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Duolingo is a very popular language learning app, and many brothers and sisters use it to learn Arabic while being unaware of the hidden messages that are found within this app.
The idea of this video was inspired by an article by sister Mariam Ahmad, who first published her article on 28th May 2023 on Al-sabeel.net network on this topic bit.ly/3Z2AdKx . I conducted more research to confirm the information and acquire more sources so that others can be careful when using this application.
Most of the information + pictures used in this video were taken from the official website of Duolingo, their social media accounts (Twitter, facebook) and their fandom page.
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I had to watch a Duolingo advertisement to watch this video 💀
"this guy can still have money while dissing us!? Nah nah nah, we will show them!"
@@PersonFromSouthAfrica wdym?
@@TheDIFFRENTCollector I'm just joking about the irony, as if they knew that this guy was saying why you shouldn't use duolingo, so they took advantage of his monitization to promote duolingo XD
@@PersonFromSouthAfrica lol
@@PersonFromSouthAfrica i think it’s a coincidence that i had to watch a Duolingo advertisement, as i commonly see this advertisement. Wasn’t expecting i would have to watch it to watch this video tho 💀
why 350 Million arabs with the greatest teacher couldnt make a arabic learn app/programm
@@aq4356tell me 3 ways
Just because 1 language learning app is anti-islamic, doesnt mean there are no other language learning apps that are non anti-islamic
@@TheSourovAqibit is not anti Islamic, it just isn't Islamic. Anti implies they outright oppose Islam
please see there any other good Arabic apps they know.
Actually there are dozens of Arabic learning apps. Quranic, Arabee, may others. I find Quranic amazing to learn fusha
1:37 that one that says “we are going on a vacation to hell” it’s actually a place in Norway that is called (helvete) and that means hell in English
Actually, the town is called Hell in Norwegian, which does not mean hell! English speakers go on vacation there as a joke. Norwegians don't. I'm Norwegian, in case you are wondering.😊
Bro u copied my fact
@@EKEKEKEKE714 i saw the vid so I comment and why would I comment a fact
@@rulargamer1232 ye but I wrote the fact first
But the point here is, what message is the user of Duolingo getting by reading this sentence? Does the learner know that there's a Norwegian city by this name?? And why this city in particular,?
I used to use duolingo for French, and I can confirm the sentences were not even close to what you are showing. Maybe only in Arabic these sentences appear, but for my time learning I remember the sentences being like “My sister wants a cat”. Because French duolingo has characters that speak and have personalities, they aren’t just dubbed by one robot.
Can confirm after many days of constantly using Duolingo and after making plenty of lessons, I never came across one sentence of the kind in the video
Maybe these sentences are from before when maybe the sentence forming robot thingy wasn't polished? Idrk. Im learning russian on duolingo rn and i'll come back to this video a while later after i've used it for long enough.
@@operatorismail6038 Yeah but that is weird because it's a real voice that says the sentences, not a robot
@@bombastic1989 I think they are edited because it's too extreme and usually there's a real person saying out loud these sentences in the app
I don't use duolingo bec it's based mostly on English and whenever I miss "a", "the" or "an" in my translation it tells me that I should start all over again. Gee, am I learning English or Swahili? I don't care so much about English, my native language is Polish so I tried also to translate sentences from Swahili to Polish and the system of Duolingo isn't really prepared for that. So I gave up. I found other ways to study Swahili. Maybe that system is good whenever anybody out there wants to learn English.
The irony of Duolingo ad playing before this vid🗿
lol🤣🤣🤣
I have learned Arabic on youtube for free. The alphabet from a playlist Tajweed from your playlist Medina Books playlist taught me Nahw Bayna Yadayk playlist taught me words Conversing with Arabs and Reading Quran and Ahadith strengthened and deepened the knowledge
Can you share the playlist pls?
@@unknownuser0278 look up The BEST 30-day Tajweed playlist Madina Book 1-2-3 Learn Arabic playlist bayna yadayk playlist by arabic studentsgate
Yes please ^^
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MashaAllah ❤❤❤
Ooohhh so we have to take "god is good, god is great" but the moment it says something about nature we get offended? What happened to respecting beliefs Edit: not only is he being sexist to muslim women, he is also being homophobic. Im glad the comment section is actually awake and not following this sexism and homophobia, sickening.
I stopped learning Arabic on Duolingo after watching this video... JazakAllah Khairan
Bro really believed this guy 💀
When I clicked on this video, I did not expect you were going to criticise Duolingo based on it's non-halal content - I thought you were going to tell us that Duolingo is bad for learning arabic specifically because they do not teach arabic grammar and case endings correctly. I think it good for learning arabic characters and basic arabic words, but to become fluent in arabic or to know conversational arabic I think it is useless. I would dare say that most people using this app to learn arabic are non-muslims who are going to go and work in an arabic speaking country and want a basic understanding of the language (although note it does NOT teach commonly-used phrases - more often "weird" sentences like the ones you showed). So for them, having non-halal content wouldn't be a problem. Also having spent several months looking through the arabic course on Duolingo, I didn't see any of those exact strange sentences that you pointed out in this video. Different language courses use different sentence examples - I thought the arabic sentences they gave are actually not problematic. Quite early in the arabic course you learn to write "alhamdulillah" for instance. Just my take on it. But I would appreciate if you could make a follow-up video to this one breaking down why Duolingo's arabic course is technically bad from the perspective of learning the language, as well.
