In short, if you're a Muslim don't use Duolingo if you don't like having to see stuff that goes against your religion. If you're a non-Muslim learning Arabic on Duolingo be careful using some of their example phrases in an Arab country if they contradict Islamic values.
1:09 Arabic101, please note that this app ( duolingo ) is NOT just for arabs, it is for EVERYONE ( but the baby drinking wine or beer is not normal ) and Hell is a place in norway ( Hell is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway )
I have learned Arabic on youtube for free. The alphabet from a playlist Tajweed from your playlist Medina Books playlist taught me Nahw Bayna Yadayk playlist taught me words Conversing with Arabs and Reading Quran and Ahadith strengthened and deepened the knowledge
@@TheDIFFRENTCollector I'm just joking about the irony, as if they knew that this guy was saying why you shouldn't use duolingo, so they took advantage of his monitization to promote duolingo XD
@@PersonFromSouthAfrica i think it’s a coincidence that i had to watch a Duolingo advertisement, as i commonly see this advertisement. Wasn’t expecting i would have to watch it to watch this video tho 💀
At 4:02 there's a sentence in German that says: "Meine Oma hat eine Freundin" which doesn't need to be translated in English to "My grandmother has a girlfriend", it can be translated to "My grandmother has a friend" (her friend being a girl, which is not unislamic)
@@themoroccanballnope, is modern english "girlfriend" is only reserved for a female partner before marriage; that's why the term "girl best friend" was created.
Actually, the town is called Hell in Norwegian, which does not mean hell! English speakers go on vacation there as a joke. Norwegians don't. I'm Norwegian, in case you are wondering.😊
But the point here is, what message is the user of Duolingo getting by reading this sentence? Does the learner know that there's a Norwegian city by this name?? And why this city in particular,?
@@GhostPlatypusyes becouse hell it’s the name of the city , so idk if you want to say Florence in your language you don’t say” floreshung” or “presperous” translating it from Latin.. you call it Florence. you say the name they gave to the city , becouse that is the name of it .. if it was we go to luck then it would be translated in luck , but the city is called helvete and for sure English name of it is Hell , so by translating it in “luck” you basically change the whole phrase and it lacks the meaning they attibuited of it. Which has nothing to do with hell , the city is just called Hell becouse that is the English name of Helvete (the city ) And maybe you don’t speak many languages but that is occurring in most countries and cities I bet there is one in your own that in another language translate in the name everyone calls it instead of translating the words that compose the city name literally .. like new yourk for example , in my main if I translated it literally would be “нов Йорк” and literally no one would understand which is the city because it sound German .. but if I translate it like locals say it “Ню Йорк” so explained in the first case I translated the word new , literally on my language .. in the second I said the actual name how it sounds said by locals or new yourk , for new in my language there is another word but we still translate it to the ones that is the official one. And is like that even in other languages I bet .. so think about it realistically , would you understand which is the city of you needed to call it “renovated yourk” ? But everyone else calling it new yourk !
When I clicked on this video, I did not expect you were going to criticise Duolingo based on it's non-halal content - I thought you were going to tell us that Duolingo is bad for learning arabic specifically because they do not teach arabic grammar and case endings correctly. I think it good for learning arabic characters and basic arabic words, but to become fluent in arabic or to know conversational arabic I think it is useless. I would dare say that most people using this app to learn arabic are non-muslims who are going to go and work in an arabic speaking country and want a basic understanding of the language (although note it does NOT teach commonly-used phrases - more often "weird" sentences like the ones you showed). So for them, having non-halal content wouldn't be a problem. Also having spent several months looking through the arabic course on Duolingo, I didn't see any of those exact strange sentences that you pointed out in this video. Different language courses use different sentence examples - I thought the arabic sentences they gave are actually not problematic. Quite early in the arabic course you learn to write "alhamdulillah" for instance. Just my take on it. But I would appreciate if you could make a follow-up video to this one breaking down why Duolingo's arabic course is technically bad from the perspective of learning the language, as well.
I used to practice french in it and it's FULL of scary sentences, stories that strongly support the LGBTQ community, and really weird things you would never encounter in your everyday life. So besides all what was said in the video, duolingo is really useless if you want to learn a language and gives you a false sense of accomplishment.
Is your channel "Arabic 101" or "Islam 101"? Duolingo is a non-religious app. Not everyone who wants to learn Arabic is interested in converting to Islam. And not everyone who is Arab or Middle Eastern is a Muslim. We need to remember that and keep language learning separate from personal religious views as to not discourage or turn off language learners.
I thought this was going to be a video about the shortcomings of learning Arabic through Duolingo. Also you only managed to pull one example of "disturbing" sentences in Arabic, and it was "Nature is our mother."
I thought this was going to be a review about the arabic course itself on there. I'm not muslim and I don't really care about all these cosmetic things the app does I was just learning arabic on it. For the record I think the pacing on the arabic course is really slow compared to other ones and the volume is really quiet on the audio compared to other ones
@@sameensameen3333 none i only just started my arabic streak 30 days ago. To be honest I don't really need apps myself, my favourite way of learning languages is just listening to natives speak and copying what they do. I also like to learn all the grammar right away
Didn't expect someone from TWOW to be commenting on here, but to answer your question in a purely secular way, I don't really think you should be learning Arabic on Duolingo. Duolingo teaches very conversational Modern Standard Arabic (which is pretty much useless because you would only speak MSA in formal situations) while throwing in some grammar from other Arabic dialects, so the Arabic that you would learn is going to be limited to some rare scenarios. In my opinion, learning a language that uses the Latin alphabet (or even Cyrillic alphabet) on Duolingo is better than learning a language that uses a VERY different script to English.
If you google "weird duolingo sentences" you will get what you asked for. Weird sentences. but infact only a small portion of actual practice is strange. Also, just because something is seen as "against values" of any sort doesn't mean you shouldn't know how to say it at all! It is not weird to say that someone is gay or that someone is non-binary, or to have a male character do chores or a female character ride a motorcycle. Saying it is pushing bad values upon children is to push your bad values onto others.
If a female character kept her hijab fully covering her hair and she was only shown doing housework, like cooking and cleaning, would you also consider that an agenda?
Of course but it is a good one. Just because the word " agenda" has a negative connotation doesn't mean that there aren't good agendas. I hope this helped, May Allah bless you.
Welp I don't see a problem to the man to cook but you don't understand this is our religion hijab it's not agenda it's a religion something from Allah if you are not Muslim so you dont have the right to say its agenda cause hijab is from Allah to muslims females so its not agenda
I used to use duolingo for French, and I can confirm the sentences were not even close to what you are showing. Maybe only in Arabic these sentences appear, but for my time learning I remember the sentences being like “My sister wants a cat”. Because French duolingo has characters that speak and have personalities, they aren’t just dubbed by one robot.
Maybe these sentences are from before when maybe the sentence forming robot thingy wasn't polished? Idrk. Im learning russian on duolingo rn and i'll come back to this video a while later after i've used it for long enough.
I don't use duolingo bec it's based mostly on English and whenever I miss "a", "the" or "an" in my translation it tells me that I should start all over again. Gee, am I learning English or Swahili? I don't care so much about English, my native language is Polish so I tried also to translate sentences from Swahili to Polish and the system of Duolingo isn't really prepared for that. So I gave up. I found other ways to study Swahili. Maybe that system is good whenever anybody out there wants to learn English.
there is nothing wrong with men cleaning or cooking stuff it is literally basic human roles that we need to do them to survive. and even in islam men has to help his wife to cook and clean meanwhile she doesn't have obligotary to serve. +riding a motorcycle wont make you gay.
that's not the pov of the video,it aint abt gender stereotype but the character's,as u can see the woman riding motorcycle call herself they/them and non-binary.if it was kids who used it and normalise with thinking its okay in islam,ofc no.lgbtq shouldnt be normalised by kids nor muslims.we respect yall as human being,not the sins yall be doing.and the character "Vari" is inapproriate.
@@littleartist073 what do you mean by "yall"? i am not gay or lgbt member or whoever indetifies as they/them. i am normal girl and muslim. i just wanted to point out that those things i wrote in the comment was normal.
@@monalisakindamelisa.4559 it was meant to comfort those lgbtq who got triggered by my com,if ur not lgbtq then dont need to feel triggered? i dont need to specifically point the rate % of lgbtq?
I'm learning Arabic because I enjoy languages and I like how Arabic looks and sounds, not because I am or want to be a Muslim, so duolingo suits me fine. Also some of the stranger sentences are good for learning and memorising words.
@@user-x5775 True, but duolingo is a language learning tool, not a religious guide. I'm glad that some Arabic learning sources teach the language separate from its religious affiliation.
Tbh, duolingo is almost useless for actually learning a language and speaking with natives. For one, you barely learn any grammar, you barely memorize vocabulary, and it won't help you out long term. There are alternatives, but they are a piece of the puzzle of learning a language, you shouldn't rely on one app for everything (reading, writing, hearing, speaking). I recommend you search up online resources for learning Arabic, and use them.
My experience learning arabic on Duolingo ... Honestly it didn't teach me a lot or gave me some pharse, grammatical exercise. It just so boring and too many notifications about the unrelated stuff such as position of league etc. I found better experience in learning arabic in alifbee, lingo deer, busu ... Or book like Baina yadaik and also RUclips ... Also I hate the energy thing to do exercise in Duolingo if you do 5 times mistakes you can't continue it. You have to purchase the premium. Honestly not really recommend Duolingo in learning Arabic but in Spanish it quite helps in beginner level.
uhh, those lgbtq+ and other NOT-islamic ideas werent in the arabic language you know. not one of those screenshots had the arabic course in them. in the case of zari, i think they're just becoming more kid friendly with a more jumpy and exciting character. why cant oscar like to garden and grill kebabs? why cant lin like driving motorcycles? if in german case, "My grandma has a girlfriend", thats in the english to german or maybe german to english course and you dont have 1 proof that thats also in the arabic to german course. in the case of zari changing her appearance, it feels like you're pushing an islamic agenda. other people have their own religions you know? this is a half arabic channel after all, not a religious channel. the fanart could be made by adults too those are some un-discussed reasons, and feel free to correct me on this.
zari is portrayed wearing hijab, which.. pretty much only muslims wear now, so saying a muslim character is breaking islamic laws is not 'pushing islamic agenda'
This video should be called "Don't use Duolingo if you're a radical Muslim". What even has religion to do with the language lmao? Not even all Arabs are Muslims, let alone people who could learn this language for many different purposes
1:24 The part about alcohol/ham is not in Arabic, though. You showed examples of Spanish, Japanese, and English. You didn’t show one example of alcohol in Arabic.
@@littleartist073 The title should be "Don't use Duolingo if you're a Muslim" then. I dislike this channel calling itself "Arabic 101" and then continuing to conflate the idea that the Arabic language and Arab identity is the same as being Muslim when significant amounts of non-Muslim Arabs exist.
1:44 I’m not defending duo lingo or anything but hell is actually a city name in Norway and if you see on the top left corner there is Norway 🇳🇴 flag so it doesn’t mean actual hell I know the other ones are disturbing but that one is mistaken hopefully you find this comment and understand!
If it was actually talking about the city, it would have also said “hell” in the Norwegian section. But instead it says the actual word for hell in Norwegian
tbh i used it for 2 months when i started arabic and it helped with the basics. personally, i didn't pay attention to what the phrases were or the characters, just understanding new words and gramatical structure. i guess someone who pay more attention to the smaller details might get influenced
This video should be mentioned as a video for Muslims, not mentioned as an app not to learn Arabic. This is wrong, and I am saying this as a Muslim myself.
honestly that's even giving it too much credit. there are plenty of queer Muslims so to ostracize that whole group of people is so cruel and hateful...
@@user-do5mm7lv2t There's no evil here, the op is ignorant of the fact that those sentences are used because they have been proven to be way more useful for remembering words and grammar than pre-made, everyday sentences. Thinking there's some sort of agenda behind this is just being a conspiracist.
Duolingo was never a good language learning tool not just for Arabic, but for other languages as well, such as Japanese and Korean. Besides the weird examples no one would use in real life, it sometimes teach you the wrong way of pronouncing words (this is the case with Japanese words with kanji). It also doesn’t understand the nuances in the language and will often say a native speaker in said language is “wrong”. I’ve never used it and probably never will.
