase ''my cats name is schrÖdinger'' if i dont decide on an answer it is simultaneously a great cat name and a bad cat name

[@willowfernn]

A couples phrases I was told to learn in German were “My Mother Is Utter Hell”, and “The Dog Knows What He Did”

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Der Hund wiess was Er hast gemacht, something to that effect?

[@olasdorosdiliusimilius2174]

@@TheDanishGuyReviews Der Hund weiß, was er gemacht hat.

[@squarohedron0664]

What the dog doin

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

@@olasdorosdiliusimilius2174 Close enough! Danke! (My German ex would disagree, but she's my ex, so I'll never care.)

[@thedeck-buildingdemon8293]

Now I can ask him what the dog doin

[@sackkharine]

fun fact: all duolingo sentences are made by language experts, and they make the sentences weird on purpose for their own amusement. I think it’s also to help users learn more :D

[@lansfriszt7767]

It makes sense. We're more likely to remember "My horse is a communist" than "Brian is in the kitchen".

[@c.r.blankenship9040]

100%. Once I learned how to say "The ___ is mine" in Irish I looked up how to say "ring" so I could quote Frodo at the end of Return of the King So I remember how to say it but not how to spell it, which is the problem with Irish lol

[@KrabRaged46]

It could also be so we don't guess it instead of actually learning.

[@dodekaedius]

Or this one: "This is Ukraine, Russia is over there".... Well

[@spugintrntl]

@@KrabRaged46 That was my guess.

[@SirNoobsAlotThe1st]

The "I want to live in your shoes, so I can be with you every step of the way is definitly a pick-up line.

[@Venus._.DrawsS]

”Five ants is more than five elephants” is actually a swedish kids show so that one kinda makes sense!

[@moechammaddjochan5118]

Fun fact: Every sentences in duolingo ISN'T computer-generated, all of them are typed by humans

[@Virem8711]

Japanese or broken knees

[@AramatiPaz]

It's great to know every one of those sylly things was intentional. According to science, humor helps to memorise things, and also according to science, unespected things have humor potencial.

[@lvoryRose]

German, you vermin.

[@GodzillaGamerFan-uu1uc]

@@Virem8711 Russian or concussion German or the M4 Sherman

[@bagelthegarbagehuman]

@@Virem8711 SPANISH OR VANISH 👀

[@andromeda_va39]

I once got "If you write a person's name in the notebook, that person will die." In the Japanese course. I think we all know what this means.

[@chelseasheehan9227]

Lol someone in the Duolingo company is an anime fan

[@jerryjapple1126]

*D e a t h n o t e*

[@chelseasheehan9227]

@@jerryjapple1126 Yep! That’s the one lol

[@seanhartnett79]

DeTh note

[@Gojo_AMV]

Light yagami is coming for you

[@booferguy]

“They’re dying! How unfortunate. Almost like my dog!”

[@retnoartanti1976]

I got a duolingo ad before this

[@annalisasauter7935]

"Love is blind, but the neighbors ain't." That quote had me rolling. 🤣

[@YeetusTheFetus]

@Duo neighbours saw you fcking

[@danielmiller1488]

Absolutely top tier

[@ws3240]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@GinoZump]

Same

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Time ?

[@olive_riggzey]

I once got a Duolingo sentence that said, "A room without books is like a body without a soul." And I think about it often.

[@sleekyissleepy]

DAmn

[@lighthouseraven]

I’ve got to agree with Duolingo on this one.

[@misterboxhead3045]

I'm 15 year old and this is deep

[@sleekyissleepy]

@well well well 14*

[@basicallyblobbity4226]

My bathroom is like a body without a soul.

[@nullhacker01010]

2:10 "The lion is eating a boy!" ...

[@kazzhurst2011]

"I still hear the voices" Same

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

*DEMONS*

[@marcushughes4697]

Matt can’t escape creepy owls no matter what

[@Jo_962_]

Heck yeah!

[@catimationspatimations]

Guess not

[@j_cannot_type]

HAHA FR

[@V1nn798]

*When will the suffering end*

[@T.O.F.G]

Lol funny then duo lingo

[@dm44444]

When I learned Ancient Greek, our textbook had sentences like "We threw the babbling old man off the cliff" and "Some children do not deserve to live".