I'm using it to learn German and found a lot of weird examples like this.. I'M trying different apps now
I'm not sure how far you've gone in the app, but if you go enough you'll see Sam wanting to wear skirts instead of suits and Lama has a wife :)
@@ettilasharifIt's no different than the people who don't realize that Starfield is woke with the she/her crap
I used to practice french in it and it's FULL of scary sentences, stories that strongly support the LGBTQ community, and really weird things you would never encounter in your everyday life. So besides all what was said in the video, duolingo is really useless if you want to learn a language and gives you a false sense of accomplishment.
@@ettilasharifAnd...what's wrong with that? Again it's an app for learning languages not religious...
hell is a city in norway btw.
Yes
Yea , I heard it means paradise so it is probably fine if duo is talking about the city
Exactly 🤦♀️
Still doesn't explain "I am ready to die"
@@TheFluxChampion Well it's a different sentence
Tbh I think it's a regional thing because I'm from Saudi arabia and I haven't seen any of these blasphemous words but this app helped me a lot with reading Arabic since I was never taught when I was young. This app may contain an agenda but everything has one nowadays to the point that I don't care except when children are put into the situation. I want to keep my children safe and uncorrupted so instead I'll teach them (Btw I don't have kids just using it to make a point)
facing so many agendas nowadays to the point you dont care anymore is exactly what they want. please dont get desensitized to this stuff. Barak Allah Feek.
ماشاء الله اكيد سعودي لانه ليس اي شخص يرتضي علي دينه و عِرضِه ان يكونوا رخيصين لهذه الدرجة غير الجيل الجديد من ال " سعوديين " اتباع محمد بن سلمان و تركي ال شيخ
@@mohamedseif4310 الله يسامحك لا تغلط على السعوديه ولا تعمم لأن التعميم لغة الجهلاء. قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليَصْمُت) لذا اذا ما عندك شي طيب تقوله السكوت احسنلك اكفي الناس من شر لسانك وارحم نفسك من ذنوب تافهه. انهي عن المنكر هذا شيء كويس لكن السب والشتم في الرايح والجاي هذي قلة ادب وسوء خلق انت منت قاعد تنصح احد انت قاعد تتصيد على الناس اغلاطهم وتعمم وتتهم ناس مالهم دخل بذنوب غيرهم. لو احد سوا فيك الي انت تسويه في الناس راح تكره من قالك هذا الكلام. اذا عندك نصح تبغى تقوله قول ما عندك الا سب اتحفض به لنفسك.
@@iiReTr0Z تقول هذا الكلام لو كان السعوديين يقفون و يظهرون انهم لا يخافون الا الله و لكن السعوديين مبسوطين(اغلبهم و كل الظاهر منهم) من الوضع الحالي و ان ابن خادم الحرمين الشريفين ال المفروض يمثلنا ك مسلمين حرفيا يلهو و يلعب و هو لا يبالي بالامة ( طلع في احد اللقاءات الصحفة مع جريدة اجنبية و قال انه يمضي وقتا في لعب العاب الفيديو و وصف نفسه انه "gamer" ) كيف لا اتكلم و انا اري هذا الشخص يحكم السعودية و هي جوهرة الاسلام و انت تعلم حكامها قبلنا و تعلم مواقفهم و ان سيدنا عمر رضي الله عنه كان لا ينام الليل يبكي خوفا علي الامه الاسلامية و من جانب اخر تري الاتجاه "trend " في السعودية منذ فترة هو " فلسطين ليست قضيتي " و هو معروف جدا و انا لا اتحدث فقط في السعودية عن الحاكم فجميع حكام العرب غير جيدين و لكن الفرق بين بقية العرب و السعوديين ان العرب يعلمون ان حكامهم لا يدعمون الاسلام و العروبة و يدركون ذلك و لكن السعوديين لا يدرون عن ذلك شيئا (الا فئة قليلة جدا) و لا يهتمون بسبب انغماسهم ف الحياة الدنيا و ملذاتها و تفكر في كلامي جيدا و قارن بين السعودية الان و منذ 20 عاما و ستري الفرق واضحا جليا و الله اعلم
I am in Saudi Arabia and I have seen them
I've noticed these weird sentences while I didn't really think about them at first because I wasn't raised to be a Muslim I found my way to the Islamic religion a year ago. And also I don't usually judge what others do if they know it bad or not healthy, and its not harming me or anyone else I pay it no mind. Although there were some sentences that were really odd, I just thought they were ai generated. Well now i am more aware. I've been using a mixture of dualingo to remember the letters and lingq so I can learn the words sentence structure. If anyone has other resources to use for learning arabic, then let me know.