Well personally, I have been having a great time learning Japanese with Duolingo. I know now how to tell and ask for the time, order food, ask for a location and much more. I feel like people should appreciate Duolingo more as it probably takes a long time and lots of work to generate, update and teach you a new language, even if you believe it's bad.
@@CinnxmonBubbles you can "learn" all of these and more from a 1 dollar Japanese phrase book (the kinds you often see in airports), with the added benefit that the phrase book is organized to be as useful for a tourist as possible. of course, you're not really learning so much as just repeating what the booklet says and hope the native speaker understands you. incidentally, someone made a review on the Japanese course. even after completing the course, which took a few months iirc, they were still far from being at an N3 level, and I have my doubt they would be at an N4. (for those who don't know, N4 is at a very beginner level)
@@CinnxmonBubblesI'm totally with you on this. I don't understand the criticism about Duolingo. It is a free app that provides a huge handful of languages and is also regularly provided with updates. Duolingo helps me a lot to either learn new languages passively or actively or not to forget them
I've noticed these weird sentences while I didn't really think about them at first because I wasn't raised to be a Muslim I found my way to the Islamic religion a year ago. And also I don't usually judge what others do if they know it bad or not healthy, and its not harming me or anyone else I pay it no mind. Although there were some sentences that were really odd, I just thought they were ai generated. Well now i am more aware. I've been using a mixture of dualingo to remember the letters and lingq so I can learn the words sentence structure. If anyone has other resources to use for learning arabic, then let me know.
I started learning Arabic on Duolingo because I know there are a lot of speakers around the world, and that learning such a language could open my mind to many facets of humanity. Your video has been great motivation to continue learning Arabic on Duolingo, as you have shown they really align with the ethos of being open minded and learning about humanity. And yes, I do think you're making a big deal out of nothing. I was honestly expecting this to be a video about how the grammar is incorrect, or the users don't actually learn much. Not a manbaby throwing a hissy fit about how it doesn't align with his personal- frankly backwards values. Imagine if a vegetarian complained that some of the sentences normalised meat eating in the same manner as this video.
Ooohhh so we have to take "god is good, god is great" but the moment it says something about nature we get offended? What happened to respecting beliefs Edit: not only is he being sexist to muslim women, he is also being homophobic. Im glad the comment section is actually awake and not following this sexism and homophobia, sickening.
IMO, I think it's fine if there were sentences with different ideas and values. It encourages more diversity and tolerance. Also, not every Arabic learner is religious and/or Muslim. (Btw, I think the "disturbing" sentences you showed were just there for comedic effects.)
But we (Muslims and Arabs) don't support that. We aren't against people because of their feelings but because of their actions. And it is really our choice to alarm everyone else
@@nufailanoon Not all Arabs are Muslims. And not everyone who wants to learn Arabic has an interest in being Muslim. The two should be separate, Duolingo should not be a religious app.
@@JCW86 literally almost all Arabs are either Muslim or Christian and neither Islam or Christianity accepts this. + true not all Arabic speakers are Muslim but we shouldn't promote the app itself, it supports dangerous organizations
Just because the app has different agenda it doesn't mean that people shouldn't use Duolingo to learn Arabic. The video title should have been "Why shouldn't Muslims use Duolingo" instead.
And besides, Arabic is the language FOR Muslims. If they won’t allow us to learn it, then what kind of app is this? I think it’s wrongful and for people who have values the title makes sense as well
at 3:00 I really don't see anything wrong with these positions except the butt one. The rest are completely fine and it shouldn't be our fault men stare at us sexually. And also what's wrong with men being house husbands or wearing women wearing men's clothing since it does "cover" the body after all. My dad is actually more of a house husband while my mom goes out to work. And yes you did say that this isn't for a Muslim company so don't get mad if it has they/them. And also the "My wife eats children" is just a simple joke. No need to get worked up over it.
If it goes against your religion just don't play it, saying something is wrong because it goes against your religion is oike me saying you cant eat fast food cause I'm on a diet
Who cares what you think? The guy is addressing Muslim community to not use this for kids so they won’t be exposed to things against our religion and human nature. And I do use it but still find it disgusting but I am smart enough to distinguish that unlike others
@@yosrbouzayen6917 he never specified who he was saying the app is bad for he is talking about how it's bad because it goes against his religion but if that's the problem then just don't play it
May Allah bless you and your team. I can't speak Arabic at all (except prayer), so your videos help a lot and in general these kind of things are just helpful. Inshallah we'll see us in Jannah🤲☝Allahu Akbar
1:09 "nature is our mother" is not complete blasphemy its a phrase explaining that most our thing we get from nature. do not complain about many of these stuff without checking or thinking completely
I thank you for the aid you have given me before, but I see no point in judging them. In their core they are trying to be inclusive and teach someone a language. A simple tool like this is not and never will be impactful enough to change the values we teach our kids. Unless there already is doubt in them. But if there already is doubt in them, then this would just add something minor to that. We, as adults, as parents, uncles, aunt's, neighbors, need to give the right example to the next generation on what the right values are. And we should put ourselves above small things like this. For in the end, the judgement is for none but Allah.
I was really expecting the video to say something like the app is full of grammatical or pronunciation errors....but a man doing housework?! What a terrible idea! On a more serious note: I love your content on the Arabic 101 series, but I strongly disagree with lots of this video. As an example: issue is taken with showing a man doing housework as "promoting particular views of gender roles", but wouldn't presumably what you would rather see - women portrayed as doing housework? - do exactly the same? That portrays a particular, steretoypical view of gender roles. I'm not one for needless virtue signalling, but that really is a contradiction. From the comments, I see I'm in a minority here, so I guess the bottom line is: if you don't want your kids to think it is the case that there are in fact men who do housework, or couples of the same sex, then don't use the app. But they'll be missing out on a great learning tool, and will have a vocabulary unable to acknowledge the fact of the matter that these things do exist. They cannot be erased out of existence simply by refusing to teach a sentence like "his grandma has a girlfriend". or whatever it is. Not teaching these sentences (which, btw, are entirely neutral - it does not praise or disparage such matters - merely acknowledging existence is not an "agenda") means not teaching the way the world is. And being unable to describe the way the world is in your new language is a big disadvantage. Anyway, I am learning Arabic on your channel, self-study, and yes, with Duo the owl. And I'm having a great time. I hope to learn more from your language videos, inshallah, but I'll leave ones like this. مع السلامة
I agree with men doing housework. Besides even the blessed prophet used to clean his room and wash his own clothes. But you completely brushed off the more dangerous examples like Zari's husband being Susan and their open admission of "the app being gay af". As a Muslim, I find mixing education with these kind of woke agenda pukeworthy.
I must have missed Zari's husband being Susan. I haven't come across this, and I thought Zari would be too young to marry. Anyway, I did address the issue of teaching the language of same-sex relationships above. Whatever one's views on those kinds of relationships, they exist, and it would be harmful to one's mastery of a language to not be able to recognise that in the new language. The app has, from the screenshots in this video, expressed support for LGBT communities. But within the language lessons themselves, and on the app, this comes across in nothing. I have used the app for over 4 years and found nothing .The mere fact that it uses examples like "this man has a boyfriend' does not on the face of it support or judge that. So it is not teaching children to support or judge that either. They are neutral statements of fact. And that's a good thing. Because it is for individuals themselves to decide what they believe. For themselves or through a particular interpretation of a particular religion. They need the language to be able to do that of course. And that goes back to my point about teaching the real world in the language we learn. Peace be upon you.
Tbh I think it's a regional thing because I'm from Saudi arabia and I haven't seen any of these blasphemous words but this app helped me a lot with reading Arabic since I was never taught when I was young. This app may contain an agenda but everything has one nowadays to the point that I don't care except when children are put into the situation. I want to keep my children safe and uncorrupted so instead I'll teach them (Btw I don't have kids just using it to make a point)
facing so many agendas nowadays to the point you dont care anymore is exactly what they want. please dont get desensitized to this stuff. Barak Allah Feek.
ماشاء الله اكيد سعودي لانه ليس اي شخص يرتضي علي دينه و عِرضِه ان يكونوا رخيصين لهذه الدرجة غير الجيل الجديد من ال " سعوديين " اتباع محمد بن سلمان و تركي ال شيخ
@@mohamedseif4310 الله يسامحك لا تغلط على السعوديه ولا تعمم لأن التعميم لغة الجهلاء. قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليَصْمُت) لذا اذا ما عندك شي طيب تقوله السكوت احسنلك اكفي الناس من شر لسانك وارحم نفسك من ذنوب تافهه. انهي عن المنكر هذا شيء كويس لكن السب والشتم في الرايح والجاي هذي قلة ادب وسوء خلق انت منت قاعد تنصح احد انت قاعد تتصيد على الناس اغلاطهم وتعمم وتتهم ناس مالهم دخل بذنوب غيرهم. لو احد سوا فيك الي انت تسويه في الناس راح تكره من قالك هذا الكلام. اذا عندك نصح تبغى تقوله قول ما عندك الا سب اتحفض به لنفسك.
@@iiReTr0Z تقول هذا الكلام لو كان السعوديين يقفون و يظهرون انهم لا يخافون الا الله و لكن السعوديين مبسوطين(اغلبهم و كل الظاهر منهم) من الوضع الحالي و ان ابن خادم الحرمين الشريفين ال المفروض يمثلنا ك مسلمين حرفيا يلهو و يلعب و هو لا يبالي بالامة ( طلع في احد اللقاءات الصحفة مع جريدة اجنبية و قال انه يمضي وقتا في لعب العاب الفيديو و وصف نفسه انه "gamer" ) كيف لا اتكلم و انا اري هذا الشخص يحكم السعودية و هي جوهرة الاسلام و انت تعلم حكامها قبلنا و تعلم مواقفهم و ان سيدنا عمر رضي الله عنه كان لا ينام الليل يبكي خوفا علي الامه الاسلامية و من جانب اخر تري الاتجاه "trend " في السعودية منذ فترة هو " فلسطين ليست قضيتي " و هو معروف جدا و انا لا اتحدث فقط في السعودية عن الحاكم فجميع حكام العرب غير جيدين و لكن الفرق بين بقية العرب و السعوديين ان العرب يعلمون ان حكامهم لا يدعمون الاسلام و العروبة و يدركون ذلك و لكن السعوديين لا يدرون عن ذلك شيئا (الا فئة قليلة جدا) و لا يهتمون بسبب انغماسهم ف الحياة الدنيا و ملذاتها و تفكر في كلامي جيدا و قارن بين السعودية الان و منذ 20 عاما و ستري الفرق واضحا جليا و الله اعلم
I am muslim and I’ve been using Duolingo to learn German for a while and I haven’t encountered any of these strange sentences, but it did teach words like “beer” and “wine”. It didn’t tell me to use them in any sentences though.
Watched this as I've been learning Arabic on a similar app for a few months but I'm really disappointed. This video was shockingly intolerant and fragile
The Arabic language and Arabic poetry are a masterpiece, and translating it into English or any other language does not give you the full meaning because it is a complex and integrated language in all aspects. It has special rules, and for me, as an Arabic speaker, I will be happy to explain or teach this language to anyone.
I'm interested. I agree wholeheartedly that the language and its poetry are beautifully crafted. I am familiar with the Arabic letters so I can read and write Arabic but I have only a small amount of knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
@@acagastya power pf subconscious my friend, if you would have studied psychology you would know what power our sub conscious mind holds. Little nudges here and there it makes a lot of difference, and the REAL problem is people MAJORITY times learn Arabic BECAUSE of islam. And it WILL affect their minds
After watching this video i would say duolingo is okay for adults only, I'm trying to learn arabic so i would learn the Quran better but trust me from where I'm from DuoLingo is the only hope for me to learn basics of arabic.. i speak swahili as my native language but I've never spoken arabic ... These problems in duolingo are nothing compared to what the television and social media are trying to sholve in our kids nowdays so for me theu have no effect but Yeah not good for kids. I'm Christian btw
Jazak Allahu Kharyan, I have been using it for a while for learning Arabic and it isnt worth it so much. It's going to learn the basics such as the alphabet but otherwise it's better to use actual services or even learn from a course. The agendas that they are promoting are very clear, their social media pages promote LGBT. Instead, There are a ton of playlists online for the medina arabic books and I have begun learning from them and its been very beneficial so far.
