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Duolingo has many funny sentences. A forum to share them?

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Meli578588
Italy

Re: Duolingo has many funny sentences. A forum to share them?

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In my Greek lessons, everything is pink.

Elephants , rice , etc . I wonder if pink rice tastes good. 🙂

I actually , like pink elephants & the color pink , so it’s all good !

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uralicnomad
Hungary

Re: Duolingo has many funny sentences. A forum to share them?

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MagyarJános wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:39 pm

Hungarian has an obsession with flying kindergarten teachers lol. They are supposed to be teaching their class, but they are too busy flying over airports, over cities, and among the planes and flying cows lol.

The poor students aren't getting a quality edumacation!

Also walking on water :ugeek:

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JudieLC
United States of America

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Not a sentence, but the Arabic course seems to have an obsession with the word غريب
They translate it as "weird" and it was a constant course of discussions and jokes back when the Duolingo website had discussions on each lesson item. My son, who knows Arabic well, told me it actually has a different meaning/connotation than what we mean as weird in English, but I can't remember exactly what he said. :D

MagyarJános
Hungary

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uralicnomad wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 5:25 pm
MagyarJános wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:39 pm

Hungarian has an obsession with flying kindergarten teachers lol. They are supposed to be teaching their class, but they are too busy flying over airports, over cities, and among the planes and flying cows lol.

The poor students aren't getting a quality edumacation!

Also walking on water :ugeek:

:D De igen. Az óvónő a vízen is sétálnak. But yes, the kindergarten teachers walk on water, too.

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uralicnomad
Hungary

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MagyarJános wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:14 pm

[ :D De igen. Az óvónő a vízen is sétálnak. But yes, the kindergarten teachers walk on water, too.

Mindent beleadva nyomultam arra a csajszira, de ő csak kérette magát :D

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PtolemysXX
Uganda

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Yet another example from the Czech course:

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As the neighbours say: "kein Bier vor vier" :)

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Samara858057
United States of America

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This is a great thread. My last in German learning earlier today:

"The bear would like to eat me, but I am too fast for him"

Not as funny in itself, but I call my partner "bear", so..

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Explorer
Portugal

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Uh-oh... surprise surprise

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Corinnebelle

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I think that's a little bit impossible Junior!

Reminds me of the kid who wanted to buy some fertilizer from the store so the eggs the school gave her would hatch!

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Explorer
Portugal

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Meli578588 wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:32 pm

In my Greek lessons, everything is pink.

Elephants , rice , etc .

I don't know how it tastes like, but I wouldn't mind trying it. The rice, not the elephants 😋

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Meli578588
Italy

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@Explorer You found some ! 🙂 Merci.

Pink rice , honeydew melon and avocados!
Yummy!

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Dana_Dany Danuta
Poland

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Meli578588 wrote: Sat Jan 14, 2023 5:32 pm

In my Greek lessons, everything is pink.

Elephants , rice , etc . I wonder if pink rice tastes good. 🙂

I actually , like pink elephants & the color pink , so it’s all good !

I think whoever made these sentences was looking through pink/rose-colored glasses and liked the color! hehe :)

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Davey944676
Great Britain

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JudieLC wrote: Thu Jan 19, 2023 2:11 am

Not a sentence, but the Arabic course seems to have an obsession with the word غريب
They translate it as "weird" and it was a constant course of discussions and jokes back when the Duolingo website had discussions on each lesson item. My son, who knows Arabic well, told me it actually has a different meaning/connotation than what we mean as weird in English, but I can't remember exactly what he said. :D

Wiktionary shows a range of meanings for غريب

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/غريب

As well as weird/peculiar, it can mean lots of other things. :)

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Explorer
Portugal

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Els turistes quan arriben a Catalunya...

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Explorer
Portugal

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Basler Biker
Switzerland

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Explorer wrote: Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:41 pm

Uh-oh... surprise surprise

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indeed he was, but it's a bad photo of "Schwarzie" ;-)


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Explorer
Portugal

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Thank you Duo for all the positivity you bring into our lives. You're right. Life's too short to learn every language :lol:

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Corinnebelle

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Oso, we have enough death in this world without you adding to the number!

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Meli578588
Italy

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I remember one from the Portuguese Course a while back , when I still had the tree. 🙂

Eu não tenho barriga..
I don’t have a pot belly ! Of all things !

Hope that’s right off memory. Unless something is missing.

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ararat-tempest
St Helena

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PtolemysXX wrote: Wed Jan 11, 2023 8:12 pm
MagyarJános wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:39 pm

Hungarian has an obsession with flying kindergarten teachers lol. (...)

I do not know a word in Hungarian but I recall a very old Hungarian cartoon series for children titled "kockásfülű nyúl" about a flying rabbit that used its ears as propellers and flew from house to house like a small helicopter. Maybe this can explain the flying teachers thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_kockásfülű_nyúl

is that Jazz Jackrabbit? haha
https://www.jazz2online.com/wiki/Helicopter_ears

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