I think your concerns for children is good to have. But for my personal experience as an adult user. I have been studying duolingo regularly for over a year in the app, and I completed a big part of their courses, I only encountered weird sentence once. (It was about a man wearing a skirt). So as an adult user who has difficulty to start learning Arabic I think duolingo helped me a lot. But for childrens i agree that it's probably not a good app.
If a female character kept her hijab fully covering her hair and she was only shown doing housework, like cooking and cleaning, would you also consider that an agenda?
I'd also like to know
Of course but it is a good one. Just because the word " agenda" has a negative connotation doesn't mean that there aren't good agendas. I hope this helped, May Allah bless you.
Welp I don't see a problem to the man to cook but you don't understand this is our religion hijab it's not agenda it's a religion something from Allah if you are not Muslim so you dont have the right to say its agenda cause hijab is from Allah to muslims females so its not agenda
Welp the man can cook and maybe better than women I mean the famous she's are man's it's normal to man to cook and clean nothing wrong in this
@user-do5mm7lv2t how its a good men?? It proves islam men are just so fragile.
At 4:02 there's a sentence in German that says: "Meine Oma hat eine Freundin" which doesn't need to be translated in English to "My grandmother has a girlfriend", it can be translated to "My grandmother has a friend" (her friend being a girl, which is not unislamic)
Girlfriend in English also can be used to mean “friends who are female” I’ve seen many straight women use it that way
I thought this was going to be a video about the shortcomings of learning Arabic through Duolingo. Also you only managed to pull one example of "disturbing" sentences in Arabic, and it was "Nature is our mother."
1:39 “we are taking a vacation to Hell” i dont think it meant the Hell i think it meant Hell in Norway and that sentece is also Norwegian
I think the creator of the video is just going to ignore everyone pointing this out along with any other critiques of the video unfortunately
I'm learning Arabic because I enjoy languages and I like how Arabic looks and sounds, not because I am or want to be a Muslim, so duolingo suits me fine. Also some of the stranger sentences are good for learning and memorising words.
@@user-x5775 True, but duolingo is a language learning tool, not a religious guide. I'm glad that some Arabic learning sources teach the language separate from its religious affiliation.
Tbh, duolingo is almost useless for actually learning a language and speaking with natives. For one, you barely learn any grammar, you barely memorize vocabulary, and it won't help you out long term. There are alternatives, but they are a piece of the puzzle of learning a language, you shouldn't rely on one app for everything (reading, writing, hearing, speaking). I recommend you search up online resources for learning Arabic, and use them.
@@user-x5775there’s a ton of non muslim Arabs like Christians and atheists. Islam doesn’t own this language.
Read the Qur'ān with the English translation.
My experience learning arabic on Duolingo ... Honestly it didn't teach me a lot or gave me some pharse, grammatical exercise. It just so boring and too many notifications about the unrelated stuff such as position of league etc. I found better experience in learning arabic in alifbee, lingo deer, busu ... Or book like Baina yadaik and also KZhead ... Also I hate the energy thing to do exercise in Duolingo if you do 5 times mistakes you can't continue it. You have to purchase the premium. Honestly not really recommend Duolingo in learning Arabic but in Spanish it quite helps in beginner level.
Duolingo was never a good language learning tool not just for Arabic, but for other languages as well, such as Japanese and Korean. Besides the weird examples no one would use in real life, it sometimes teach you the wrong way of pronouncing words (this is the case with Japanese words with kanji). It also doesn’t understand the nuances in the language and will often say a native speaker in said language is “wrong”. I’ve never used it and probably never will.
Well personally, I have been having a great time learning Japanese with Duolingo. I know now how to tell and ask for the time, order food, ask for a location and much more. I feel like people should appreciate Duolingo more as it probably takes a long time and lots of work to generate, update and teach you a new language, even if you believe it's bad.
@@CinnxmonBubbles you can "learn" all of these and more from a 1 dollar Japanese phrase book (the kinds you often see in airports), with the added benefit that the phrase book is organized to be as useful for a tourist as possible. of course, you're not really learning so much as just repeating what the booklet says and hope the native speaker understands you. incidentally, someone made a review on the Japanese course. even after completing the course, which took a few months iirc, they were still far from being at an N3 level, and I have my doubt they would be at an N4. (for those who don't know, N4 is at a very beginner level)
@@mapl3mage N5 is beginner not N4
Ive only done romance languages and i havent had a problem with it
@@CinnxmonBubblesI'm totally with you on this. I don't understand the criticism about Duolingo. It is a free app that provides a huge handful of languages and is also regularly provided with updates. Duolingo helps me a lot to either learn new languages passively or actively or not to forget them
there is nothing wrong with men cleaning or cooking stuff it is literally basic human roles that we need to do them to survive. and even in islam men has to help his wife to cook and clean meanwhile she doesn't have obligotary to serve. +riding a motorcycle wont make you gay.
The Arabic language and Arabic poetry are a masterpiece, and translating it into English or any other language does not give you the full meaning because it is a complex and integrated language in all aspects. It has special rules, and for me, as an Arabic speaker, I will be happy to explain or teach this language to anyone.
Teach me Arabic please
@@saymasayma7911 Do you have Telegram, Instagram or Facebook?