Totally agree. I did the full course and I can't still understand a native speaker or speak Arabic fluently. Don't waste your time if you already can read and write Arabic.
JazakAllahz Khayran for this eyes opening video. But just want to mention that whenever we come across a problem, let's try to come up with a solution that goes with it (if we have one, of course), because otherwise it leaves a bad atmosphere and for example after this video someone may no longer be motivated to learn the Arab language, when that's clearly not the author's aim. This reminder is for me first and foremost. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu
The best thing would be for us to try and create an app on-par with duolingo or babbel... but specifically for "Muslim languages" (that is, languages that Muslims usually speak, especially the "main 5"... Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Malay, Urdu).
The channel that posted this literally is dedicated to teaching proper Arabic. People just don't want to put in the time and effort, that's their problem.
1) this is an app for learning a language, not a religion. Also, not all Arabs are Muslim Arabs 2) People of different religions learn Arabic there, and certainly not those for whom Arabic is their native language, on the contrary, so people learn to talk about themselves and their way of life, so yes, I need to know how to say that I, a woman, do scientific research and generally do something other than cleaning and cooking, and during the general cleaning of the apartment with the whole family, my father washes the floor 3) not all Arab countries strictly adhere to the rules of religion, especially to foreign tourists they do not apply at all, so they can ask for alcohol in Arabic at the hotel. 4) in Norwegian, it does not mean the hell you thought of, but the city. The author of the video was obviously more offended by the images where the man is busy with household chores, and the woman does something else than other aspects. He said so much that this is against religion / culture. This works on the negative perception of Muslims more than any arguments of Islamophobes
I fully completed arabic course on it - I LEARNED ALMOST NOTHING. I couldn't instantly understand Quran after finishing it, I cannot talk for even simplest topics with someone - I stayed same as before, so it doesn't give me anything lol. which is really helpful as my findings now - doing anki cards and buy some grammar rules book. ON DUOLINGO NO GRAMMAR, so what's the point for you to waste time there? duo is okay for several lessons for get into language and learn characters and some constructions - after that in my opinion u should leave it and find more valuable sources for learning language there is no problem on me, if you will look to course structure and overall words which they covers - all of them are extremely unsignificant and you will not get something major from it. Duolingo is best place for learn characters only imho, nothing more than it
@@НейтриноНейтроновi don't know why you can't speak arabic after completing the course. Iam in the second stage, and I can almost lead a normal conversation. Iam not saying that u can understand Quran by learning Arabic through Duolingo since Qur'an is different... But for leading a basic convo in arabic, this app is helpful for me.
@@sadiquevelluvangadan9625 I am a native Arab and I tried the Arabic course and I skipped to the next part of it , for starters, you know those big buttons with Arabic letters on them that the app asks you to press how they're pronounced? I'll just clarify they aren't actual words and the msa is trying as hard as it can to be Syrian Arabic And app even after an entire chapter of a course they're still giving phrases with no use
As a non-muslim trying learn Arabic , I dont see a reason not to use duolingo , sure , many of those examples are cringe , but I dont see them as "bad"
As a Muslim we also can use this app if we have knowledge this app should not be used by kid or a person who has less knowledge because it is promoting lgbtq and the kids would become a part of lgbtq Which is against Islamic ruling
I'm learning arabic with duolingo. I'm on level 22 now and I've NEVER come across any sentence like the ones the video claims they have. This is just a way of putting duolingo down.... Don't believe everything they say ... that's commercial warfare (I'm a private user of duolingo, not related with the app in any way )
While doing a Swedish lesson, I got a sentence that translated to: "a Norwegian architect was in my bed" which is weird but sounds like something that might happen in Sweden. While doing an Arabic lesson, I got sentences like, "george has many dresses". Clearly they're pushing an agenda that is meant to promote something totally foreign to middle eastern culture and religious norms.
points I can easily debunk is conflating Arabic with Islam. It mentions concepts like wine or alcohol, but this app is made for learning basics of languages without any favor of sect/religion.
@@0n1c420 if it so then why does it feel the need to mention LGBTQ at all? The man wasn't saying "THIS APP BAD!" he was just making awareness to those who DON'T want their kids seeing this
@@0n1c420 he just pointed out the girl with "they/them" pronouns, now I don't care if you'd support LGBTQ or not but when I personally grow up I'd not want my kids seeing anything that has LGBTQ in it , plus he himself specified that he acknowledges that the app doesn't follow the favour of islam "I am well aware that Duolingo isn't an islamic app nor is it made by an islamic company" at the end of the video . Btw I just realised I've left a lot of replies that might come off as mean , I hope people don't read them with an angry tone in their minds
Umm, I'm not trying to go against you or smth but what you displayed ( 1:22 ) is fake. You know that you can actually do that on purpose. Those pics are fake, the user creates those sentences. Just letting you know
Im going to be as respectful as possible here, and yes i agree that duolingo is pushing this "agenda" deliberately, however i do not see the issue with it. First of all the weird sentences are a learning tactic since you remember a strange sentence more than a boring one. Duolingo knows this and that's why they have so many weird sentences. Second Duolingo showcases not mainly the cultural but the everyday side of things mostly, and lgbt people exist everywhere so it is a big part of daily life for a lot of people. Duolingo knows its pushing a new age agenda and its doing it for the sake of publicity of course, but also to better the life of others and promote acceptance, and to educate people like you about how other people not in your country, not living by your rules and ethicises live. Duolingo isn't "going against Muslim tradition" it is just showcasing all sides/people of the world, there is just as much arabic/muslim/asian/hebrew/african/etc representation as lgbt, if anything duolingo is very centered in terms of politics, choosing to shows all sides instead of censoring everything.
People using duolingo are trying to learn a language not a religion or belief system. Duolingo is also based in The United States of America so they will not show suppression of women in anyway nor should they need too as it does not claim to be teaching religious beliefs. The people that contribute to the app are most likely citizens of the USA so they may not have the more traditional belief system still practiced in other countries. I doubt it was meant to be offensive. After the learner gets a grasp on the language they can and probably will learn about the culture behind it through the appropriate resources. Duolingo is a resource for people that cannot justify spending money to learn a new language or maybe they simply cannot afford it. Though it has it's flaws, several in fact, duolingo is hardly corrupting the minds of young people in my opinion.
Hey man, i bet you didn't read the title of the youtube channel or perhaps you didn't know this is a muslim channel, dear, if you're no Muslim then you don't have to be angry of whatever emotions, he is talking to us the muslim parents and children that we should be mindful of what we let our children do or in this case read. how can you say, my grandma has a boyfriend is right. dating is not even good in Islam talkless of an old lady dating. spoken or read by a child or children infront of your parents? is that respect?. so dear you can just keep scrolling when you see a video of muslims (if they didn't offend you in anyways).
1- Muslims don't agree with USA's beliefs 2- it isn't "suppression" 3- if it wasn't meant to be offensive, why did they add a muslim character? 4- lgbt stuff and alcohol endorsement isn't something to be taught to children!
@@sarah12232 1-"USA beliefs" The USA has freedom of religion. Calling it USA's beliefs could be considered offensive, which i assume wasn't your intentions considering your comment was about offensive material. 2. Suppression by definition; come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority. As long as all parties involved agree to the lifestyle ,then I would concede, there's no suppression. 3. Offensive character(s) was most likely a bad creative choice and their ignorance on the Muslim faith. The entire duo program has bad design tastes all throughout and even questionable phrases that people have called out. As you said, " USA's beliefs". Not everything is meant to be offensive. Most is just ignorance on their behalf.
Not to mention… I don’t really think Arabic children are using DuoLingo to learn their own language. If so, there needs to be a companion app called Do Some Parenting. I do kinda agree that it was in poor taste to have the girl’s hair coming out from her hijab… even in America, that just makes her look sloppy… but it’s a way of engaging people and if, in the end, they learn something, fantastic. Beats doom scrolling.
@@gfarleyI you're Muslim, you don't negotiate what rules to follow and not follow, you agree to all them. If you don't follow certain rules or go against them and you don't agree with them especially if the rules are clear, then you're going against the faith. I'm unsure what you mean by suppression, seen as the fact you mentioned no examples. Are you of the belief that women who follow their religion are oppressed and that the lack of similarity to Western culture is a sign of suppression?
@@IamDamagehaha not only haram Shirk Just think about it Many shirk stuff there lol God gets inspired? From a creature He created? He didn't have all the knowledge? Wouldn't that mean that that person is also god, since it has a 'knowledge of beauty', so God has to be inspired by it so He can create beauty? Like, by that logic, God isn't independent anymore? God can't say: "Be!" and it is? God Himself is the most beautiful, there's nothing beautiful more than Him. Wouldn't saying that mean somehow that the person is more beautiful that God? The person who's been created by God? Many many shirk stuff Just to think about it
I had a weird duolingo sentence in english course 1) My bird is so crazy, she plays chess 2)This dog is crazy, he eats pizza AND THE WEIRDEST THING IS THAT BOTH OF THESE SENTENCES WERE IN 1 LESSON
It's high time team Arabic 101 designed your application that will help us review and internalize your amazing materials ...May Alloh make it easy for you to spread the teachings of our deen, especially the Qur'an..... Looking forward to the app....
Thank you brother for this advice. Though, it's actually I think a running gag online for some of those "disturbing" sentences. But the others - yes, we should be mindful.
I have read that the idea of "surprising" or weird sentences are considered helpful for remembering new words, but am not sure if that's the idea behind it!
@@ateez.forever8 Oh, I am quite sure there is at least an MIT study suggesting this. I am not sure of DuoLingo's intent, but I suspect they are doing it for this reason.
@@ancientromewithamy I've had a phrase with the meaning of "you are an apple" and I still can only remember it's meaning despite it popping up so much
I tried Bayyinah TV for learning Arabic (for reading / understanding the Quran), and found it to be an amazing resource. It's paid though - 11 USD monthly.
1:46 I’m not a Muslim and I completely understand how this is wrong for Arabic questions, but the Norway question at the time where it says taking a vacation to hell, that is a town/city in Norway.
انا عربي واشاهد مقاطعكم الجميلة واصراركم على الالتزام بعقيدتنا الإسلامية وتعلم اللغة العربية لغة القرآن الكريم حقا انكم ابطال ثبت الله قلوبكم على طاعته
Being an Arabic speaker and being a Muslim are two different things. An Arabic speaker can be Christian, atheist, etc. the language is independent of religion, nationality, culture, etc. There is no strong / acceptable evidence that any religion is true, including Islam; religions are pure BELIEFS and nothing more than that; there may be people who claim to have experienced apparitions, dreams, etc. but they are only subjective experiences that can even be explained in ways that don't involve any religion. Also, the "evidences" that many religious people claim can be explained without involving any religion. So, you cannot impose a religion (belief) over science (reality / logical reasoning). I don't mean to be disrespectful to Muslims or other religious people, but we must accept this irrefutable fact. It makes sense that Duolingo reflects how the world works in real life, whether it is “correct” or not. The world is how it is, not how we want it to be. On the other hand, each person has different tastes when it comes to music, food, hobbies, movies, etc., and ѕех is no exception. Why would it be? It is important to note that NO ONE CHOOSES THEIR PREFERENCE, it is not anyone's fault to be attracted to men or women, it's just how one is, and I believe that any wise god would understand that, right? A person cannot change their preference at will, so it doesn't make sense to condemn them in any religion (and things like these only discredit religions even more). The application is educational, and education is not limited to languages; there are also aspects related to diversity (religious, ethnic, sexual, etc.), and it is logical for them to emphasize aspects that are less addressed in traditional education; in other words, what they do complements the educational process of users, normalizing respect and inclusion of any person regardless of their race, religion, culture, sexuality, etc. it is evident that this is something positive because no one chooses their race, sexuality (and many times not even their religion or culture), so it is not right to discriminate against people for things that are beyond their control. Many things are done in the name of religions, but from the perspective of logical reasoning (not religious), they are unethical; and as I said before, a religion is a belief, not a science (and we can only trust in science), and by “science” I mean “the pursuit of truth” (whatever that truth is).
