"Je le lui expliquais tous les jours, il était si bête !"

Translation: I used to explain it to him every day; he was so stupid!

[KvitfjellMann]

that's a nice sentence to be taught.

[doublelingot]

I explained it to him every day. He was so stupid!

[Kevin968039]

hmm..I'm thinking I might have been the inspiration for this exercise

[Christine54477]

That's a very unkind way to speak about someone.

[bee165823]

I think that Duolingo should stop constructing sentences to translate that are demeaning to people.

[jwhero]

Don't use "he's so stupid." Duo doesn't recognize contractions.

[rstrobach]

I think using "stupid" is a little too strong. Dumb is better. Stupide in French and estupido in Spanish, I think, are similarly strong. Bête and tonto (in Spanish) are milder insults like dumb. Could they all translate as "silly"? None of these are nice things to say, I realize. What do people think?

[pammyhaslam]

Dumb is a slang American expression. Dumb in English refers to a non speaking person, but is not often used now since it has a jarring effect. The American use has changed our meaning.

[NimMcCoan]

Using the term "dumb" you describe a someone who's non verbal has always had negative connotations.

[jessArdeche]

"Dumb" is not an appropriate word. It's discriminatory and ableist.
It shouldn't be included here and I seriously hope they're not teaching it to English language learners

[--Roody--]

Omg. "Dumb" has meant stupid for at least 100 years. It is now ablist to call somebody with a speech disability dumb, but not the other way around!

[Kevin968039]

@jessArdeche,

as a registered idiot, I think I'm more offended by the word police taking away my freedom of word choice than I am of being called stupid or dumb.
I'm glad you have a moral code, but please don't forcefully inflict your opinion on others~ it tends to take away their own opinions, and that's an even greater offense.
Thank you.