[@NickAndriadze]

''Some children do not deserve to live'' sounds like a *VERY* spartan thing to say, and so is throwing someone off a cliff. Duolingo knows too much...

[@dm44444]

@@NickAndriadze Yeeeeeep haha a lot of the practice sentences were directly from classical texts. Just hilarious to see them in a textbook, especially because my teacher was big on group practice. We threatened/vowed to kill one our classmates on a daily basis.

[@newsgirlnotashamed2211]

Wait. You can learn Ancient Greek on Duolingo?

[@pocketfulofposies-]

way to identify its ancient greek

[@WiseMysticalTree12]

​@@newsgirlnotashamed2211no,but I think you can learn greek. I actually learned half English from duolingo.

[@kendalchen]

I love this so much. I am a professional online language teacher and for years my learners asked me if I liked Duolingo. Finally I caved and tried it so at least I can say, This is not going to teach you to *converse* but you may learn to speak a little and definitely read and understand some spoken language. And then people gripe about these demented phrases because they are not practical. But if you understand the underlying mechanics and grammar, you can cobble together a lot. In Ukrainian, when you learn the inevitable animals (cat, dog, cow, pig, horse, mouse, bird), they throw in elephant for some reason. Dutch Duolingo is quite paranoid, giving a feeling of being watched and asking how many locks are enough. ...is Duolingo making the weird sentences less common? I really do not see a lot of interesting ones these days. Then again, I often maintain my streak just with a music lesson. Thank you for this fantastic video. It has made me chortle, chuckle, and wheeze-laugh a bit.

[@MoleMan12]

Pretty much all of these had me rolling. Loved this vid!

[@justella4982]

a few phrases i have learned in german, thanks duolingo! "the baby takes over" "children, why are you bleeding?" "he replaces you" "i swim in milk" "we see every egg" "is food important?"

[@Exo_DN]

I don't know, is food important?

[@sample006]

same

[@piotrdymek9713]

I don't know, why are they bleeding

[@infinitytower8957]

*we see every egg. we are the egglumineggategg. we rule all*

[@doggo_woo]

@@Exo_DN It is quite strange, isn't it? Every person who seems to not eat food ends up not telling if it is important or not.

[@thekrautist]

When I was attempting to learn Spanish it would throw such interestring phrases my way, like "I am a horse" and "I have a knife". Clearly very useful phrases to know, and I suppose their strangeness is what makes them stick in the mind so it works BECAUSE it's weird.

[@plebisMaximus]

Probably a good way to learn vocabulary? I guess? As long as it sticks.

[@zaqareemalcolm]

​@@plebisMaximus internalizing grammar i guess

[@bellachicas5585]

I AM THE CHEESE🧀

[@chich-ai]

About the "I am a horse" phrase in Spanish, that reminded me of *Juan*

[@ssupermarlo]

you always gotta be prepared for spanish speaking horses and knives

[@Hello-ie1pm]

“Are we studying the fish, or is the fish studying us?” “HE KNOWS.”

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Only one word: Seaman

[@we-make-stray-kids-stay]

I SWEAR WHEN I WAS AT 0:09 I GOT A NOTIFICATION FROM DUOLINGO 😭

[@happy03136]

Hide

[@literallylanie]

“Is two half brothers one brother?” Absolutely KILLED ME 😭💀

[@ElikongIsLit]

Yes LMAO

[@hunde2430]

Fuck, I remember that

[@The_Moth1]

No, no. They’ve got a point.

[@goldfishbelike]

@@The_Moth1yeah..

[@trolleriffic]

Answering that question killed the brother as well.

[@wl_gacha]

When I was learning Polish, I kept getting this super creepy/funny sentence over and over. The sentence was “The evil child is drinking coffee”

[@coolslayer4503]

IM LIKE SOBBING RIGHT JOW AT THIS HOLYSBIT

[@silverherobrine997]

The question is, do you remember it in Polish?

[@johntherailfan3754]

Evil children and coffee don't mix well

[@amaltea6191]

złe dziecko pije kawę 😈

[@qpastor]

CO. PRZEPRASZM BARDZO ŻE CO.