@@Mirador2 ولكن بشكل عام تطبيق دولينغو يتعمد الإساءة إلى الأديان وإلى الفطرة الإنسانية فلو انه تطبيق عادي لتعليم اللغة وحسب ويريد أن يقرب التعليم عبر الشخصيات الخيالية المقتبسة من الواقع فعليه أن يلتزم بعدم الإساءة اليها أو إلى شعائرها ففي الرسوم الكرتونية إساءة واضحة إلى الإسلام وليس إلى العرب وإلى فطرة الكون وليس إلى علم فإن كان الشذوذ علم فسحقا له ولمن وصفه به الدين الصحيح (الاسلامي )هو علم ولاسيما انه من عند الله تعالى
The goal of this video is to warn Muslims. So, yes this doesn't concern non-muslims but concerns us muslims who wants to protect their children from western garbage ideologies...
Ok, probably this gonna be mean, but I was expecting Duolingo had grammatical errors or incorrect vocabulary. But with all respect, not everyone who is learning Arabic is interested to converting into Islam. Myself and many others Arabic learners just want to learn Arabic because we like the language and, probably, some Arabic country (in my case Egypt, Morocco and Syria). and that's just my opinion, but, even if I was learning Arabic for religious purposes, what's wrong? I mean, not every Arab is Muslim, many Arabs likes to drink or even do black humor, and if I was Muslim, that doesn't mean that kind of vocabulary magically disappears. And I would be intelligent enough to know that those are only phrases, and my faith is more important and strong than phrases.
I'm a Turkish man living in Türkiye, Ankara. I'm learning Japanese at Ankara University. People I see everyday is like duolingo-mind in human-shape. May ALLAH protect us all, ameen. I am requesting my brothers' and sisters' dua inshaALLAH.
I used to learn arabic from this app a year ago but after sometime I tried to use those words with one of my uncle who knows arabic very well. He said these words are completely wrong and only some of them were right. He said for learning arabic a person or an app first must explain different things otherwise the meaning will be all wrong. I immediately uninstalled this app on that day and warned my circle about it 😐
No i am an arab and I was learning Arabic in this up and everything is right I'm sure 100% the RUclipsrs wants subscribe and like ur uncle afk don't know Arabic, more then me
the people who are learning on Duolingo want to learn a language, they are not wanting to change their religion or whatever, if you are Arabic you don't HAVE to use this app, and I understand that Arabs are against LGBTQIA+, and I respect that, I respect every religion, gender, opinion, choice, and other, but making this video JUST to say it's not exactly made for Arabs was in my opinion useless. thanks for hearing me out on my opinion
Let me share an experience I had while learning Arabic on Duolingo. I encountered sentences with a female Arabic name (let's say ABC) where the phrases went something like: "ABC's wife is a teacher". Initially, I thought I had misunderstood and assumed ABC was a girl by mistake. However, in later sentences, they referred to ABC as "a highly skilled doctor", using the feminine form of the word (which is grammatically distinct in Arabic). This made it clear that the app was including LGBT-related content.
I have been using it for more than an year and the things that mentioned do not happen very often but there's one thing I've noticed lately that when we complete a lesson they say "take a bow" and the characters bow to eachother, that's something I find kinda disturbing
"they say "take a bow" and the characters bow to eachother, that's something I find kinda disturbing" Why? The vast majority of people don't view this as venerating or worshipping someone at all. The only people that seem to have an issue with this are Muslims who can't understand that other cultures have different views of different gestures.
@@iridoscyclitis not even most of the Muslims have any problem with it, it depends on one's intention but it's best to refrain from the things you find doubtful and I was only talking on my behalf
@@mrkhan6416 "not even most of the Muslims have any problem with it" Hence why it's only Muslims who can't understand that other cultures have different views of different gestures. Thank you for clarifying you're a part of that group though.
@@iridoscyclitis is your English a little weak? Go read my comment again I said not even many Muslims have problem with it I was talking only on my behalf, and I wonder which pathetic group you belong to targeting a specific group of people like that
بارك الله فيك I've never installed the app myself but have seen some people use it and it really didn't take long to suspect that there's something genuinely wrong with the sentences and the characters that they are portraying.
I’ve used it for two years for Arabic and hasn’t stumbled upon a single example in this video… my mother and brother learning Spanish and Norwegian and they have not as well. This video is a joke… God bless
@@Brosak. It's not , I'm an Arab and I personally jumped up to the next chapter and it gave me phrases like "he's your dog and he is happy" and in Indonesian or Turkish I don't really remember it gave me "you are an apple" nothing is particularly wrong with the other it's that for the Arabic course calling someone a dog in Arabic is a very very big insult and the other one would just never be used .
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why 350 Million arabs with the greatest teacher couldnt make a arabic learn app/programm
@@aq4356tell me 3 ways
Just because 1 language learning app is anti-islamic, doesnt mean there are no other language learning apps that are non anti-islamic
@@TheSourovAqibit is not anti Islamic, it just isn't Islamic. Anti implies they outright oppose Islam
please see there any other good Arabic apps they know.
Actually there are dozens of Arabic learning apps. Quranic, Arabee, may others. I find Quranic amazing to learn fusha
Bro I thought he was gonna call out the grammar mistakes made in the Arabic language in Duolingo
Same
same
Fr instead he got mad ppl are gay 💀
Same
Same
In short, if you're a Muslim don't use Duolingo if you don't like having to see stuff that goes against your religion. If you're a non-Muslim learning Arabic on Duolingo be careful using some of their example phrases in an Arab country if they contradict Islamic values.
Literally the only comment I'm going to listen to-
@@Sufganiyot do you think this app would be made to favor multiple religions?
Many muslims use it without problem tho, many muslims have more tolerance to other people and ideas
@@0n1c420 of course not but it should probably 'respect' all religions.
@@jinengi true my sister uses it and she is muslim
1:09 Arabic101, please note that this app ( duolingo ) is NOT just for arabs, it is for EVERYONE ( but the baby drinking wine or beer is not normal ) and Hell is a place in norway ( Hell is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway )
there are also many other cultures that reject this concept, Duolingo should not campaign for LGBT
Nahhh
bruh even tho its for everyone there is some very bad things
@@The-gamingY i konw
it does specifically say 'helvete' though
I have learned Arabic on youtube for free. The alphabet from a playlist
Tajweed from your playlist
Medina Books playlist taught me Nahw
Bayna Yadayk playlist taught me words
Conversing with Arabs and Reading Quran and Ahadith strengthened and deepened the knowledge
Can you share the playlist pls?
@@unknownuser0278
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The BEST 30-day Tajweed playlist
Madina Book 1-2-3 Learn Arabic playlist
bayna yadayk playlist by arabic studentsgate
Yes please ^^
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MashaAllah ❤❤❤
I had to watch a Duolingo advertisement to watch this video 💀
"this guy can still have money while dissing us!? Nah nah nah, we will show them!"
@@PersonFromSouthAfrica wdym?
@@TheDIFFRENTCollector I'm just joking about the irony, as if they knew that this guy was saying why you shouldn't use duolingo, so they took advantage of his monitization to promote duolingo XD
@@PersonFromSouthAfrica lol
@@PersonFromSouthAfrica i think it’s a coincidence that i had to watch a Duolingo advertisement, as i commonly see this advertisement.
Wasn’t expecting i would have to watch it to watch this video tho 💀
At 4:02 there's a sentence in German that says: "Meine Oma hat eine Freundin" which doesn't need to be translated in English to "My grandmother has a girlfriend", it can be translated to "My grandmother has a friend" (her friend being a girl, which is not unislamic)
Girlfriend in English also can be used to mean “friends who are female” I’ve seen many straight women use it that way
So it's also not good for learning Germany. Good to know
@@obz1357no im german and it is good
Duolingo is honestly pretty slow to learn from but it's sometimes what some people can get
@@themoroccanballnope, is modern english "girlfriend" is only reserved for a female partner before marriage; that's why the term "girl best friend" was created.
1:37 that one that says “we are going on a vacation to hell” it’s actually a place in Norway that is called (helvete) and that means hell in English
Actually, the town is called Hell in Norwegian, which does not mean hell! English speakers go on vacation there as a joke. Norwegians don't. I'm Norwegian, in case you are wondering.😊
Bro u copied my fact
@@Eye-of-Rah-419 i saw the vid so I comment and why would I comment a fact
@@rulargamer1232 ye but I wrote the fact first
But the point here is, what message is the user of Duolingo getting by reading this sentence? Does the learner know that there's a Norwegian city by this name?? And why this city in particular,?
1:39 as a norwegian, the explination for this is that we have a city named hell wich means (luck) in the norwegian language
Google it Luck means Flartz in norwegian
@@TIGERALPHA-q1w No what i was saying is that "hell" translates to "luck" in norwegian
It says Helvete
@@GhostPlatypusyes becouse hell it’s the name of the city , so idk if you want to say Florence in your language you don’t say” floreshung” or “presperous” translating it from Latin.. you call it Florence. you say the name they gave to the city , becouse that is the name of it .. if it was we go to luck then it would be translated in luck , but the city is called helvete and for sure English name of it is Hell , so by translating it in “luck” you basically change the whole phrase and it lacks the meaning they attibuited of it. Which has nothing to do with hell , the city is just called Hell becouse that is the English name of Helvete (the city )
And maybe you don’t speak many languages but that is occurring in most countries and cities I bet there is one in your own that in another language translate in the name everyone calls it instead of translating the words that compose the city name literally .. like new yourk for example , in my main if I translated it literally would be “нов Йорк” and literally no one would understand which is the city because it sound German .. but if I translate it like locals say it “Ню Йорк” so explained in the first case I translated the word new , literally on my language .. in the second I said the actual name how it sounds said by locals or new yourk , for new in my language there is another word but we still translate it to the ones that is the official one. And is like that even in other languages I bet .. so think about it realistically , would you understand which is the city of you needed to call it “renovated yourk” ? But everyone else calling it new yourk !
@@Rinndery yeah maybe it translates to hell, but it says helva
When I clicked on this video, I did not expect you were going to criticise Duolingo based on it's non-halal content - I thought you were going to tell us that Duolingo is bad for learning arabic specifically because they do not teach arabic grammar and case endings correctly. I think it good for learning arabic characters and basic arabic words, but to become fluent in arabic or to know conversational arabic I think it is useless.
I would dare say that most people using this app to learn arabic are non-muslims who are going to go and work in an arabic speaking country and want a basic understanding of the language (although note it does NOT teach commonly-used phrases - more often "weird" sentences like the ones you showed). So for them, having non-halal content wouldn't be a problem.
Also having spent several months looking through the arabic course on Duolingo, I didn't see any of those exact strange sentences that you pointed out in this video. Different language courses use different sentence examples - I thought the arabic sentences they gave are actually not problematic. Quite early in the arabic course you learn to write "alhamdulillah" for instance.
Just my take on it. But I would appreciate if you could make a follow-up video to this one breaking down why Duolingo's arabic course is technically bad from the perspective of learning the language, as well.
I'm using it to learn German and found a lot of weird examples like this.. I'M trying different apps now
I'm not sure how far you've gone in the app, but if you go enough you'll see Sam wanting to wear skirts instead of suits and Lama has a wife :)
@@ettilasharifIt's no different than the people who don't realize that Starfield is woke with the she/her crap
I used to practice french in it and it's FULL of scary sentences, stories that strongly support the LGBTQ community, and really weird things you would never encounter in your everyday life.
So besides all what was said in the video, duolingo is really useless if you want to learn a language and gives you a false sense of accomplishment.
@@ettilasharifAnd...what's wrong with that? Again it's an app for learning languages not religious...
Is your channel "Arabic 101" or "Islam 101"? Duolingo is a non-religious app. Not everyone who wants to learn Arabic is interested in converting to Islam. And not everyone who is Arab or Middle Eastern is a Muslim. We need to remember that and keep language learning separate from personal religious views as to not discourage or turn off language learners.