I'm interested. I agree wholeheartedly that the language and its poetry are beautifully crafted. I am familiar with the Arabic letters so I can read and write Arabic but I have only a small amount of knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
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From where u learn arabic
I thought this was going to be a review about the arabic course itself on there. I'm not muslim and I don't really care about all these cosmetic things the app does I was just learning arabic on it. For the record I think the pacing on the arabic course is really slow compared to other ones and the volume is really quiet on the audio compared to other ones
What other apps have you used, if any?
@@sameensameen3333 none i only just started my arabic streak 30 days ago. To be honest I don't really need apps myself, my favourite way of learning languages is just listening to natives speak and copying what they do. I also like to learn all the grammar right away
Didn't expect someone from TWOW to be commenting on here, but to answer your question in a purely secular way, I don't really think you should be learning Arabic on Duolingo. Duolingo teaches very conversational Modern Standard Arabic (which is pretty much useless because you would only speak MSA in formal situations) while throwing in some grammar from other Arabic dialects, so the Arabic that you would learn is going to be limited to some rare scenarios. In my opinion, learning a language that uses the Latin alphabet (or even Cyrillic alphabet) on Duolingo is better than learning a language that uses a VERY different script to English.
I have recently stopped using Duolingo after being shown one of those sentences that show anti-islamic values thank you brother for spreading awareness
Allahumma barik, I find it's also a bad app for language anyway anyway.
Perhaps stop using KZhead too?
@@BarkaDono I agree
I am Muslim,but i have used this app to learn Spanish for about 2 months,what should i do?Should i delete it,but i can't find any app that is easier and free to use beside this
@@Alan-dq2hz Maybe you should find KZhead videos and learn from that
well i don't think they did this on purpose, because duolingo sentences are random and not made by humans, so i don't think they intended for it to be like this also because the sentences are random, there are sometimes very weird sentences like "i'm eating bread and crackers while crying" or "my daughter never showers"
If it goes against your religion just don't play it, saying something is wrong because it goes against your religion is oike me saying you cant eat fast food cause I'm on a diet
tbh i used it for 2 months when i started arabic and it helped with the basics. personally, i didn't pay attention to what the phrases were or the characters, just understanding new words and gramatical structure. i guess someone who pay more attention to the smaller details might get influenced
True, i also am using it to learn the Arabic alphabet and it really is effective!
I think the issues are mainly when it's used by kids. You can filter out things but kids don't.
@@FawadBilgrami Children should be protected by being kept as far away from Abrahamic religions as possible.
1:24 The part about alcohol/ham is not in Arabic, though. You showed examples of Spanish, Japanese, and English. You didn’t show one example of alcohol in Arabic.
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😂😂😂
1:39 as a norwegian, the explination for this is that we have a city named hell wich means (luck) in the norwegian language
جزاك الله خير ، قناتك رائعة جدا اعجبني التقديم الصوتي و المونتاج و المحتوى. استمر بالنشر
I used it for a while. I immediately noticed that the majority of their characters seem very... colorful. Then I started noticing the crazy sentences. The final straw was when they posted a gif on twitter, of the Owl shaking, with a caption making fun of people who got negative side effects from getting the j4b.
1:44 I’m not defending duo lingo or anything but hell is actually a city name in Norway and if you see on the top left corner there is Norway 🇳🇴 flag so it doesn’t mean actual hell I know the other ones are disturbing but that one is mistaken hopefully you find this comment and understand!
but the rest tho
@@Irfan__ yea your right, and I’m not defending duolingo it’s still bad but that one is mistaken
@@Irfan__ "nature is our mother". Seriously?
If it was actually talking about the city, it would have also said “hell” in the Norwegian section. But instead it says the actual word for hell in Norwegian
on 01:38 on the down corner “we’re going on a vacation trip to hell” well if u didn’t know “hell” is a place called in Norway but other then that IM NOT HESITATING
"My husband doesn't eat children" -this guy: "very disturbing" "everyone should eat children" - this guy probably
lmao
i guess it's an irony. in some countries there was an urban legend about jews eating children and drinking blood
The fact that the concept of eating children even comes up to be negated is ridiculous
In the beginning of using Duolingo I faced some LGBT promotional sentences, I immediately made a complain on the application review, I mentioned that almost all Arabic learners are practicing muslim and we are not tolerate such LGBT promo sentences, less than a week they changed it & eliminated such sentences & tgey even added sentences like In Sha Allah, Alhamdullilah, so kind advise to all the Muslims to not ignore but to make a complain when they meet such actions
Based
same except for spanish
W 😎
The isnt made for muslims.
@@scarletwarlock9325lemme guess it's for the 0.0001% of Arab atheistd
I have been using this app for the past year and 5 days away to a 400 day streak and it has helped me to learn tie Turkish and french but i totally agree with this video its for school so i can’t avoid it but i will definitely be even more cautious I have seen a lot of talk about wine and beer and thats the only thing I’ve witnessed but we should always be proactive with what we use to learn JazakAllah Khairan
Same thing here😢
Yeh you are right.