[@LunaiCarmen]

Duolingo using strange sentences like these to help you remember, sort of like how you remember weirder dreams but not basic ones. It’s a good strategy that my own Spanish teacher uses

[@MilkChocoCooki3]

the sentences i learnt from duolingo "i drink yellow water" " spanish or your hair will vanish " " there is a hand coming out of the toliet " " he knows "

[@jujuxvqqq]

lmaoo

[@minecraftgames8085]

"love is blind, but the neighbours ain't" this sounds a lot more like a sun tzu quote than a stupid duolingo sentence

[@lauralucas5052]

this is the whole thing: never kiss by the garden gate; love is blind, but the neighbors ain't

[@jasperzanovich2504]

@@lauralucas5052 Ah, so it's more about privacy than an ugly SO.

[@lauralucas5052]

@@jasperzanovich2504 exactly

[@cllncl]

"Be not greedy, for success is blind, but the enemies ain't" - Sun Tzu I think

[@judgesaturn507]

@@lauralucas5052 Sounds like a song lyric from the 70's

[@embercat6360]

Once on Duolingo, I got a “choose the right response” which was: “My brother is really smart.” The answer choices were either: “Is he single?” or “Where is the nearest hospital?”. Apparently the right answer was to ask whether he was single. Strange conversations the Duolingo staff must have…

[@BlockyBookworm]

Intelligence is an attractive trait

[@CarMedicine]

Nah, it's the correct answer justbecause the other one is completely unrelated. So it's the least incorrect answer.

[@Nerobyrne]

I studied linguistics and honestly, that's EXACTLY the conversation I would expect ladies who graduated with that degree and now work at Duolingo to have

[@embercat6360]

@Mako_The_SeaWong We'll never know...

[@mehlanie13]

no embercat, the right answer should've been “Where is the nearest hospital?”. intelligence is a disease.

[@Thxt_One_Fpe_Fan]

"Are two half brothers one brother?" -Duolingo

[@ThatOneFriendInTheBack]

“salty salt” STOP WHY DID I DIE OF LAUGHTER OMG- 💀💀💀

[@solonada9602]

Here are some bizarre sentences that Duolingo assigned to me throughout my odyssey in the Korean course: - “The snake deceives her” - “I go to Korea every day” - “Korean is hard. Let's learn English!” - “I make fun of myself” - “The student lies down on the desk” - “Why am I smart?” - “Yes, people are bad”

[@wandering4104]

My sister sent me a screenshot of the "Yes, people are bad" one before, which was pretty funny

[@neann6]

"Mister, why are you fat?" "Hey, do you want to die?" Korean duo gang!

[@pianoman4197]

"Korean is hard. Let's learn English!" Even the owl's having a hard time

[@nerminozdemir9661]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnOThWxpmcqkjs0

[@ChaffleWadapon]

"My job is interesting but stressful"

[@EarlyOwOwl]

The amount of times I had to write "No, I am perfect" in german Duolingo has transformed me into a narcissist.

[@InterFelix]

Nein, ich bin perfekt.

[@epicm999]

@@InterFelix Nein, *_ICH_* bin perfekt!

[@epicm999]

@@History_Nurd Nein, nein, nein. Ich bin besser als du.

[@InterFelix]

@@History_Nurd get lost. No one needs your bullshit.

[@rangopistacho6928]

so duolingos support nazi's, should of seen it coming

[@TMSandTDfan]

I got a duolingo advert after when watching

[@KazyRue]

The fact that i got a duolingo ad before the video even started

[@LD-dt1sk]

“Are two half brothers one brother?” That’s officially the best question I have heard this year

[@mayabartolabac]

same vibes to "Can 9 pregnant mothers make a baby in a month?"

[@coolxg4357]

Can you bake a cake and eat it too?

[@spikypancake1661]

I completed the entire Latin tree on Duolingo, and boy did I encounter a lot of weird parrot sentences! My favorites were "The parrot is burning down the bridge," and "My parrot is either half-asleep or stupid." I didn't even think the ancient Romans had parrots.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

Oh, yes - in fact the name for the parrot family (Psittacine) actually comes from the Ancient Greeks. Romans got them from India, Africa... kept both as pets and as a culinary delicacy. They also traded them through much of Europe. How one could burn down a bridge, though, is anyone's guess 😀

[@thesnep4757]

@@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494 Do not underestimate the power of parrot.

[@bironjames9948]

My parrot is drunk and deceitful

[@dibyoshreepaint9241]

Also I remember sentences about eating peacocks, and mother being an egg.