His channel is islamic though. He brings verses of Qur'an to understand the language literally in each video! So it is obvious....😂
بارك الله فيك أخي على التنبيه
The irony of Duolingo ad playing before this vid🗿
lol🤣🤣🤣
I thought this was going to be a video about the shortcomings of learning Arabic through Duolingo. Also you only managed to pull one example of "disturbing" sentences in Arabic, and it was "Nature is our mother."
People come from human mothers
I thought this was going to be a review about the arabic course itself on there. I'm not muslim and I don't really care about all these cosmetic things the app does I was just learning arabic on it. For the record I think the pacing on the arabic course is really slow compared to other ones and the volume is really quiet on the audio compared to other ones
What other apps have you used, if any?
@@sameensameen3333 none i only just started my arabic streak 30 days ago. To be honest I don't really need apps myself, my favourite way of learning languages is just listening to natives speak and copying what they do. I also like to learn all the grammar right away
Didn't expect someone from TWOW to be commenting on here, but to answer your question in a purely secular way, I don't really think you should be learning Arabic on Duolingo. Duolingo teaches very conversational Modern Standard Arabic (which is pretty much useless because you would only speak MSA in formal situations) while throwing in some grammar from other Arabic dialects, so the Arabic that you would learn is going to be limited to some rare scenarios. In my opinion, learning a language that uses the Latin alphabet (or even Cyrillic alphabet) on Duolingo is better than learning a language that uses a VERY different script to English.
@@butterenthusiast So this channel shud suffice to start and then explore more on dialects from other sources?
If you google "weird duolingo sentences" you will get what you asked for. Weird sentences. but infact only a small portion of actual practice is strange. Also, just because something is seen as "against values" of any sort doesn't mean you shouldn't know how to say it at all! It is not weird to say that someone is gay or that someone is non-binary, or to have a male character do chores or a female character ride a motorcycle. Saying it is pushing bad values upon children is to push your bad values onto others.
This non binary thing is a lie, just say someone is deluded and that is saying the same thing without making up terms.
If a female character kept her hijab fully covering her hair and she was only shown doing housework, like cooking and cleaning, would you also consider that an agenda?
I'd also like to know
Of course but it is a good one.
Just because the word " agenda" has a negative connotation doesn't mean that there aren't good agendas.
I hope this helped, May Allah bless you.
Welp I don't see a problem to the man to cook but you don't understand this is our religion hijab it's not agenda it's a religion something from Allah if you are not Muslim so you dont have the right to say its agenda cause hijab is from Allah to muslims females so its not agenda
Welp the man can cook and maybe better than women I mean the famous she's are man's it's normal to man to cook and clean nothing wrong in this
@user-do5mm7lv2t how its a good men?? It proves islam men are just so fragile.
hell is a city in norway btw.
Yes
Yea , I heard it means paradise so it is probably fine if duo is talking about the city
Exactly 🤦♀️
Still doesn't explain "I am ready to die"
@@TheFluxChampion Well it's a different sentence
I used to use duolingo for French, and I can confirm the sentences were not even close to what you are showing. Maybe only in Arabic these sentences appear, but for my time learning I remember the sentences being like “My sister wants a cat”. Because French duolingo has characters that speak and have personalities, they aren’t just dubbed by one robot.
Can confirm after many days of constantly using Duolingo and after making plenty of lessons, I never came across one sentence of the kind in the video
Maybe these sentences are from before when maybe the sentence forming robot thingy wasn't polished? Idrk. Im learning russian on duolingo rn and i'll come back to this video a while later after i've used it for long enough.
@@operatorismail6038 Yeah but that is weird because it's a real voice that says the sentences, not a robot
@@amhalal I think they are edited because it's too extreme and usually there's a real person saying out loud these sentences in the app
I don't use duolingo bec it's based mostly on English and whenever I miss "a", "the" or "an" in my translation it tells me that I should start all over again. Gee, am I learning English or Swahili? I don't care so much about English, my native language is Polish so I tried also to translate sentences from Swahili to Polish and the system of Duolingo isn't really prepared for that. So I gave up. I found other ways to study Swahili. Maybe that system is good whenever anybody out there wants to learn English.
I don’t see the problem, the app is not harmful and I will use it to learn any language. Even Arabic.
there is nothing wrong with men cleaning or cooking stuff it is literally basic human roles that we need to do them to survive. and even in islam men has to help his wife to cook and clean meanwhile she doesn't have obligotary to serve. +riding a motorcycle wont make you gay.
that's not the pov of the video,it aint abt gender stereotype but the character's,as u can see the woman riding motorcycle call herself they/them and non-binary.if it was kids who used it and normalise with thinking its okay in islam,ofc no.lgbtq shouldnt be normalised by kids nor muslims.we respect yall as human being,not the sins yall be doing.and the character "Vari" is inapproriate.
@@littleartist073 what do you mean by "yall"? i am not gay or lgbt member or whoever indetifies as they/them. i am normal girl and muslim. i just wanted to point out that those things i wrote in the comment was normal.
@@monalisakindamelisa.4559 it was meant to comfort those lgbtq who got triggered by my com,if ur not lgbtq then dont need to feel triggered? i dont need to specifically point the rate % of lgbtq?
@@littleartist073 i thought when you said "yall" you also counted me thats why i felt necessity to explain myself.
@@littleartist073 yall is not gender specific so don't use it
I'm learning Arabic because I enjoy languages and I like how Arabic looks and sounds, not because I am or want to be a Muslim, so duolingo suits me fine. Also some of the stranger sentences are good for learning and memorising words.
@@user-x5775 True, but duolingo is a language learning tool, not a religious guide. I'm glad that some Arabic learning sources teach the language separate from its religious affiliation.
Tbh, duolingo is almost useless for actually learning a language and speaking with natives. For one, you barely learn any grammar, you barely memorize vocabulary, and it won't help you out long term. There are alternatives, but they are a piece of the puzzle of learning a language, you shouldn't rely on one app for everything (reading, writing, hearing, speaking). I recommend you search up online resources for learning Arabic, and use them.
@@user-x5775there’s a ton of non muslim Arabs like Christians and atheists. Islam doesn’t own this language.
Read the Qur'ān with the English translation.
My experience learning arabic on Duolingo ... Honestly it didn't teach me a lot or gave me some pharse, grammatical exercise. It just so boring and too many notifications about the unrelated stuff such as position of league etc. I found better experience in learning arabic in alifbee, lingo deer, busu ... Or book like Baina yadaik and also RUclips ... Also I hate the energy thing to do exercise in Duolingo if you do 5 times mistakes you can't continue it. You have to purchase the premium. Honestly not really recommend Duolingo in learning Arabic but in Spanish it quite helps in beginner level.
uhh, those lgbtq+ and other NOT-islamic ideas werent in the arabic language you know. not one of those screenshots had the arabic course in them.
in the case of zari, i think they're just becoming more kid friendly with a more jumpy and exciting character.
why cant oscar like to garden and grill kebabs? why cant lin like driving motorcycles?
if in german case, "My grandma has a girlfriend", thats in the english to german or maybe german to english course and you dont have 1 proof that thats also in the arabic to german course.
in the case of zari changing her appearance, it feels like you're pushing an islamic agenda. other people have their own religions you know? this is a half arabic channel after all, not a religious channel.
the fanart could be made by adults too
those are some un-discussed reasons, and feel free to correct me on this.
Also there are LGBT Muslims
zari is portrayed wearing hijab, which.. pretty much only muslims wear now, so saying a muslim character is breaking islamic laws is not 'pushing islamic agenda'
This video should be called "Don't use Duolingo if you're a radical Muslim". What even has religion to do with the language lmao? Not even all Arabs are Muslims, let alone people who could learn this language for many different purposes
i’m with you this is some brainwashed nonsense
@@evrencicekli7045Exactly. Not even "Muslim" but yes radical religious which most people aren't
1:24 The part about alcohol/ham is not in Arabic, though. You showed examples of Spanish, Japanese, and English. You didn’t show one example of alcohol in Arabic.
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😂😂😂
the pov wasnt exacrly abt languages,its abt the app.its bad for muslims.
@@littleartist073 The title should be "Don't use Duolingo if you're a Muslim" then. I dislike this channel calling itself "Arabic 101" and then continuing to conflate the idea that the Arabic language and Arab identity is the same as being Muslim when significant amounts of non-Muslim Arabs exist.
There is a arabic word for alcohol though so maybe arabic is anti Islam 🫢
1:44 I’m not defending duo lingo or anything but hell is actually a city name in Norway and if you see on the top left corner there is Norway 🇳🇴 flag so it doesn’t mean actual hell I know the other ones are disturbing but that one is mistaken hopefully you find this comment and understand!
but the rest tho
@@Irfan__ yea your right, and I’m not defending duolingo it’s still bad but that one is mistaken
@@Irfan__ "nature is our mother". Seriously?
If it was actually talking about the city, it would have also said “hell” in the Norwegian section. But instead it says the actual word for hell in Norwegian
Who names a city hell? It's a bit pessimistic 😂
tbh i used it for 2 months when i started arabic and it helped with the basics. personally, i didn't pay attention to what the phrases were or the characters, just understanding new words and gramatical structure. i guess someone who pay more attention to the smaller details might get influenced
True, i also am using it to learn the Arabic alphabet and it really is effective!
I think the issues are mainly when it's used by kids. You can filter out things but kids don't.
@@FawadBilgrami
Children should be protected by being kept as far away from Abrahamic religions as possible.
someone like children!
جزاک اللە خیرا، That was important.
This video should be mentioned as a video for Muslims, not mentioned as an app not to learn Arabic. This is wrong, and I am saying this as a Muslim myself.
Thank you
It would be best for everyone not to support such evil.
honestly that's even giving it too much credit. there are plenty of queer Muslims so to ostracize that whole group of people is so cruel and hateful...
@@user-do5mm7lv2t There's no evil here, the op is ignorant of the fact that those sentences are used because they have been proven to be way more useful for remembering words and grammar than pre-made, everyday sentences.
Thinking there's some sort of agenda behind this is just being a conspiracist.
@@adnanb7937there’s no such thing as Queer Muslim..
Duolingo was never a good language learning tool not just for Arabic, but for other languages as well, such as Japanese and Korean. Besides the weird examples no one would use in real life, it sometimes teach you the wrong way of pronouncing words (this is the case with Japanese words with kanji). It also doesn’t understand the nuances in the language and will often say a native speaker in said language is “wrong”. I’ve never used it and probably never will.
Well personally, I have been having a great time learning Japanese with Duolingo. I know now how to tell and ask for the time, order food, ask for a location and much more. I feel like people should appreciate Duolingo more as it probably takes a long time and lots of work to generate, update and teach you a new language, even if you believe it's bad.
@@CinnxmonBubbles you can "learn" all of these and more from a 1 dollar Japanese phrase book (the kinds you often see in airports), with the added benefit that the phrase book is organized to be as useful for a tourist as possible. of course, you're not really learning so much as just repeating what the booklet says and hope the native speaker understands you. incidentally, someone made a review on the Japanese course. even after completing the course, which took a few months iirc, they were still far from being at an N3 level, and I have my doubt they would be at an N4. (for those who don't know, N4 is at a very beginner level)
@@mapl3mage N5 is beginner not N4
Ive only done romance languages and i havent had a problem with it
@@CinnxmonBubblesI'm totally with you on this. I don't understand the criticism about Duolingo. It is a free app that provides a huge handful of languages and is also regularly provided with updates. Duolingo helps me a lot to either learn new languages passively or actively or not to forget them
1:39 “we are taking a vacation to Hell” i dont think it meant the Hell i think it meant Hell in Norway and that sentece is also Norwegian
I think the creator of the video is just going to ignore everyone pointing this out along with any other critiques of the video unfortunately
@@terminallyonlinezillennial the video maker is mentally deficient
Duolingo: beer
2 billion people: Blasphemous! This is pure evil!
Ok give your baby some beer😊
Tell your dad that he already made a mistake.😂
Im a muslim and i really think this is kinda overreacting
@@Staticcuzynot muslim by name or practicing?
