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"

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

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".

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

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."

Matt can’t escape creepy owls no matter what

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

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

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.

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

"He shouted so loudly when the birds were eating his eyes" is legit haunting.

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."

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

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.”

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 😭✨

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

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.

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."

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

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

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?"

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

i’ve been doing french for almost a year and have a folder for funny duolingo phrases or milestones (50, 100, 300 days etc…) some of my favorite sentences are: “they are italian and they don’t like pizza!” “your buying ONE shoe?” “there is a horse in your apartment” “the dessert, that’s for me, the check, that’s for you” “is that a dog? no it’s a little cow” “he lives in a tree and his neighbor is an owl”

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

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

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

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.

If I can be honest, this is the best add that Duolingo could have paid for. I am going to install the app now.

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.

"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.

I tried to learn Welsh on Duolingo. Weird phrases aside my vocabulary increased and it was quite fun... then it was impossible to work out why the sentences were constructed like they were and it was just remembering from last time I'd done that lesson, without understanding why.

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

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.

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

I got a duolingo ad before this

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

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

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

"I still hear the voices" Same

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

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

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”

I swear the employees at Duolingo be trollin

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

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”

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…

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

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

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.

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.

"Where can we hide the bodys?"

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.

“dadddd, I only need two million dollars...” had me decomposing 💀

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”.

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

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

From my amazingly amazing French lessons: "Why do we have to learn all this?" "The waiter is eating your croissant!" "I am a butterfly." "I hear screams." "You are so hot that I get a sunburn." "The groom's father undressed in the church!" "You are a student, you cannot sleep." "I die alone." ...And from my Italian lessons: "Danger is my bread and death is my butter." "Why do we die?" "You are a clown."

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

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

"Are two half brothers one brother?" -Duolingo

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 💀

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”.

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

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

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?"

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.

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

1:40 I've hardly ever seen anything more hilarious than this.

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

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-

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

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

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

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

I got a Duolingo ad before this.

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

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

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".

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

The second last one is kinda wholesome

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.

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 💀

Before watching this i got a duolingo ad, duo wants me to really download that application.

Once, while trying to learn Russian, I had some phrases saying: "The stock market is running away" "I don't have the playground" "Children have escaped" "The man called Andrew likes his car" (lmao) "Please can you drink my milk" "It's not a butterfly, it is a kangaroo"

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

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 "

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

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!

I stopped doing Russian Duolingo courses and went to a better source for learning the language and all its complexities back in 2020.. but- I will never forget “My mom is not a radio.”

some of my favorites i've encountered using duolingo are these "excuse me, i am a cheese wheel" "the ugly man has a pretty wife" "are you drinking the baby's wine?" and probably many more i cannot think of

"My sister is very strange" I'm so done

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.

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

Fun fact: Even though some sentences can be weird, they still help with spelling and grammar in that language.

“Marcus, where do your daughters sleep” 😂

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

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!

"My hovercraft is full of eels."

1:25 THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD FOR SOME REASON

Strange phrases Duolingo taught me: -"I want the feet juice" -"She's not a shredder" -"He's not okay, his ear is missing" -"Move out of the way or i'll kick you" And my favourite: -*"Don't eat my family please"*