"أَسْكُن في مِعْطَف بُنِّيّ واسِع."

Translation: I live in a spacious brown coat.

[cindysoria5]

why not, if a lion can eat a tv, why can't i live in a coat

[Ciryando]

I think it's an optimistic way of saying "I am homeless"

[Salsmachev]

This English sentence is quite confusing.

[Christoph55835]

أَسْكُنُ فِي مِعْطَفٍ بُنِّيٍّ واسِعٍ.

Well, it sounds confusing in Arabic too but the translation seems to be correct. Duolingo is often using this kind of quirky sentences (like "My computer is my cat's chair ..."). I think they are doing this on purpose. Maybe it helps people to remember new words :-)

[siamco]

It makes the lessons amusing, so we don't get bored.

[MahsayY]

Yes I think so, cuz sometimes you can guess the answer by the rest of the sentence

[MedAmine]

No sense for humains. but if i read it in a novel about a little mouse for exemple ...

[jelff2]

Actually, this sort of thing does get said in English, but usually in the third person, as in, " he lives in that ugly brown coat." It makes as much sense as, " He never takes that coat off," which, of course, couldn't possibly be true, yet we all understand the meaning.

I don't know if this is a common phrase in Arabic (I haven't encountered it before), but I do know that it made everyone here pay close attention to the word معطف. And I've been around long enough to know that crazy things get said regularly in all languages.

[Babiole]

Am I a mouse?

[marziye11862]

It's kinda usefull :)
l'l never gonna forget معطف!!!

[Mubarak387174]

Ikr!

[Malvazija]

Thanks duo for giving us this useful sentences.
How about,Today I'm wearing an apartment.

[KatieC993112]

English people DO talk of living in a garment, to denote you love it.

[nataly_haddad]

معطف is coat
How can someone live in a coat..

[Yashanna1]

There is an old dutch song about two moths living in an old coat...

[KatieC993112]

It's a metaphor. It doesn't mean he cooks his dinner etc in it.

[Elisabeth177506]

this doesn't make sense to me

[ConchiCastillo]

Welcome to Duolingo's eccentric method! It might be an acquired taste for some, but it works (and you might just start to like it).

[DonnaFujie]

So odd, that's why I can't answer it

[SalamAl-Ma]

Brown and spacious is same as spacious brown

[The_Dutch_Girl]

Not grammatically.

[The_Dutch_Girl]

When is أسكن used vs أعيش ?

[Carol-Canada]

The_Dutch_Girl.....

Askun=(اسكن)means I live in a place ==I live in a big house(اسكن في بيت كبير) or I live in France( اسكن في فرنسا) ,and the word masken(مسكن)=means house and it is derived from the work askun,,,

The word a3eesh (اعيش) is about life=I live happily because I have money and good friends(اعيش بسعاده لان عندي المال والاصدقاء الجيدين)

I see that you are learning French too
So I can explain it better,..
Askun = means j'habite .( in French language, from the verb habiter....BUT..
A3eesh= means=je vis. (in French language, from the verb vivre..)..

I hope I made it clear for you

[The_Dutch_Girl]

That was a great explanation, thank you! :)

[Carol-Canada]

you are very welcome

[KatieC993112]

Thank you, lovely Carol-Canada!