@@jammy3912 practising
جزاك الله خير ، قناتك رائعة جدا اعجبني التقديم الصوتي و المونتاج و المحتوى. استمر بالنشر
انت التعليق العربي اللي انا كنت بدور عليه
I've noticed these weird sentences while I didn't really think about them at first because I wasn't raised to be a Muslim I found my way to the Islamic religion a year ago. And also I don't usually judge what others do if they know it bad or not healthy, and its not harming me or anyone else I pay it no mind. Although there were some sentences that were really odd, I just thought they were ai generated. Well now i am more aware. I've been using a mixture of dualingo to remember the letters and lingq so I can learn the words sentence structure. If anyone has other resources to use for learning arabic, then let me know.
I started learning Arabic on Duolingo because I know there are a lot of speakers around the world, and that learning such a language could open my mind to many facets of humanity. Your video has been great motivation to continue learning Arabic on Duolingo, as you have shown they really align with the ethos of being open minded and learning about humanity.
And yes, I do think you're making a big deal out of nothing. I was honestly expecting this to be a video about how the grammar is incorrect, or the users don't actually learn much. Not a manbaby throwing a hissy fit about how it doesn't align with his personal- frankly backwards values. Imagine if a vegetarian complained that some of the sentences normalised meat eating in the same manner as this video.
Ooohhh so we have to take "god is good, god is great" but the moment it says something about nature we get offended? What happened to respecting beliefs
Edit: not only is he being sexist to muslim women, he is also being homophobic. Im glad the comment section is actually awake and not following this sexism and homophobia, sickening.
shut up he is trying to protect us from their brainwashing ideas
i feel the same! i used to like his videos on this channel but now.. ew
IMO, I think it's fine if there were sentences with different ideas and values. It encourages more diversity and tolerance. Also, not every Arabic learner is religious and/or Muslim. (Btw, I think the "disturbing" sentences you showed were just there for comedic effects.)
But we (Muslims and Arabs) don't support that. We aren't against people because of their feelings but because of their actions. And it is really our choice to alarm everyone else
@@nufailanoon Not all Arabs are Muslims. And not everyone who wants to learn Arabic has an interest in being Muslim. The two should be separate, Duolingo should not be a religious app.
@@JCW86 literally almost all Arabs are either Muslim or Christian and neither Islam or Christianity accepts this.
+ true not all Arabic speakers are Muslim but we shouldn't promote the app itself, it supports dangerous organizations
@@JCW86Doesn't have to be religious, doesn't have to push propagandas down our throats.
@@Pancakes344 agreed, People born Man Or Girl, People change it to whatever new gender it is
Just because the app has different agenda it doesn't mean that people shouldn't use Duolingo to learn Arabic. The video title should have been "Why shouldn't Muslims use Duolingo" instead.
Our culture is not about this so theres no point in know how to say that in Arabic
And besides, Arabic is the language FOR Muslims. If they won’t allow us to learn it, then what kind of app is this? I think it’s wrongful and for people who have values the title makes sense as well
@ArianazzxxSwifts ok you didnt get my point. Thats ok one day
Arabic is a language. It is for everyone to use, not just muslims!
@@AmirWagih-l9e the video is referring to parents letting their children learn use Duolingo. So I disagree, children shouldn’t learn about being gay.
at 3:00 I really don't see anything wrong with these positions except the butt one. The rest are completely fine and it shouldn't be our fault men stare at us sexually. And also what's wrong with men being house husbands or wearing women wearing men's clothing since it does "cover" the body after all. My dad is actually more of a house husband while my mom goes out to work. And yes you did say that this isn't for a Muslim company so don't get mad if it has they/them. And also the "My wife eats children" is just a simple joke. No need to get worked up over it.
If it goes against your religion just don't play it, saying something is wrong because it goes against your religion is oike me saying you cant eat fast food cause I'm on a diet
Who cares what you think? The guy is addressing Muslim community to not use this for kids so they won’t be exposed to things against our religion and human nature. And I do use it but still find it disgusting but I am smart enough to distinguish that unlike others
@@yosrbouzayen6917 he never specified who he was saying the app is bad for he is talking about how it's bad because it goes against his religion but if that's the problem then just don't play it
@@vrbyxzthe guy is literally teaching people Arabic and rules of Tajweed (Quran recitation) sorry if he confused you 😂
@@yosrbouzayen6917 in which part of the video is he teaching it, cause I'm not talking about he channel but his video
Shut up
Thank you man. I'll do what I can to warn my friends.
May Allah bless you and your team. I can't speak Arabic at all (except prayer), so your videos help a lot and in general these kind of things are just helpful. Inshallah we'll see us in Jannah🤲☝Allahu Akbar
May Allah facilitate you
Arabic 101 can teach you arabic inshAllah
Ameen
آمين
My dear brother...i can give you one tip..and thats arabic is better leanred from a human its easier face to face not an app or a website
Ammen
When a service is free, you are the product.
Like windows nowadays or those free ad-filled games.
If you really understand it then why you don't uninstall the RUclips in case if you're not a premium user
1:09 "nature is our mother" is not complete blasphemy its a phrase explaining that most our thing we get from nature. do not complain about many of these stuff without checking or thinking completely
Btw in 1:36 “Hell” means a city in Norway, not the hell we think it is
okay but why this specific city?
@@thecatfriend4716 the meaning of “hell” in Norwegian means luck, just google “hell meaning in Norwegian” & youll see
@@thecatfriend4716the city’s name, “Hell”, means luck in Norwegian
@@Eye-of-Rah-419 okay, but they said: "i'm going to hell"
@@thecatfriend4716 it means they’re going to the city, not the hell u think
I thank you for the aid you have given me before, but I see no point in judging them. In their core they are trying to be inclusive and teach someone a language. A simple tool like this is not and never will be impactful enough to change the values we teach our kids. Unless there already is doubt in them. But if there already is doubt in them, then this would just add something minor to that. We, as adults, as parents, uncles, aunt's, neighbors, need to give the right example to the next generation on what the right values are. And we should put ourselves above small things like this. For in the end, the judgement is for none but Allah.
I was really expecting the video to say something like the app is full of grammatical or pronunciation errors....but a man doing housework?! What a terrible idea! On a more serious note: I love your content on the Arabic 101 series, but I strongly disagree with lots of this video. As an example: issue is taken with showing a man doing housework as "promoting particular views of gender roles", but wouldn't presumably what you would rather see - women portrayed as doing housework? - do exactly the same? That portrays a particular, steretoypical view of gender roles. I'm not one for needless virtue signalling, but that really is a contradiction. From the comments, I see I'm in a minority here, so I guess the bottom line is: if you don't want your kids to think it is the case that there are in fact men who do housework, or couples of the same sex, then don't use the app. But they'll be missing out on a great learning tool, and will have a vocabulary unable to acknowledge the fact of the matter that these things do exist. They cannot be erased out of existence simply by refusing to teach a sentence like "his grandma has a girlfriend". or whatever it is. Not teaching these sentences (which, btw, are entirely neutral - it does not praise or disparage such matters - merely acknowledging existence is not an "agenda") means not teaching the way the world is. And being unable to describe the way the world is in your new language is a big disadvantage. Anyway, I am learning Arabic on your channel, self-study, and yes, with Duo the owl. And I'm having a great time. I hope to learn more from your language videos, inshallah, but I'll leave ones like this. مع السلامة
I agree with men doing housework. Besides even the blessed prophet used to clean his room and wash his own clothes. But you completely brushed off the more dangerous examples like Zari's husband being Susan and their open admission of "the app being gay af". As a Muslim, I find mixing education with these kind of woke agenda pukeworthy.
I must have missed Zari's husband being Susan. I haven't come across this, and I thought Zari would be too young to marry. Anyway, I did address the issue of teaching the language of same-sex relationships above. Whatever one's views on those kinds of relationships, they exist, and it would be harmful to one's mastery of a language to not be able to recognise that in the new language. The app has, from the screenshots in this video, expressed support for LGBT communities. But within the language lessons themselves, and on the app, this comes across in nothing. I have used the app for over 4 years and found nothing .The mere fact that it uses examples like "this man has a boyfriend' does not on the face of it support or judge that. So it is not teaching children to support or judge that either. They are neutral statements of fact. And that's a good thing. Because it is for individuals themselves to decide what they believe. For themselves or through a particular interpretation of a particular religion. They need the language to be able to do that of course. And that goes back to my point about teaching the real world in the language we learn. Peace be upon you.
Are you serious?
I thought there were some issues with grammer or pronunciation.
So, there is nothing wrong with the actual language itself.?
well there is
Tbh I think it's a regional thing because I'm from Saudi arabia and I haven't seen any of these blasphemous words but this app helped me a lot with reading Arabic since I was never taught when I was young. This app may contain an agenda but everything has one nowadays to the point that I don't care except when children are put into the situation. I want to keep my children safe and uncorrupted so instead I'll teach them
(Btw I don't have kids just using it to make a point)
facing so many agendas nowadays to the point you dont care anymore is exactly what they want. please dont get desensitized to this stuff.
Barak Allah Feek.
ماشاء الله
اكيد سعودي لانه ليس اي شخص يرتضي علي دينه و عِرضِه ان يكونوا رخيصين لهذه الدرجة غير الجيل الجديد من ال " سعوديين " اتباع محمد بن سلمان و تركي ال شيخ
@@mohamedseif4310
الله يسامحك لا تغلط على السعوديه ولا تعمم لأن التعميم لغة الجهلاء.
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليَصْمُت)
لذا اذا ما عندك شي طيب تقوله السكوت احسنلك اكفي الناس من شر لسانك وارحم نفسك من ذنوب تافهه. انهي عن المنكر هذا شيء كويس لكن السب والشتم في الرايح والجاي هذي قلة ادب وسوء خلق انت منت قاعد تنصح احد انت قاعد تتصيد على الناس اغلاطهم وتعمم وتتهم ناس مالهم دخل بذنوب غيرهم. لو احد سوا فيك الي انت تسويه في الناس راح تكره من قالك هذا الكلام. اذا عندك نصح تبغى تقوله قول ما عندك الا سب اتحفض به لنفسك.
@@iiReTr0Z تقول هذا الكلام لو كان السعوديين يقفون و يظهرون انهم لا يخافون الا الله و لكن السعوديين مبسوطين(اغلبهم و كل الظاهر منهم) من الوضع الحالي و ان ابن خادم الحرمين الشريفين ال المفروض يمثلنا ك مسلمين حرفيا يلهو و يلعب و هو لا يبالي بالامة ( طلع في احد اللقاءات الصحفة مع جريدة اجنبية و قال انه يمضي وقتا في لعب العاب الفيديو و وصف نفسه انه "gamer" ) كيف لا اتكلم و انا اري هذا الشخص يحكم السعودية و هي جوهرة الاسلام و انت تعلم حكامها قبلنا و تعلم مواقفهم و ان سيدنا عمر رضي الله عنه كان لا ينام الليل يبكي خوفا علي الامه الاسلامية و من جانب اخر تري الاتجاه "trend " في السعودية منذ فترة هو " فلسطين ليست قضيتي " و هو معروف جدا و انا لا اتحدث فقط في السعودية عن الحاكم فجميع حكام العرب غير جيدين و لكن الفرق بين بقية العرب و السعوديين ان العرب يعلمون ان حكامهم لا يدعمون الاسلام و العروبة و يدركون ذلك و لكن السعوديين لا يدرون عن ذلك شيئا (الا فئة قليلة جدا) و لا يهتمون بسبب انغماسهم ف الحياة الدنيا و ملذاتها و تفكر في كلامي جيدا و قارن بين السعودية الان و منذ 20 عاما و ستري الفرق واضحا جليا و الله اعلم
I am in Saudi Arabia and I have seen them
Arabic language doesn't own Islam. Not all Arabic speakers r Muslim or Arab. So respect the world has more to offer than Arabs.
this is either a joke (the spanish or vanish ones) or real
also the Duolingo sentences are funny
extra note: atleast I am atheist
@@BaconsAverageChannel My husband dont eat babies. Does this sounds joke to teach ? They clearly need an observation into this
@@nurulabsar725 bro replied after 7 god dang months of this comment 💀
@@BaconsAverageChannel have another late reply
I am muslim and I’ve been using Duolingo to learn German for a while and I haven’t encountered any of these strange sentences, but it did teach words like “beer” and “wine”. It didn’t tell me to use them in any sentences though.
