"Ana mănâncă un canar."

[nunes89]

Why, Ana, why?

[ID-007]

That's easy... Because the chicken already crossed the road!-) Too bad for the canary...

[grey-sparkle1995]

Let's hope she's a cat and not a human.

[alfredo-martin]

Yes, Ana, the cat.

[barkerd32]

I thought the same thing. Unfortunately, as you probably now know, it turns out later that Ana is, in fact, a human. "Goodnight Duolingo."

[RogelioBL1]

Exactly!

[Arcaeca]

I was expecting it to be a cognate with the French canard "duck", but nope... apparently in Romania they eat canaries...

[ID-007]

Unfortunately, the Romanian word for duck (rață) comes from serbo-croatian roots! But don't give up, there are plenty of animal names that have common roots with the other Romance languages...

[AmarPr]

Serbo-croatian? I am a native speaker, and duck is patka in serbo-croatian. Don't see how is that connected with rață....

[ID-007]

Well, the Romanian DEX refers to raca as a likely origin and so does the English wiktionary...

http://www.webdex.ro/online/dictionar/ra%C8%9B%C4%83

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ra%C8%9B%C4%83

Maybe you can tell us the difference between raca and patka.

[AmarPr]

Raca is Slovenian. Didn't know that either. That is a probable South Slavic influence.

[oord0]

except it's rață in romanian :p

[arno22arno]

me too...

[A.Igor]

Yes, I thought the same )))) and because Ana eats it )))

[cosmo-pedant]

In English now, a canard is a rumor, an unfounded story. Ana nu . . . .

[Schattenparker]

But that is a different bird. French canard is a duck, not a canary. Similar idea as quack.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/canard

[apgdl]

How did I end up in the weird part of Duolingo again?

[Hatul_Madan]

Is Ana a female cat?

[WesleyAlcoforado]

I hope so ahahahah

[grey-sparkle1995]

Otherwise that'd be very disturbing.

[TseDanylo]

Ana pisica

[pixsel]

with mustard i suppose...

[_Dimitris_]

lol, Ana did the dirty job for Sylvester.

[RobertEddy]

Ana este o pisica.

[couvertrash]

Șufferin' șuccotaș!

[SimonMHutch999]

I am very disappointed that the Rom for hamster is hamster....

[JonEnMiljon]

Another word for hamster is 'hârciog', that is the word for hamster that Memrise taught me... I don't know which is more common.

[dont_tread_on_me]

In Hungarian we use hörcsög (pronounced almost like hârciog) all the time. I cannot tell for 100% sure for Romanian but Wikipedia uses hârciog too so I would go with that.

[xrebekahx]

Hârciog sounds so cool, I love that

[CaduArle]

Is it tasty?

[ID-007]

If you use a lot of garlic!

[mandariiific]

Two garlics? :D

[KbraBass]

For Romanians it MUST be raw.

[TseDanylo]

Delicious!

[Panchete1]

Poor canary! Well... this sounds funny for a canary like me (in Canary Islands the people is known as "canarios"). Btw... this romanian course is quite original in the vocabulary (the animals and food were very different compared to other Duo courses).

[splittongue]

You may not know, but is not the canary bird that gives its name to Canary Islands. When first explorers got there they found the islands full of dogs, so they name it so (dog=canis). There is some debate actually, some assume that the dogs could not get there, and the name in fact came from seals (Lat: canis marinus, sea dog).

And yes, romanian girls eat everything! Beware! :P

[Panchete1]

You're right. The "can" from Canary islands is not from "canary" but "canis" (dog). In fact, the Canary flag has 2 dogs. But the demonym for canary people is called "canario", exactly like the yellow bird, that is also called canario in spanish. A canary woman would be a "canaria".

[KbraBass]

They dogs are actually "Mastiffs" to be more precise.

[joebobpaul]

Ana must be a cat

[Izabela_K]

shock and horror on Thanksgiving day...

[benedict6666666]

canarys are delicious you should try one some time

[BryanLeeDavidson]

That funny. I am glad Duolingo uses humor. :)

[EmmaMitche89062]

Oh yes, Duo likes to make us laugh (and cry sometimes).

[dieprinzessin]

As I said before after Duo I start doubting on Romanian kitchen :D

[Schattenparker]

Actually, Anna is a language teacher dedicated to Chomsky's approach, going to great lengths to make sure you'll really absorb that grammar from unusual combinations - Let's hope that canary will stick, too (with that form of eating in third person)

[JamesMcGirk]

A very odd sentence...

[quacksonquackson]

Of course THIS is the one that has comments on it and not "hamsterul vorbește romăna." Hm...

[dreforall]

wtf Ana o_O

[Meganbrayt1]

Can happen in Romania people are starving especially in the winter. Maybe she didn't eat for a few days and no one in town would give her anything. So she went home and was looking at that bird like f### it Im going to make ciorba de perisoare from you my feathery friend.

[Ser229339]

Ha-ha-ha, ce glumă...

[JABL-BCL]

OK that made me giggle. Dark humour ftw!

[Anthony387731]

I lived in Bucharest for 6 years and traveled through out the country. I never saw canary on any menu be it at a restaurant or home cooked.

[Ser229339]

Să înțelegem că ai luat în serios propoziția...?!?

[Meganbrayt1]

Cu sărăcia extremă din România nu mă îndoiesc că cineva ar mânca un canar.

[Beatles-Musician]

I bet on duck but it was wrong :/ sadly no connection

[ID-007]

Unfortunately, the Romanian word for duck (rață) comes from serbo-croatian roots!

Edited: According to AmarPr, it is most likely Slovenian roots. So, let's make it Slavic roots!

[AnCatDubh]

‘Bones and all?’

‘Bones and all.’

[GScottOliver]

Ce n'est pas un bruant ortolan. (2018-09-27)

[Herb842847]

Is Anna by any chance a cat?

[ID-007]

In English, there are jokes and expressions about "Cats eating canaries" that go back to 1800s. For example, see:

https://idiomation.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/cat-that-ate-the-canary/

What the author(s) of the sentence had in mind is for them to explain...

[Fremor123]

OH NO ANA WHY STOP

[Stevetheba]

Yum yum...anna

[Ser229339]

Actually, Ana is a a owl... Maybe, Duo's girlfriend...

[GScottOliver]

2018-09-27 Really, Duo, you're going to mark me completely wrong for spelling Ana as "Anna"?

[EmmaMitche89062]

That's bad luck. I spelt it the same way, and wasn't marked wrong, but was shown the alternative spelling of Anne. Hmm.

[JABL-BCL]

It's possible they might have seen the post by @GScottOliver and added "Anna" as an alternative... but it also maybe depends on the format. If you are asked to translate it from English to Romanian or from Romanian to English, or whether you are writing down the Romanian you heard IN Romanian... But it's still a bit harsh, either way.

[compsognathus]

Ah, these Romanian sentences are strange. Let's hope Anne is a cat.

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

is canary edible?

[jl45a]

what?????????

[kadaml]

it's savage

[annoula26]

what? :P :P

[Jinxedfoxy]

I thought maybe it was carne (which I know isn't an animal). Humans do not eat canaries!

[AlexandraP254644]

Who did compose such sentences?

[JABL-BCL]

Wow! blinks Cold, Ana, very cold.

[Irina317869]

Ana is a canibal!

[rockyroo121]

Quick snack

[guppynico2]

I suppose it's an acquired taste

[OnkelD]

Ana is the cat who swallowed the canary ;)

[MattCK79]

Ana should seek professional help.