Yeah, this app isn't really outright anti-Islamic. It's just not necessarily made to specifically cater to Muslims. But I do agree that the Arabic seems pretty limited and specific and doesn't teach very necessary words early on. However, Duolingo is pretty good for Spanish.
Eger Türk bir arkadas ariyorsan ben buradayim!
What matters is DRINKING wine and beer, not learning how to say it. Anyone who's offended by that is just a straight up wimp. You already know how to say it in your own language, another language makes no difference
انا عربي واشاهد مقاطعكم الجميلة واصراركم على الالتزام بعقيدتنا الإسلامية وتعلم اللغة العربية لغة القرآن الكريم حقا انكم ابطال ثبت الله قلوبكم على طاعته
Being an Arabic speaker and being a Muslim are two different things. An Arabic speaker can be Christian, atheist, etc. the language is independent of religion, nationality, culture, etc. There is no strong / acceptable evidence that any religion is true, including Islam; religions are pure BELIEFS and nothing more than that; there may be people who claim to have experienced apparitions, dreams, etc. but they are only subjective experiences that can even be explained in ways that don't involve any religion. Also, the "evidences" that many religious people claim can be explained without involving any religion. So, you cannot impose a religion (belief) over science (reality / logical reasoning). I don't mean to be disrespectful to Muslims or other religious people, but we must accept this irrefutable fact. It makes sense that Duolingo reflects how the world works in real life, whether it is “correct” or not. The world is how it is, not how we want it to be. On the other hand, each person has different tastes when it comes to music, food, hobbies, movies, etc., and ѕех is no exception. Why would it be? It is important to note that NO ONE CHOOSES THEIR PREFERENCE, it is not anyone's fault to be attracted to men or women, it's just how one is, and I believe that any wise god would understand that, right? A person cannot change their preference at will, so it doesn't make sense to condemn them in any religion (and things like these only discredit religions even more). The application is educational, and education is not limited to languages; there are also aspects related to diversity (religious, ethnic, sexual, etc.), and it is logical for them to emphasize aspects that are less addressed in traditional education; in other words, what they do complements the educational process of users, normalizing respect and inclusion of any person regardless of their race, religion, culture, sexuality, etc. it is evident that this is something positive because no one chooses their race, sexuality (and many times not even their religion or culture), so it is not right to discriminate against people for things that are beyond their control. Many things are done in the name of religions, but from the perspective of logical reasoning (not religious), they are unethical; and as I said before, a religion is a belief, not a science (and we can only trust in science), and by “science” I mean “the pursuit of truth” (whatever that truth is).
@@Mirador2 صحيح ولكن اللغة العربية عرفت لغة الاسلام بسبب نزول القرآن الكريم بها
@@Mirador2 ولكن بشكل عام تطبيق دولينغو يتعمد الإساءة إلى الأديان وإلى الفطرة الإنسانية فلو انه تطبيق عادي لتعليم اللغة وحسب ويريد أن يقرب التعليم عبر الشخصيات الخيالية المقتبسة من الواقع فعليه أن يلتزم بعدم الإساءة اليها أو إلى شعائرها ففي الرسوم الكرتونية إساءة واضحة إلى الإسلام وليس إلى العرب وإلى فطرة الكون وليس إلى علم فإن كان الشذوذ علم فسحقا له ولمن وصفه به الدين الصحيح (الاسلامي )هو علم ولاسيما انه من عند الله تعالى
this is either a joke (the spanish or vanish ones) or real
also the Duolingo sentences are funny
extra note: atleast I am atheist
When a service is free, you are the product.
Like windows nowadays or those free ad-filled games.
If you really understand it then why you don't uninstall the KZhead in case if you're not a premium user
May Allah bless you and your team. I can't speak Arabic at all (except prayer), so your videos help a lot and in general these kind of things are just helpful. Inshallah we'll see us in Jannah🤲☝Allahu Akbar
May Allah facilitate you Arabic 101 can teach you arabic inshAllah
Ameen
آمين
My dear brother...i can give you one tip..and thats arabic is better leanred from a human its easier face to face not an app or a website
Ammen
I once was using Duolingo and I saw a weird sentence it was: Anny was stealing underpants again 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
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That's insane. I am learning Arabic language from Duolingo. Nothing anti Islam I found in it.
Of course not. This is just a Muslim idiot who believes women shouldn't get out of their homes and let their damn hair be visible 😒
I fully completed arabic course on it - I LEARNED ALMOST NOTHING. I couldn't instantly understand Quran after finishing it, I cannot talk for even simplest topics with someone - I stayed same as before, so it doesn't give me anything lol. which is really helpful as my findings now - doing anki cards and buy some grammar rules book. ON DUOLINGO NO GRAMMAR, so what's the point for you to waste time there? duo is okay for several lessons for get into language and learn characters and some constructions - after that in my opinion u should leave it and find more valuable sources for learning language there is no problem on me, if you will look to course structure and overall words which they covers - all of them are extremely unsignificant and you will not get something major from it. Duolingo is best place for learn characters only imho, nothing more than it
@@user-tj2rx8vp3ti don't know why you can't speak arabic after completing the course. Iam in the second stage, and I can almost lead a normal conversation. Iam not saying that u can understand Quran by learning Arabic through Duolingo since Qur'an is different... But for leading a basic convo in arabic, this app is helpful for me.
