"Han er som han er."

Translation: He is what he is.

[marvincorea]

and that's all he can be.

[Erikash]

Why not 'he is like he is.'?

[diego_d]

That was accepted for me (23.11.2014)

[karen8896]

Would like to know that as well :s

[behzad579649]

Me too

[hrclbm]

Is it valid, "he us who he is"?

[Louisa219]

That would be "han er hvem han er", but meaning-wise you could argue both are similar enough to work

[MMuhr]

What context would someone use this sentence in?

[Ninoney]

everytime someone is philosophizing about life

[MMuhr]

Hvorfor er hesten en alkoholiker? Han er som han er.

[Ninoney]

Haaha i think this is what i wanted to say aswell :D Livets betydning.

[IanWitham1]

"Jeg er hvem jeg er" says Popeye the Sailor Man.

[alee4th]

Is "Det er som det er" ever used?

[Ninoney]

Yes it can totally be used :D My danish friend made me sure about it too.

[carolinefhdk]

yes, but "det" means "it"

[WhimsicalRam]

It is what it is.

[ladidido]

Can you say "han er hvad han er?"

[varkentje123]

What does this mean? I thought it means "He is who he is", but that's not accepted.

[Jenn749479]

In the last sentence som translated as like, in this sentence it translated as what. Why does the same word {som} translate with two completely different meanings?

[TheCanadianDane]

This is a frustrating one to speak since the speech doesn't detect duplicate words and I have to hit "Can't Speak Now" to get past it, which messes up my future lessons. Can you please fix this?

[PaulFinlow]

20 repeated attempts to repeat this phrase failed. I do fine on most of the speech tests. I have absolutely no idea what I'm saying wrong.

[DragonNights]

I can't speak for the technical side of things, but when I'm doing French speaking lessons I've noticed that repeat words don't get marked in blue. It might be the same issue here. You're probably not saying it wrong, but the system doesn't acknowledge that you're saying all of the words.
You could fill out a bug report here: https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

[PaulFinlow]

Thanks for that, I'll follow it up.