Some wacky translations..
I love how the Duo algorithm produces some truly wacky scenarios. Sometimes I'll get a translation so silly I have to picture in what context I would ever say that exact sentence and it just tickles me, like "Why is the cat eating oranges?" or "The bear is wearing her dresses."
My day could use a brightening and I just wondered if anyone else had any more funny examples to share :)
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Help, the horse is eating the holy potato! Hilfe, das Pferd frisst die heilige Kartoffel!
I can not hear you since I have cinnamon rolls in my ears.(Jag hor dig inte eftersom jag har kanelbullar i oronen)
my fav was 'cows do not wear hats' I laughed out loud and thought to myself, no they do not Duo
I also loved "Fish don't drink orange juice!".. the exclamation made it sound like I was the one to suggest such a ridiculous notion, and how dare I insinuate such a thing!!
The cats are showing a skirt to the woman. :) I know they want us to practice our Dative and Accusative, but jeesch. :)
From the Danish course: "Pigen drikker mandens saft." "The girl drinks the man's juice."
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Yeah, there are some good ones. One of my favorites was "Der Junge isst dreiundzwanzig Käfer" ("The boy is eating twenty three beetles").
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I've collected some of the best I've seen here: https://www.facebook.com/hans.persson/media_set?set=a.10154937382952333.1073741860.555017332&type=3
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my fav is from the French-Russian course: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/17499034
L'homme, ayant une femme, est heureux. = Мужчина, имеющий женщину, счастлив. (The man, having a woman, is happy)
the funny thing about it is that in Russian имеющий means having but in slang it also means f***ing :D
HELP, THERE'S A BUNCH OF ZOMBIES CHASING ME!!!= HILFE, ES GIBT EINE BUNTE ZOMBIES, DIE MICH SPRINGEN!!!
Actually it(Duolingo) throwing non-standard answers is good because although you will probably never use such a sentence, it helps you in figuring out how certain things(words) fit together in sentences.
Also Try This:
Was wenn "bist" ist tatsächlich die "du" Konjugation von "bi".
This is a question I often ask myself, the English is: What if "bist" is actually the "du" conjugation of "bi". Because du adds -st, although bi is not a german word.