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I've been using the app for 536 days straight and I am a Muslim. What I want to say is that this entire video from start to finish is just BS. Not only have I never encountered any of these phrases likely because Duolingo is constantly updating their app for the better, but also because this app is doing a huge favour to those who can't afford a decent language education. And this exactly is why I avoid these kinds of toxic propaganda arabic creators even though I am a fully committed muslim who certainly doesn't endorse any of the "bad things" in the video. But what I believe is that a bunch of cartoony characters existing to make learning more fun are NOTHING in the face of getting educated. This video didn't teach me anything and will get a dislike.
Also a Muslim and I agree with you. It's also been confirmed that a lot of the content is AI generated.
I'm a Muslim and I really wanna learn Arabic, thanks!
Atheist, and thank you. I was worried they were teaching the language badly or something.
@@genzi78514 Lol, Don't worry. But anyway try something else than Duolingo, The App is good at the beggining, but then they repeat and repeat the same 6 sentences in one unyt, so it kinda get boring.
Yea same , just so wrong info
BarakAllahu feek akhi for sharing this important warning. May Allah bless you with firdaus for all your wonderful videos ❤
Thank you brother for this advice. Though, it's actually I think a running gag online for some of those "disturbing" sentences. But the others - yes, we should be mindful.
I have read that the idea of "surprising" or weird sentences are considered helpful for remembering new words, but am not sure if that's the idea behind it!
@@ancientromewithamy well if you are not sure then dont comment about it
@@ateez.forever8 Oh, I am quite sure there is at least an MIT study suggesting this. I am not sure of DuoLingo's intent, but I suspect they are doing it for this reason.
Jazak Allahu Kharyan, I have been using it for a while for learning Arabic and it isnt worth it so much. It's going to learn the basics such as the alphabet but otherwise it's better to use actual services or even learn from a course. The agendas that they are promoting are very clear, their social media pages promote LGBT. Instead, There are a ton of playlists online for the medina arabic books and I have begun learning from them and its been very beneficial so far.
Can u give an example of playlist you are using please ?
Yes please, provide the link or let us know the channel name. JazakaAllah khair
Totally agree. I did the full course and I can't still understand a native speaker or speak Arabic fluently. Don't waste your time if you already can read and write Arabic.
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Bro took duolingo sentences serious 😂
either overly sensitive or just plain stupid
blud lost his 2000 day streak💀☠💀☠💀☠
Bro you didnt even watch do not use duolingo 😐😑
بارك الله فيك I've never installed the app myself but have seen some people use it and it really didn't take long to suspect that there's something genuinely wrong with the sentences and the characters that they are portraying.
💯 you're right, I'm learning german and I notice all these issues May Allah protect and guide us
I am dissappointed because I expected this to be a critque about the actual correctness of the language used by Duolingo and if it is good for learning the language naturally or not. Honestly some of the things you mentioned as offensive and harmful aren't really. The Quran (and also other religious texts like the bible) weren't created in our modern era so it is normal that our ideas and values evolved since and ignoring that is the most harmful thing here
This video was quite clearly aimed towards people of a conservative, or religious leaning. Especially those who have young children that maybe using it. Surely, even someone so "liberal minded" as you would find it disturbing to come across sentences like "eating children" and sentences involving the word "die". We all have differing beliefs and principles, this video wasn't targeting people like you. Get over it.
Jazakallahu Khairan for the warning akhi, Duolingo does contain many objectionable sentences and I do believe many of them are not AI-generated but made by contributors. Anyway, I use the app because I find that the benefit to me specifically outweighs the harms - I have found effective ways of using it for language learning and am not affected by its objectionable material. Also, learning how to recognize certain objectionable material in the language you are learning has some of its own value - you will be able to be aware of what is being said if it is unIslamic. May Allah guide us and bless you for your amazing channel.
I have been using it for more than an year and the things that mentioned do not happen very often but there's one thing I've noticed lately that when we complete a lesson they say "take a bow" and the characters bow to eachother, that's something I find kinda disturbing
Part of Japanese tradition, bet you feel threatened by them
May Allah bless you akhi, I warned my little sister about this (she's 10) and got her to delete the app instantly. Thank you for warning us brother
Just before I was going to use it! thank you. Jazakallah Khairin
If you're so worried about protecting children, stop forcing them into marriage.
@@morbidsearchnobody’s doing that, also crazy you said that without knowing the person. Don’t watch if you don’t like.
JazakAllahz Khayran for this eyes opening video. But just want to mention that whenever we come across a problem, let's try to come up with a solution that goes with it (if we have one, of course), because otherwise it leaves a bad atmosphere and for example after this video someone may no longer be motivated to learn the Arab language, when that's clearly not the author's aim. This reminder is for me first and foremost. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu
The best thing would be for us to try and create an app on-par with duolingo or babbel... but specifically for "Muslim languages" (that is, languages that Muslims usually speak, especially the "main 5"... Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Malay, Urdu).
of course there are other important languages too... Amazigh, Hausa, Somali and so on... I'm just giving quick examples
The channel that posted this literally is dedicated to teaching proper Arabic. People just don't want to put in the time and effort, that's their problem.