[@ryanspencer6778]

"Senex sollicitus illum pavonem gustat" is one of my favorites

[@kevinsundelin8639]

The ONLY one that makes sense is "Five ants is more than four elephants" it's a reference to a Swedish show with the same name. I had it on VHS as a kid. I highly recommend it if you are currently learning Swedish 😊

[@ahobbit1273]

Honestly, the Latin ones in this video are so tame considering how some sentences I’ve encountered include “I destroy those parrots with fire”, “The young man wants to descend from the altar” and “by chance the gods destroy the humans” (the latter of which was accompanied by a very happy-looking Duo). Honourable mention to “Marcus is half-asleep or stupid”.

[@klobiforpresident2254]

All of these (except with different birds for parrots) sound like very real sentences one might find when reading the classics.

[@TiredTimeTraveler]

That's pretty tame and normal for Latin. When I was learning Latin in high school the first complex sentence we learned how to translate was "The horse killed the farmer with arms." or "Equis argricolam cum armis necat." I was able to say "I will kill the gods" before "hello my name is" when learning Latin because those words were more useful.

[@molotera8789]

All of this sounds like just a normal day in ancient Rome

[@anonymouse8124]

@@TiredTimeTraveler Deos necabo? Have I gotten that right?

[@atanvardecunambiel8917]

Not to mention all the fish-throwing. Also the burnt parrots were probably alcoholics.

[@astrid_onpawzz]

I was learning German and it said “You are lazy” “You never cook” “You never play chess” in that order 💀

[@G0KittyG0]

@Quackfan18 same

[@bat-erdenebayasgalan5147]

I'm german, I could teach you with sentences like "Mein hund und meine Mutter lieben leichen"

[@G0KittyG0]

⁠​⁠@@bat-erdenebayasgalan5147 "My dog and my mother love corpses" 💀

[@alexandrert8252]

Una manzana se come un hombre*

[@Rhinestone812]

I vividly remember that I learned "I live, you live, he lives" in spanish. Thanks Duo!

[@dabreadgalaxy1302]

This entire theme of “bizarre duolingo phrases” boils down to “I have several questions”

[@ThatOneCatL0ver]

I was doing Russian and my sentence to translate to English was: "We don't have milk." Then "Dad has gone to get milk" I literally died of laughter 💀

[@percy.loves.plants]

haha i got this one too

[@ThatOneCatL0ver]

@@percy.loves.plants I also got one saying "she us drinking my milk" 😳

[@goldentoast69]

@@ThatOneCatL0ver 💀

[@goldentoast69]

How's your neck now ?

[@Midget32]

So how are you able to type this if you're literally dead.

[@superdejan64]

I've been using Duolingo for like 204 days and have run into a lot of weird sentences, including: "She is a black belt" "I cook the pork in milk" "Are my shoes electric?"

[@ravenID429]

I'm a black belt lol

[@user-zs6cl6td4t]

that first one isn't that weird. its a rank in certain martial arts

[@blurrysk1es]

yes, your shoes are electric

[@cheeseburgermonkey7104]

that first one i understand, like the black belt in martial arts or something like that but the other two sentences are wild

[@Your_Local_Weirdo75]

@@blurrysk1es XD

[@sillyll483]

the umm ,the end is soon. ‘cuts perfectly’

[@ytDubzzz]

“ I AM THE CHEESE!!!” Got me rolling 😂😂😂

[@mekafinchi]

one of the more interesting parts of this is that much of it is by design, ridiculous sentences that are still grammatically correct are good for challenging your understanding

[@lolsadboi3895]

it also makes the learning process fun lol

[@gryffindorftw6198]

I’ve had to translate some weird sentences, but I’ve never had to translate anything THAT weird. Now I wish the app would give me sentences like that.

[@blueglowdragon9952]

This is a pretty mundane one, but when I was doing Spanish(I switched to Norwegian because my friend could speak it) the phrases that showed up EVERY. SINGLE. LESSON. were "Please no" "Please stop" and "No stop please help" Edit: Mom I'm famous Edit 2: Jeepers Creepers this was only 4 hours ago, how did this blow up so fast- Edit 3: I- thanks but wha-

[@privygrid9875]

Those are the relatives of people who stopped using duolingo trying to reach you out. Btw has anyone seen my sister?

[@gabrieldeaguiar7345]

It’s crazy that what you said is mundane.