Watched this as I've been learning Arabic on a similar app for a few months but I'm really disappointed. This video was shockingly intolerant and fragile
Yes we are intolerant for people who try to bend our faith.
The Arabic language and Arabic poetry are a masterpiece, and translating it into English or any other language does not give you the full meaning because it is a complex and integrated language in all aspects. It has special rules, and for me, as an Arabic speaker, I will be happy to explain or teach this language to anyone.
Teach me Arabic please
@@sayma700. Do you have Telegram, Instagram or Facebook?
I'm interested. I agree wholeheartedly that the language and its poetry are beautifully crafted. I am familiar with the Arabic letters so I can read and write Arabic but I have only a small amount of knowledge of grammar and vocabulary.
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From where u learn arabic
Arabic is a language, and language is a tool. No religion owns a language. And if this is the concern, I honestly don't see what's wrong in that.
No religion own a language, true. But when that language is a huge part of some religion, and it can effect its’s understanding. It concerns us.
@@mak_1802 I don't mind that at all, for I care to learn a language, and what duolingo is showing -- I don't see how that is anything immoral.
@@acagastya power pf subconscious my friend, if you would have studied psychology you would know what power our sub conscious mind holds. Little nudges here and there it makes a lot of difference, and the REAL problem is people MAJORITY times learn Arabic BECAUSE of islam. And it WILL affect their minds
@@mak_1802 And the affect of duolingo's "little nudges", I don't see how that is immoral.
@@acagastya as I told what our conscious mind don’t catch, our sub conscious mind does, and thats NOT good for children
After watching this video i would say duolingo is okay for adults only, I'm trying to learn arabic so i would learn the Quran better but trust me from where I'm from DuoLingo is the only hope for me to learn basics of arabic.. i speak swahili as my native language but I've never spoken arabic ... These problems in duolingo are nothing compared to what the television and social media are trying to sholve in our kids nowdays so for me theu have no effect but Yeah not good for kids. I'm Christian btw
Jazak Allahu Kharyan, I have been using it for a while for learning Arabic and it isnt worth it so much. It's going to learn the basics such as the alphabet but otherwise it's better to use actual services or even learn from a course. The agendas that they are promoting are very clear, their social media pages promote LGBT. Instead, There are a ton of playlists online for the medina arabic books and I have begun learning from them and its been very beneficial so far.
Can u give an example of playlist you are using please ?
Yes please, provide the link or let us know the channel name. JazakaAllah khair
Totally agree. I did the full course and I can't still understand a native speaker or speak Arabic fluently. Don't waste your time if you already can read and write Arabic.
@@MugiwaraLuffy11 ruclips.net/p/PLILZM7Z8mbfBYd02P9jVbgkW28Si122Ph&si=rdWEXsccM0wrDAth
@@charmfernando8007 ruclips.net/p/PLILZM7Z8mbfBYd02P9jVbgkW28Si122Ph&si=rdWEXsccM0wrDAth
JazakAllahz Khayran for this eyes opening video. But just want to mention that whenever we come across a problem, let's try to come up with a solution that goes with it (if we have one, of course), because otherwise it leaves a bad atmosphere and for example after this video someone may no longer be motivated to learn the Arab language, when that's clearly not the author's aim. This reminder is for me first and foremost. Wassalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu
The best thing would be for us to try and create an app on-par with duolingo or babbel... but specifically for "Muslim languages" (that is, languages that Muslims usually speak, especially the "main 5"... Arabic, Farsi, Turkish, Malay, Urdu).
of course there are other important languages too... Amazigh, Hausa, Somali and so on... I'm just giving quick examples
The channel that posted this literally is dedicated to teaching proper Arabic. People just don't want to put in the time and effort, that's their problem.
why do you bring religion into learning arabic? not everyone learns arabic to be a muslim and read the quran
you are right
Every Arabic grammar came form Quran
@@mamandbarwary1440 not true
@@yeahimawesome1 find by your self
@@mamandbarwary1440 I'm sure at least 1 word came not from the quran
1) this is an app for learning a language, not a religion. Also, not all Arabs are Muslim Arabs
2) People of different religions learn Arabic there, and certainly not those for whom Arabic is their native language, on the contrary, so people learn to talk about themselves and their way of life, so yes, I need to know how to say that I, a woman, do scientific research and generally do something other than cleaning and cooking, and during the general cleaning of the apartment with the whole family, my father washes the floor
3) not all Arab countries strictly adhere to the rules of religion, especially to foreign tourists they do not apply at all, so they can ask for alcohol in Arabic at the hotel.
4) in Norwegian, it does not mean the hell you thought of, but the city.
The author of the video was obviously more offended by the images where the man is busy with household chores, and the woman does something else than other aspects. He said so much that this is against religion / culture. This works on the negative perception of Muslims more than any arguments of Islamophobes
That's insane. I am learning Arabic language from Duolingo. Nothing anti Islam I found in it.
Of course not. This is just a Muslim idiot who believes women shouldn't get out of their homes and let their damn hair be visible 😒
I fully completed arabic course on it - I LEARNED ALMOST NOTHING. I couldn't instantly understand Quran after finishing it, I cannot talk for even simplest topics with someone - I stayed same as before, so it doesn't give me anything lol. which is really helpful as my findings now - doing anki cards and buy some grammar rules book. ON DUOLINGO NO GRAMMAR, so what's the point for you to waste time there? duo is okay for several lessons for get into language and learn characters and some constructions - after that in my opinion u should leave it and find more valuable sources for learning language
there is no problem on me, if you will look to course structure and overall words which they covers - all of them are extremely unsignificant and you will not get something major from it. Duolingo is best place for learn characters only imho, nothing more than it
@@НейтриноНейтроновi don't know why you can't speak arabic after completing the course. Iam in the second stage, and I can almost lead a normal conversation. Iam not saying that u can understand Quran by learning Arabic through Duolingo since Qur'an is different... But for leading a basic convo in arabic, this app is helpful for me.
@@sadiquevelluvangadan9625 I am a native Arab and I tried the Arabic course and I skipped to the next part of it , for starters, you know those big buttons with Arabic letters on them that the app asks you to press how they're pronounced? I'll just clarify they aren't actual words
and the msa is trying as hard as it can to be Syrian Arabic
And app even after an entire chapter of a course they're still giving phrases with no use
Directing hate to a company/person for no reason except religion?
Wow, no wonder people hate religion so much
In 3:14, she isn't doing anything wrong or innapropriate but I agree with you on the rest of the video
As a non-muslim trying learn Arabic , I dont see a reason not to use duolingo , sure , many of those examples are cringe , but I dont see them as "bad"
As a Muslim we also can use this app if we have knowledge this app should not be used by kid or a person who has less knowledge because it is promoting lgbtq and the kids would become a part of lgbtq Which is against Islamic ruling
If you do not want people to use this app, what app would you recommend to learn Arabic?
بارك الله فيك وجزاك الله خيرا ونفع بك أمة محمد
I’ve stumbled upon your channel by accident and i’m in love with your message and content. Keep doing your great work!
I'm learning arabic with duolingo. I'm on level 22 now and I've NEVER come across any sentence like the ones the video claims they have. This is just a way of putting duolingo down.... Don't believe everything they say ... that's commercial warfare (I'm a private user of duolingo, not related with the app in any way )
While doing a Swedish lesson, I got a sentence that translated to: "a Norwegian architect was in my bed" which is weird but sounds like something that might happen in Sweden. While doing an Arabic lesson, I got sentences like, "george has many dresses". Clearly they're pushing an agenda that is meant to promote something totally foreign to middle eastern culture and religious norms.
These sentences are meant to be funny so you can memorize the words better.
@@Regigigas_YT only sexually aparently
you’re gonna focus on things that don’t matter rather looking into actual problems.
points I can easily debunk is conflating Arabic with Islam.
It mentions concepts like wine or alcohol, but this app is made for learning basics of languages without any favor of sect/religion.
@@0n1c420 if it so then why does it feel the need to mention LGBTQ at all? The man wasn't saying "THIS APP BAD!" he was just making awareness to those who DON'T want their kids seeing this
@@thereallemon429 what, there’s nothing harmful.
@@0n1c420 he just pointed out the girl with "they/them" pronouns, now I don't care if you'd support LGBTQ or not but when I personally grow up I'd not want my kids seeing anything that has LGBTQ in it , plus he himself specified that he acknowledges that the app doesn't follow the favour of islam "I am well aware that Duolingo isn't an islamic app nor is it made by an islamic company" at the end of the video . Btw I just realised I've left a lot of replies that might come off as mean , I hope people don't read them with an angry tone in their minds
@@thereallemon429 a pronoun is not gonna harm y’all.
Umm, I'm not trying to go against you or smth but what you displayed ( 1:22 ) is fake. You know that you can actually do that on purpose. Those pics are fake, the user creates those sentences. Just letting you know
I was expecting this…
Arabic 101: do not use duolingo, Here is why….
A random green bird will attack you
Sameee I wanted a meme lol
Im going to be as respectful as possible here, and yes i agree that duolingo is pushing this "agenda" deliberately, however i do not see the issue with it. First of all the weird sentences are a learning tactic since you remember a strange sentence more than a boring one. Duolingo knows this and that's why they have so many weird sentences. Second Duolingo showcases not mainly the cultural but the everyday side of things mostly, and lgbt people exist everywhere so it is a big part of daily life for a lot of people. Duolingo knows its pushing a new age agenda and its doing it for the sake of publicity of course, but also to better the life of others and promote acceptance, and to educate people like you about how other people not in your country, not living by your rules and ethicises live. Duolingo isn't "going against Muslim tradition" it is just showcasing all sides/people of the world, there is just as much arabic/muslim/asian/hebrew/african/etc representation as lgbt, if anything duolingo is very centered in terms of politics, choosing to shows all sides instead of censoring everything.
Yes but we shouldn’t be using this App because it does go against the rules of Islam.
And in my opinion those sentences are disturbing and I’d rather learn boring ones but that’s just my opinion
what does religion have to do with learning a language? Arabic is not just for Muslims.
you are right, but it is obvious that the agenda of one religion out of hundreds, if not thousands, is more important, duhh!!!!!221
Quran is Arabic every Arabic grammar came form Quran
@@mamandbarwary1440 that is loads of bullshit, arabic predates quran. one google search
@@mamandbarwary1440arabic language came first
Still there is no reason to promote something like lgbtq
People using duolingo are trying to learn a language not a religion or belief system. Duolingo is also based in The United States of America so they will not show suppression of women in anyway nor should they need too as it does not claim to be teaching religious beliefs. The people that contribute to the app are most likely citizens of the USA so they may not have the more traditional belief system still practiced in other countries. I doubt it was meant to be offensive. After the learner gets a grasp on the language they can and probably will learn about the culture behind it through the appropriate resources. Duolingo is a resource for people that cannot justify spending money to learn a new language or maybe they simply cannot afford it. Though it has it's flaws, several in fact, duolingo is hardly corrupting the minds of young people in my opinion.
Hey man, i bet you didn't read the title of the youtube channel or perhaps you didn't know this is a muslim channel, dear, if you're no Muslim then you don't have to be angry of whatever emotions, he is talking to us the muslim parents and children that we should be mindful of what we let our children do or in this case read. how can you say, my grandma has a boyfriend is right. dating is not even good in Islam talkless of an old lady dating. spoken or read by a child or children infront of your parents? is that respect?. so dear you can just keep scrolling when you see a video of muslims (if they didn't offend you in anyways).
1- Muslims don't agree with USA's beliefs
2- it isn't "suppression"
3- if it wasn't meant to be offensive, why did they add a muslim character?
4- lgbt stuff and alcohol endorsement isn't something to be taught to children!
@@sarah12232 1-"USA beliefs" The USA has freedom of religion. Calling it USA's beliefs could be considered offensive, which i assume wasn't your intentions considering your comment was about offensive material.