I thank you for the aid you have given me before, but I see no point in judging them. In their core they are trying to be inclusive and teach someone a language. A simple tool like this is not and never will be impactful enough to change the values we teach our kids. Unless there already is doubt in them. But if there already is doubt in them, then this would just add something minor to that. We, as adults, as parents, uncles, aunt's, neighbors, need to give the right example to the next generation on what the right values are. And we should put ourselves above small things like this. For in the end, the judgement is for none but Allah.
I speak Norwegian and I saw that at 1:41, that woman saying: We are going on a vacation trip to Hell. I think Duolingo has made a wrong translation. You see Hell is a city in Norway, it also means luck in Norwegian. Uhell means accident or bad luck. Helvete means Hell like in English, in Norwegian it has a whole other meaning. But the rest like these looks very fyck£d up
Doesnt she actually say Helvete though?
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Funny that Duolingo Threatened about Kidnapping your family if you missed 4 or 5 lesson
Thank u for telling us to keep us safe I am also a Muslim so thank u so so much
I used it to learn more about English and French... I saw a few examples of these... But after this video I know it wasn't a few examples... I'm deleting it 🤝🏻👍🏻♥️
Im going to be as respectful as possible here, and yes i agree that duolingo is pushing this "agenda" deliberately, however i do not see the issue with it. First of all the weird sentences are a learning tactic since you remember a strange sentence more than a boring one. Duolingo knows this and that's why they have so many weird sentences. Second Duolingo showcases not mainly the cultural but the everyday side of things mostly, and lgbt people exist everywhere so it is a big part of daily life for a lot of people. Duolingo knows its pushing a new age agenda and its doing it for the sake of publicity of course, but also to better the life of others and promote acceptance, and to educate people like you about how other people not in your country, not living by your rules and ethicises live. Duolingo isn't "going against Muslim tradition" it is just showcasing all sides/people of the world, there is just as much arabic/muslim/asian/hebrew/african/etc representation as lgbt, if anything duolingo is very centered in terms of politics, choosing to shows all sides instead of censoring everything.
1:09 Arabic101, please note that this app ( duolingo ) is NOT just for arabs, it is for EVERYONE ( but the baby drinking wine or beer is not normal ) and Hell is a place in norway ( Hell is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway )
I actually am currently using it to learn Arabic but I guess I won't anymore. Thanks! Actually, what you're saying is true. It promotes some homosexual behaviour as well. I haven't seen anything as weird as what was shown in this video though.
Me too
Same here
Maybe they're only present in later levels? I'm not sure though, I don't remember seeing anything that supports the LGBT whilst learning German, then again I didn't make it too far (I still saw stuff like wine/beer portrayed in it though)
@@CephenJane tbf germany is known for beer
@@alexbrookma True that
Jazakallaahu khyran for the heads-up. I downloaded it a few days ago because it seemed beneficial, but I just deleted it.
Thank you so much brother for making awareness about Duolingo , jazakallah khair
Sorry akhi... but arabic and islam is 2 different things...and all of this doesnt have any relation with learning ARABIC 🤷🏻♀
I know
@@Isuckatgoodprofilepicture so? did i tag u ? or u crack ?
You did tag me!
@@Isuckatgoodprofilepicture wait..do u have eyes ?
Yeah
May Allah bless you, and reward you for your efforts to bring awareness to this issue.
اَمين
❤
You look muslim like me
اليس كذلك؟
It’s not related.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
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1:05 "When God invented beauty he was inspired by you" My new pick up lines
Thank you for telling us to be cautious about the app and spreading the news
I use Duolingo to learn Indonesian and Spanish, so far, I haven't seen any weird sentences written in. And I am very glad about that. 😊
Apakabar?
same i dont have weird sentences in duolingo
pakabar masbro? bagaimana hidupmu?
I have found some weird in Arabic, but I don't care of them. My focus is only at learning something.
In his logic, true masculinity is sitting lazily all day without doing anything because apparently it’s wrong for a man to do house chores.
In that case, let's not use KZhead.
I use Mango Languages. Most public libraries offer it through having a library card, but it's $10.99 if yours doesn't. They teach MSA along with dialects of Arabic. They don't use mascots and it's really helpful in learning.
Quite a rabbit hole... I thought it would be something like "It is wrong/misleading on advanced language", not "wiman without hijab haram"
I have been using Duolingo for more than 2 years, yes i agree with you
Bro agreed, but still used it for 2 years 💀
Alhamdulillah. JAK for giving attention to this serious matter. I stopped using it the day i discovered a male talking about his husband (a few years ago). Actually, i was attempting to learn Spanish at the time.