[@kurtkobaiiiiin]

It's the souls of those that broke their streaks

[@Spyro117]

others don’t sound like a cap but this does

[@t.k.5088]

I often get "please I need you/it" and I'm like 👁👄👁 Edit: I'm learning Norwegian btw

[@tanimahmed7293]

I got a Duolingo ad after watching this video! 😂😂

[@ellaharvey2517]

DO MORE. I HAVE NEVER LAUGHED SOO HARD😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 MY EYES ARE TEARING UP!

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

I once got “It is a war crime” when learning German on Duolingo

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Oh no. The fact that it’s on German, lmao.

[@TheCasualGuy2]

I am from germany and that is the most used line from me

[@globeparasite9381]

Well this is a very important sentence to know if you work with the German military They sometimes need an outside look

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

"It is a war crime" Concentration camps?

[@familiamarquez3219]

​@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 those are crimes against humanity

[@brennatargaryen]

My absolute favorite sentence I ever got on Duolingo was “Il pericolo è il mio pane e la morte è il burro”, which translated to “Danger is my bread and death is the butter” in Italian. I want that on a shirt

[@ClockworkChandelure]

I hope you just misspelled "morte" because otherwise we go into necrophagia territory lol

[@brennatargaryen]

@@ClockworkChandelure yeah, misspell! New phone and the keyboard isn't where I'm used to. Miss the old one tbh. Thanks for the heads up!

[@UU-pq2nn]

That honestly sounds like some sort of bad inspirational quote you would google.

[@MaxymDemechenko]

The sentence doesn't seems wrong

[@ClockworkChandelure]

@@brennatargaryen np, it happens

[@Axcool24]

This KZbinr is hilarious I love him so much

[@dayzlove4994]

I like how I got a doulingo ad before. It's like they're trying to make me witness this first hand.

[@rAwr_i_am_a_rat]

I was learning Spanish and the sheer amount of sentences about B R E A D were insane. “The bread is not done” “Where is the bread” “I love bread” “Bread tastes good” “I ate bread today” “I ate bread yesterday” “I will eat bread tomorrow.” it never ended.

[@Love.Mina-]

Bread is my fav flavor of ice cream

[@mousetrap.p.gulligan]

bread do be good tho

[@cobbey0755]

I don't know how it is in other countries but to be fair in Chile we do in fact eat a lot of bread

[@30percentBattery]

Same with the Norwegian course, it's all about bread and water and bears

[@erika._.lex6]

At one point I just thought duolingo was telling me to come out...

[@sparkledog2631]

True story: my great-grandfather dodged mandatory military service by showing up with his cows and insisting the cows would have to come with to training so he could milk them. "There's a problem he wants to come with his cow" has a use after all!

[@alicia234]

Is that actually true? If so that’s hilarious

[@petavaldman2150]

Is that actually true? If so that’s hilarious

[@chickenindomie-_-]

Is that actually true? If so that's hilarious

[@sparkledog2631]

@@alicia234 Yes it's true. Swiss military service, great grandfather eventually became something of a local legend.

[@guywhomakesjojoreferences3282]

Thanks Duolingo for giving me an ad before the video started. I'm going to die

[@_Kamura_]

The second last one is kinda wholesome

[@totalhufflepuff203]

Love the Swedish ones. There’s also “He doesn’t eat turtles” “Is your father still alive?” “The moose is not real” “My brother is in prison” “They will call me if she dies during the night”.

[@pastellemonramune]

I do Latin and it frequently makes me say, “You are the father” and “You are not the father” Like bro who tf is getting people pregnant in my Duolingo lessons

[@Galatheam]

I suspect that the "Five ants is more than four elephants" one is swedish as well since it's the name of a swedish television show. The show was about teaching children linguistics/numerical linguistics, hence the weird titel.

[@CyanideSun94]

@@Galatheam Came to the comments to see if anyone was saying that!

[@Chaotic-Toast]

In Swedish I once got “Your wife is sitting on a moose” It also kept asking where the wolf was…

[@limwiththe]

im doing greek and it saidd "the pink avacado"

[@angel.noire.777]

the funniest thing about "why is there a norwegian architect in my bed" is that the language isnt even norwegian, its swedish

[@lys2303]

And the Norwegian one has “why is there a Swedish telemarketer in my bed”! 😆💚

[@randomsomewhat-kinda-quasi1065]

As a Norwegian, i guess i should check my doors and windows the coming nights…

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

@@randomsomewhat-kinda-quasi1065 Well, that depends: how hot is this telemarketer?