2. Suppression by definition; come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority. As long as all parties involved agree to the lifestyle ,then I would concede, there's no suppression.
3. Offensive character(s) was most likely a bad creative choice and their ignorance on the Muslim faith. The entire duo program has bad design tastes all throughout and even questionable phrases that people have called out.
As you said, " USA's beliefs". Not everything is meant to be offensive. Most is just ignorance on their behalf.
Not to mention… I don’t really think Arabic children are using DuoLingo to learn their own language. If so, there needs to be a companion app called Do Some Parenting. I do kinda agree that it was in poor taste to have the girl’s hair coming out from her hijab… even in America, that just makes her look sloppy… but it’s a way of engaging people and if, in the end, they learn something, fantastic. Beats doom scrolling.
@@gfarleyI you're Muslim, you don't negotiate what rules to follow and not follow, you agree to all them. If you don't follow certain rules or go against them and you don't agree with them especially if the rules are clear, then you're going against the faith. I'm unsure what you mean by suppression, seen as the fact you mentioned no examples. Are you of the belief that women who follow their religion are oppressed and that the lack of similarity to Western culture is a sign of suppression?
1:05 "When God invented beauty he was inspired by you" My new pick up lines
_H A R A M_
@@IamDamagehaha not only haram
Shirk
Just think about it
Many shirk stuff there lol
God gets inspired?
From a creature He created?
He didn't have all the knowledge?
Wouldn't that mean that that person is also god, since it has a 'knowledge of beauty', so God has to be inspired by it so He can create beauty?
Like, by that logic, God isn't independent anymore?
God can't say: "Be!" and it is?
God Himself is the most beautiful, there's nothing beautiful more than Him.
Wouldn't saying that mean somehow that the person is more beautiful that God?
The person who's been created by God?
Many many shirk stuff
Just to think about it
@@muhammednadarevic5151this person probably isn’t muslim. thanks
@@Yilastic most likely.. but for others to know it.. I hear myself some muslims saying similar stuff..
@@muhammednadarevic5151 thats unfortunate man
I had a weird duolingo sentence in english course
1) My bird is so crazy, she plays chess
2)This dog is crazy, he eats pizza
AND THE WEIRDEST THING IS THAT BOTH OF THESE SENTENCES WERE IN 1 LESSON
Lesson 1? No fxcking way, the most weid sentece I've found was something like "I am an apple" in the Dutch course, and I found it in the +20 lesson.
It's high time team Arabic 101 designed your application that will help us review and internalize your amazing materials ...May Alloh make it easy for you to spread the teachings of our deen, especially the Qur'an.....
Looking forward to the app....
Thank you brother for this advice. Though, it's actually I think a running gag online for some of those "disturbing" sentences. But the others - yes, we should be mindful.
I have read that the idea of "surprising" or weird sentences are considered helpful for remembering new words, but am not sure if that's the idea behind it!
@@ancientromewithamy well if you are not sure then dont comment about it
@@ateez.forever8 Oh, I am quite sure there is at least an MIT study suggesting this. I am not sure of DuoLingo's intent, but I suspect they are doing it for this reason.
@@ancientromewithamy I've had a phrase with the meaning of "you are an apple" and I still can only remember it's meaning despite it popping up so much
very important video
Please add more alternatives and advice for those who want to learn languages in a good way
I tried Bayyinah TV for learning Arabic (for reading / understanding the Quran), and found it to be an amazing resource. It's paid though - 11 USD monthly.
KALAAM app it's perfect and free
Memrise is a good app, and he uses that app too as he has a course on there
1:46 I’m not a Muslim and I completely understand how this is wrong for Arabic questions, but the Norway question at the time where it says taking a vacation to hell, that is a town/city in Norway.
انا عربي واشاهد مقاطعكم الجميلة واصراركم على الالتزام بعقيدتنا الإسلامية وتعلم اللغة العربية لغة القرآن الكريم
حقا انكم ابطال ثبت الله قلوبكم على طاعته
Being an Arabic speaker and being a Muslim are two different things. An Arabic speaker can be Christian, atheist, etc. the language is independent of religion, nationality, culture, etc.
There is no strong / acceptable evidence that any religion is true, including Islam; religions are pure BELIEFS and nothing more than that; there may be people who claim to have experienced apparitions, dreams, etc. but they are only subjective experiences that can even be explained in ways that don't involve any religion. Also, the "evidences" that many religious people claim can be explained without involving any religion. So, you cannot impose a religion (belief) over science (reality / logical reasoning). I don't mean to be disrespectful to Muslims or other religious people, but we must accept this irrefutable fact.
It makes sense that Duolingo reflects how the world works in real life, whether it is “correct” or not. The world is how it is, not how we want it to be. On the other hand, each person has different tastes when it comes to music, food, hobbies, movies, etc., and ѕех is no exception. Why would it be? It is important to note that NO ONE CHOOSES THEIR PREFERENCE, it is not anyone's fault to be attracted to men or women, it's just how one is, and I believe that any wise god would understand that, right? A person cannot change their preference at will, so it doesn't make sense to condemn them in any religion (and things like these only discredit religions even more).
The application is educational, and education is not limited to languages; there are also aspects related to diversity (religious, ethnic, sexual, etc.), and it is logical for them to emphasize aspects that are less addressed in traditional education; in other words, what they do complements the educational process of users, normalizing respect and inclusion of any person regardless of their race, religion, culture, sexuality, etc. it is evident that this is something positive because no one chooses their race, sexuality (and many times not even their religion or culture), so it is not right to discriminate against people for things that are beyond their control.
Many things are done in the name of religions, but from the perspective of logical reasoning (not religious), they are unethical; and as I said before, a religion is a belief, not a science (and we can only trust in science), and by “science” I mean “the pursuit of truth” (whatever that truth is).
@@Mirador2 صحيح ولكن اللغة العربية عرفت لغة الاسلام بسبب نزول القرآن الكريم بها
@@Mirador2 ولكن بشكل عام تطبيق دولينغو يتعمد الإساءة إلى الأديان وإلى الفطرة الإنسانية فلو انه تطبيق عادي لتعليم اللغة وحسب ويريد أن يقرب التعليم عبر الشخصيات الخيالية المقتبسة من الواقع فعليه أن يلتزم بعدم الإساءة اليها أو إلى شعائرها ففي الرسوم الكرتونية إساءة واضحة إلى الإسلام وليس إلى العرب وإلى فطرة الكون وليس إلى علم
فإن كان الشذوذ علم فسحقا له ولمن وصفه به
الدين الصحيح (الاسلامي )هو علم ولاسيما انه من عند الله تعالى
@1offical.Duolingo you are here😂😂😂😂
جزاك الله خيرا أخي
Don't you guys have any different words? All you talk about is islam,allah etc.
Whenever you come to know Islam properly you’ll know why .
Thank you so much for good information 👍
Zari knows
Her actor said
We don't know Who she is yet.....
Why should this be considered as problem ? Many wish to learn language but not religion or religious values .
The goal of this video is to warn Muslims. So, yes this doesn't concern non-muslims but concerns us muslims who wants to protect their children from western garbage ideologies...
What a dumb thing to say to the one who is telling from religious perspective.
Ok, probably this gonna be mean, but I was expecting Duolingo had grammatical errors or incorrect vocabulary. But with all respect, not everyone who is learning Arabic is interested to converting into Islam. Myself and many others Arabic learners just want to learn Arabic because we like the language and, probably, some Arabic country (in my case Egypt, Morocco and Syria). and that's just my opinion, but, even if I was learning Arabic for religious purposes, what's wrong? I mean, not every Arab is Muslim, many Arabs likes to drink or even do black humor, and if I was Muslim, that doesn't mean that kind of vocabulary magically disappears. And I would be intelligent enough to know that those are only phrases, and my faith is more important and strong than phrases.
Learn arabic
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I'm a Turkish man living in Türkiye, Ankara. I'm learning Japanese at Ankara University. People I see everyday is like duolingo-mind in human-shape. May ALLAH protect us all, ameen. I am requesting my brothers' and sisters' dua inshaALLAH.
Japanyoda senin beğenmedim şeylerin alası var.
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل.
Well said brother. Thank you, me and my family were starting to use lately.
Thank you for the video, I'll download it right now and recommend for my friends
You're pushing a religious belief. I am not religious, yet this video was on my home page. The messages shown were comedic.
Hmm, you are taking this evil in jest. And it is clear before you.
@@leeban what?
I used to learn arabic from this app a year ago but after sometime I tried to use those words with one of my uncle who knows arabic very well. He said these words are completely wrong and only some of them were right. He said for learning arabic a person or an app first must explain different things otherwise the meaning will be all wrong. I immediately uninstalled this app on that day and warned my circle about it 😐
No i am an arab and I was learning Arabic in this up and everything is right I'm sure 100% the RUclipsrs wants subscribe and like ur uncle afk don't know Arabic, more then me
They don't know that ur uncle tell u that to warn u and there's a lot of safe people in arab so so much safe people these places are small
the people who are learning on Duolingo want to learn a language, they are not wanting to change their religion or whatever, if you are Arabic you don't HAVE to use this app, and I understand that Arabs are against LGBTQIA+, and I respect that, I respect every religion, gender, opinion, choice, and other, but making this video JUST to say it's not exactly made for Arabs was in my opinion useless.
thanks for hearing me out on my opinion
I have been using Duolingo for more than 2 years, yes i agree with you
Bro agreed, but still used it for 2 years 💀
Syukran ya Akhi for the information and explaination
I use Duolingo to learn Indonesian and Spanish, so far, I haven't seen any weird sentences written in. And I am very glad about that. 😊
Apakabar?
same i dont have weird sentences in duolingo
pakabar masbro? bagaimana hidupmu?
I have found some weird in Arabic, but I don't care of them. My focus is only at learning something.
In his logic, true masculinity is sitting lazily all day without doing anything because apparently it’s wrong for a man to do house chores.
Let me share an experience I had while learning Arabic on Duolingo. I encountered sentences with a female Arabic name (let's say ABC) where the phrases went something like: "ABC's wife is a teacher". Initially, I thought I had misunderstood and assumed ABC was a girl by mistake. However, in later sentences, they referred to ABC as "a highly skilled doctor", using the feminine form of the word (which is grammatically distinct in Arabic). This made it clear that the app was including LGBT-related content.
I have been using it for more than an year and the things that mentioned do not happen very often but there's one thing I've noticed lately that when we complete a lesson they say "take a bow" and the characters bow to eachother, that's something I find kinda disturbing
Part of Japanese tradition, bet you feel threatened by them
"they say "take a bow" and the characters bow to eachother, that's something I find kinda disturbing"
Why? The vast majority of people don't view this as venerating or worshipping someone at all. The only people that seem to have an issue with this are Muslims who can't understand that other cultures have different views of different gestures.
@@iridoscyclitis not even most of the Muslims have any problem with it, it depends on one's intention but it's best to refrain from the things you find doubtful and I was only talking on my behalf
@@mrkhan6416 "not even most of the Muslims have any problem with it"
Hence why it's only Muslims who can't understand that other cultures have different views of different gestures. Thank you for clarifying you're a part of that group though.
@@iridoscyclitis is your English a little weak? Go read my comment again I said not even many Muslims have problem with it I was talking only on my behalf, and I wonder which pathetic group you belong to targeting a specific group of people like that
بارك الله فيك
I've never installed the app myself but have seen some people use it and it really didn't take long to suspect that there's something genuinely wrong with the sentences and the characters that they are portraying.
I’ve used it for two years for Arabic and hasn’t stumbled upon a single example in this video… my mother and brother learning Spanish and Norwegian and they have not as well. This video is a joke…
God bless
@@Brosak. It's not , I'm an Arab and I personally jumped up to the next chapter and it gave me phrases like "he's your dog and he is happy" and in Indonesian or Turkish I don't really remember it gave me "you are an apple" nothing is particularly wrong with the other it's that for the Arabic course calling someone a dog in Arabic is a very very big insult and the other one would just never be used .
@@Brosak. this is true
@@thereallemon429 ok
Jazakallahu khair Brother, the fact that you're warning about this is great.
جزاك الله عنا كل خير