People using duolingo are trying to learn a language not a religion or belief system. Duolingo is also based in The United States of America so they will not show suppression of women in anyway nor should they need too as it does not claim to be teaching religious beliefs. The people that contribute to the app are most likely citizens of the USA so they may not have the more traditional belief system still practiced in other countries. I doubt it was meant to be offensive. After the learner gets a grasp on the language they can and probably will learn about the culture behind it through the appropriate resources. Duolingo is a resource for people that cannot justify spending money to learn a new language or maybe they simply cannot afford it. Though it has it's flaws, several in fact, duolingo is hardly corrupting the minds of young people in my opinion.
Thank you very much. I am a Muslim and from Morocco. I did not know or even think about this. I was just ignoring these sentences, but thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. I am a native Arab and did not think about this. So how about you, my friend? I was truly amazed. Thank you again.
Thank you man. I'll do what I can to warn my friends.
I definitely agree with you can't learn arabic from duolingo because most of us want to learn it for religious purposes but you can use it to learn other languages I never experienced the dark side shown in this video when I learnt chinese
The fact that when i watch this video, i got a duolingo ad, this is scary-
DO YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE IF YES PRACTICE YOUR DUOLINGO LESSONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aside from the memes. this content is really serious review bro
@@muhammadfarhan2947those photos he put in the video are fake people made those
I lost my family because I missed one lesson 😞
hell is a city in norway and that german sentence " meine Oma hat eine Freundin " is not LGBT, Freundin in German language could mean girl friend (friendship) so I wouldn't worry about that. it could mean girlfriend like a lover too. but yes you are right about other things Selam brother🙏🏻
Jazakallahu khair Brother, the fact that you're warning about this is great.
I truly believe that some of these sentences in Duolingo are meant to be funny. It is meant to capture attention and teach you words.
OMG, JazakAllah Khair so so so much brother!! May Allah reward you abundantly, Ameen! Did not know this before! Will delete or be catious from now on, In Sha Allah! Again, JazakAllah Khair!!! And ik there might be some negative comments, but I hope you stand strong and spread awareness! JazakAllah Khair so much, May Allah bless you and us too, Ameen!!
If you google "weird duolingo sentences" you will get what you asked for. Weird sentences. but infact only a small portion of actual practice is strange. Also, just because something is seen as "against values" of any sort doesn't mean you shouldn't know how to say it at all! It is not weird to say that someone is gay or that someone is non-binary, or to have a male character do chores or a female character ride a motorcycle. Saying it is pushing bad values upon children is to push your bad values onto others.
I never used this app but everytime i open youtube, i was getting the ad for duolingo... so the timing of your video is perfect. Really thankful to you...May Allah reward you good for this effort
It's high time team Arabic 101 designed your application that will help us review and internalize your amazing materials ...May Alloh make it easy for you to spread the teachings of our deen, especially the Qur'an..... Looking forward to the app....
Fun fact hell is actually a place in earth
They took learn every word in other languages to another level. I asked Duolingo and Google Translator how to say PXRN in Russian💀
Please never delete this channel or its videos. I intend to make them my primary reference for learning Arabic and understanding Allah's message. May Allah grant you the greatest reward.
Thank You for caring for our communities❤️
Thanks for the app review. I also am hesitant to use the app because how my voice data and contacts upload might be stored, used, or shared. Do you find any weaknesses in their privacy policy?
"The baby wants to drink beer." Me: IS IT GERMAN BEER? IF YES, GIMME IT.
I want a German made beer
Kindly suggest some good and ethical language learning apps or websites etc for learning french , spanish , arabic etc... , Jazak'Allah khair 😊
SubhanAllah....I just recently (2 weeks maybe) downloaded it and the reason is to learn Arabic...But wow right video at right time ... Edit: And I saw many bad sentences (not anti-islamic but nonsense ) but ingored them ...now I am going to delete this app Jajakallahum Khairan
All the examples you point out are NOT in arabic, and those which are (like الطبيعة امنا) are really not that awful. Considering the fact that Arabic as a language isn't unique to Islam, but a language that also many christians and even non believers speak, and that most of the people who use Duolingo aren't even muslim but just want to learn a new language, it is pretty fine from this perspective.
I haven't run into those more disturbing sentences myself, but I do get what you mean. They do have some unusual ones like Il serpente mangia la torta (The snake eats the cake), although the unusuality of these seems to be a tool they use to help you remember. Not being Muslim, I can't vouch for the nature of the 2 middle-eastern characters they sport (how they look, etc.), but I will say that if they are going to depict culturally-inspired characters, that they need to be respective per that culture. I have noticed in the German lessons that they do give examples of same-sex marriage and such, saying things like "His husband", etc. Reading the guides behind the lessons, they mention that such relationships are semi-common in Germany, and I don't know if that is even true or not or if it's to buffer the modern western agenda, but it seems to be the idea behind that, because I haven't noticed such sentences in the other languages I've been working on in there. I will say the Italian talks a LOT about food, and it is a large part of their culture and somewhat understandable, but perhaps a little heavily stereotypical. As a Christian, I agree we need to be watchful of these things, especially where kids and teens are involved, because there is already so many influences in today's society that can be damaging.
ما شاء الله تبارك الله جزاكم الله خيراً