[@randomsomewhat-kinda-quasi1065]

Now THAT is the 1000-point question, but eh, probably not

[@daynamorris2399]

Still a valid question

[@The1austrian]

that boris johnson meme at 1:35 was too much xD

[@spewks8569]

The fact that i instantly got a duolingo ad after this lmaoo

[@cartofha.y]

"The problem is that you are too ugly" "My friends are not smart" "I own no gun" "Why is my credit card not working?"

[@Just_Being_Honest]

What language did you see them in?

[@cartofha.y]

@@Just_Being_Honest pretty sure they were all in the Swedish course

[@Just_Being_Honest]

@@cartofha.y Thank you

[@bee2729]

omg i got the first one or something like that too in german

[@cartofha.y]

@@bee2729 duolingo really just loves insulting us 😔

[@ornitorrinco_en_la_caverna]

Learning Norwegian I got things like "I'm eating bread and crying on the floor", "I want to choose a new husband" and "In just seven days can I make you a man" and in the English course for Spanish speakers the weirdest thing was "Dad's favourite hobby is leaving negative comments online".

[@anacontino]

oh--

[@katiel7166]

Hahaha love the Rocky Horror reference

[@ornitorrinco_en_la_caverna]

@@katiel7166 which one is the reference?

[@katiel7166]

@@ornitorrinco_en_la_caverna In Just Seven Days I Can Make You A Man is a song Franknfurter sings about building Rocky. It's an insane and insanely funny movie.

[@fabmario]

In norwegian there are also sentences that say "I am the cheese" and "Bears have bicycles"

[@Chainsaw_gutz]

1:47 quite exotic taste there my friend

[@koifishee]

i learned the helpful sentence of... "susanna is a carrot."

[@georgehater8370]

I'm convinced that they listen to people's conversations and input them into the app for people to learn

[@Blwbelle]

_That makes me concerned about who is saying these-_

[@lilywalker7499]

well then I know where they got the knives from

[@wozaow]

now we know who google sells our data to. huh.

[@x_kittrix]

This comment and the replies are golden.

[@lawtamim]

you're convinced someone has 28 hairs and so many ears? absolutely agreed

[@qthepatri6012]

A few sentences I’ve learned from my duolingo Romanian course are: “Why is she sleeping on the roof?” “Maria is crying.” “He likes eating dogs.” “Yesterday, they punched a child” “Her babysitter eats raw pigs.” ..at least I learnt something.

[@teamawesomeness7137]

Who's Maria?

[@qthepatri6012]

@@teamawesomeness7137 we do not know to this day

[@_starchiveeee_._]

I'm from Romania!!

[@migowia]

@@qthepatri6012 im maria

[@dailytoast9282]

Me named Maria seeing this comment:👀

[@stapoldy_propaganda_account]

I WAS DRINKING DOCTOR PEPPER WHILE WATCHUNG THIS AHD I LITERALLY STARTED CHKOING AND COUGHING AND SPUTTERING AND LAUGHING WHEN MATT SAID "I HAVE 28 HAIRS" PLEASE THIS VIDEO ALMOST KILLED ME,, AND MY MOM WAS RIGHT THERE AND SHE WAS LIKE "OJG OMG ARE YOU OKAY DO YOU NEED HELP ONG"

[@yashvibhardwaj9608]

"my horses collect teeth" gonna memorize that one for threats

[@FandomNoodleSoup]

I can’t wait until I get advanced enough on Duolingo to get these types of sentences. Right now I’m at “Tú eres una mujer” and “yo como manzanas” in my Spanish lessons 💀

[@Jummmpy]

yo como mujeres

[@FandomNoodleSoup]

@@Jummmpy I hope I get that at some point :)

[@obedpadilla5264]

Tú eres una manzana

[@ImSoCold....]

If you dont know Spanish, Tú eres una mujer - You are a woman Yo como manzanas - I eat apples

[@meepbeep2464]

NO TIENES MUJERES???

[@sonderisloading]

One of the first Japanese phrases I learned was "I am an apple", thanks to Duolingo

[@aliciukealish8840]

Are you an Apple tho?

[@user-sm8nr5fd4j]

I am a apple hehe

[@curiouscreator8806]

same energy as "I AM THE CHEESE."

