"Wajah kamu mencemari pemandangan di sini."

Translation:Your face pollutes the view here.

August 21, 2018

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mschwabnz

The sentence sounds offensive.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/svLjZvvx

That is true. I would not like to say this to anyone when on a visit to Indonesia


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BarefootB

Sometimes the English translations make me laugh... this is one of them. I suggest to change it into: 'your face spoils the view here'. More appropriate, more to the point


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mars824834

This is a very akward sentence in either language


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rizki202

omg im lughing my ass off


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LaszloBoer

Correctly: I'm (I am) laughing my arse off. Since we are learning...


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BranchVinc

That's not very nice


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Angela106015

Poor English translation. Pemandangan means scenery or view.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ms.Fixer

OMG. We also have a similar sick burn phrase in Japanese: 面汚し (tsura yogoshi)... 面 means face and 汚し means disgrace/contamination. I really didn't want to find the similarity, but probably we may hear this phrase from Indonesian TV dramas, I guess.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/judy967009

❤❤❤?! Who would say this??


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mapmanic

You've obviously never been a teenage boy. This is a great "burn" to use on your pals!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Koparoma

We would be more likely to say in English "Your face/head blocks/spoils the view here"??


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/XavierLamb9

Nakalnya! Jangan pernah menjelekkan siapapun! Lol


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/learner2608

Sebagai penutur asing, sebaiknya jangan menggunakan kalimat ini terutama dengan orang yang belum kamu kenal dekat.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LaszloBoer

This needed a smart phone app to be taught to future generations. A payed app. Great value.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/matamalam

Duolingo is for free


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/debbbv

This is savage


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mapmanic

Indonesians have great senses of humor. Wouldn't worry about offending anyone.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Hans726

Spoils the view should be acceptable as well


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/dwOxHTZv

This sentence is cruel and offensive.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TCdot

Dang! Burn! Haha.....I love the humor in these Indo lessons. So weird how easily offended people are...


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/falcon074

Indeed this sounds rude :p But for Indonesians, especially those who really are close and in peer age, it's like a cheap joke. Teenagers use this kind of joke sometimes.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RyanJustin2

Yeah. Like my mom use to tell me i made a better door than a window when i was blocking her view lol


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Galgje

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