[@NoraTheCreator117]

Oh my gah

[@NoraTheCreator117]

​@@curiouscreator8806 and I read this with Palpatine's voice

[@irjatipner7501]

2:46 he shouted so loudly when the birds were eating his eyes

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds

[@eyesicecold]

The funniest part about this video is that it's actually sponsored by Duolingo

[@Antwon22]

"Do you want to be able to walk" is such an unassuming yet terrifying statement i just burst out dying laughing with the way you said it

[@sgtmajorkiwi]

It depends, are you speaking to a crippled person? You're a miracle maker. Are you speaking to a person who can walk? You're a criminal.

[@ahsiartsy]

timestamp?

[@smirnoff3841]

@@ahsiartsy 2:53

[@Antwon22]

@@ahsiartsy near the end just watch the vid

[@NotASpyReally]

Yeah that one was my favorite as well XD

[@YourFloofyGuardian]

The hard cut from “Are we studying the fish or is the fish studying us?” to “HE KNOWS.” at 2:35 is just so damn good. Cheers, Matt!

[@joshuamark5907]

Plot twist: the fish said that

[@CoraCreates]

@@joshuamark5907new duolingo headcanon just dropped

[@bro91wn]

Also, both of those sentences are from Swedish, interestingly enough.

[@BilgiliBirisi39617]

HE KNOWS HE KNOWS HE KNOWS HE KNOWS!!!!!

[@heather_wolfe_]

When u click on the time stamp all u hear is *NOSE*

[@samanshoaib4047]

Verse 1] Look at me as I'm standin' here I've got happy on my face, I've got nothing to fear! I've got my legs, eyes, ears, my teeth, and gums I've got six working fingers and opposable thumbs [Chorus] (Life can make you smile!) Well look around and you'll see it everywhere, I said (Life can make you smile!) So I carry on smiling cause I haven't gotta care! [Verse 2] A power-shower can lift you from a rut Although the shower curtain Keeps on sticking to my butt I'm loving orange juice So I fill it to the brim But after cleaning my teeth The taste is pretty grim I love the scent of flowers, but so do all the bees! And the pollen brings out my allergies! And video games Always stop me feeling glum Although, after an hour They start to hurt my thumbs!

[@BreadRulez]

The one thing Duo has taught me in spanish is how to say “a salad with cheese and meat please”

[@axoart388]

I got some questionable sentences while learning Irish such as “he walks on water” “the dogs drink wine” “the deer speaks Irish” and “the woman is in the fridge”. Just wanted to share those

[@chelseasheehan9227]

The first one you mentioned could have been a reference to Jesus, so it might be useful if you ever go to an Irish church?

[@PersonWhoExists50306]

I feel like the dogs may have gotten the wine from the subject of the first sentence.

[@DoctorBones1]

nah thats everyday irish things.

[@subtractment]

Jesus was irish confirmed

[@deplorabledegenerate2630]

Duolingo didn't specify where this fridge is though, correct?

[@babokababo8432]

One time, my brother told me to say “silk” five times, and then asked “what do cows drink”. I said “milk”. Then i opened duolingo about 10 minutes later, and the first question i got was “evet, inekler sütü içer” which translates to “yes, cows drink milk” in turkish.

[@stanisawpiekieko9069]

Yeah, the little ones do.

[@nothingness4301]

I know Turkish and it's the most boring language EVER. And I memorized the whole thing now ._.

[@tezcanaslan2877]

@@nothingness4301 turkish is really good but no wacky spelling

[@alecfruchey]

Spoopy

[@cheesyburger157]

I am from turkey Proof:merhaba benim adım mehmet

[@zoeysaurusrex6908]

"Where can we hide the bodys?"

[@jimmyp4024]

"Do you like music or jazz" is beautiful

[@CrimsonCrane-og8vq]

I guess jazz isn’t music…. 😂

[@foxodjay805]

The best thing are the totally calm and relaxed faces the people are making while trying to make us translate satanic sentences.

[@meowpoint1403]

Even better (worse?) are the excited faces.

[@teddychannel8845]

Like this one 1:14

[@dfquartzidn6151]

“The lion is eating a boy 👍🏻”

[@purplesharky1118]

the lion is eating a boy 😁👍

[@mogalactic13]

I eat flesh 🥺🤪✨