Don't use Duolingo to learn Arabic (WARNING!) | Arabic101 

​@@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

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

@@EKEKEKEKE714 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,?

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

@@aestheticallybombastic 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.

"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 💀

lol🤣🤣🤣

Google it Luck means Flartz in norwegian

@@user-ec1ds2uy8r No what i was saying is that "hell" translates to "luck" in norwegian

Can you share the playlist pls?

​@@unknownuser0278 look up 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'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...

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.

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

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

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.

Allahumma barik, I find it's also a bad app for language anyway anyway.

Perhaps stop using RU-vid too?

​@@BarkaDono I agree

I am Muslim,but i have used this app to learn Spanish for about 2 months,what should i do?Should i delete it,but i can't find any app that is easier and free to use beside this

@@Alan-dq2hz Maybe you should find RU-vid videos and learn from that

Girlfriend in English also can be used to mean “friends who are female” I’ve seen many straight women use it that way

also the Duolingo sentences are funny

extra note: atleast I am atheist

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😂😂😂

the pov wasnt exacrly abt languages,its abt the app.its bad for muslims.

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

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.

😭

From where u learn arabic

اَمين

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You look muslim like me

اليس كذلك؟

It’s not related.

Bro you didnt even watch do not use duolingo 😐😑

dont be stupid,alr?

Bro really believed this guy 💀

he’s lying bro

Dont listen to these guys. Duo lingo is bad for learning arabic

Me too

i probably shouldnt make a joke but DUOLINGO IS COMING (im a muslim just felt like memeing since im 13, sorry)

I think your concerns for children is good to have. But for my personal experience as an adult user. I have been studying duolingo regularly for over a year in the app, and I completed a big part of their courses, I only encountered weird sentence once. (It was about a man wearing a skirt). So as an adult user who has difficulty to start learning Arabic I think duolingo helped me a lot. But for childrens i agree that it's probably not a good app.

@@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 RU-vid ... 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.

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.

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

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

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 )

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

@@EKEKEKEKE714 okay, but they said: "i'm going to hell"

@@thecatfriend4716 it means they’re going to the city, not the hell u think

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.

@@morbidsearchUgh shut it Indian boy

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

Part of Japanese tradition, bet you feel threatened by them

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.

Same thing here😢

Yeh you are right.

Yeah, this app isn't really outright anti-Islamic. It's just not necessarily made to specifically cater to Muslims. But I do agree that the Arabic seems pretty limited and specific and doesn't teach very necessary words early on. However, Duolingo is pretty good for Spanish.

Eger Türk bir arkadas ariyorsan ben buradayim!

What matters is DRINKING wine and beer, not learning how to say it. Anyone who's offended by that is just a straight up wimp. You already know how to say it in your own language, another language makes no difference

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).

@@Mirador2Your argument makes a lot of sense, but Muslims call Arabic the holy language, the language of the Quran. It is very important to us Muslims, sort of how Latin is for Christians but in a different way.

​@@user-fj2wn1nz4z These days Latin is far more prevalent in scientific fields than it is in Christianity

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.

Like windows nowadays or those free ad-filled games.

If you really understand it then why you don't uninstall the RU-vid in case if you're not a premium user

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 .

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

​@@user-tj2rx8vp3ti 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.

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

allah is fake

Exactly i wanted to learn a bit more arabic (which was useless tbh) but there were no weird sentences whatsoever

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 ru-vid.com/group/PLILZM7Z8mbfBYd02P9jVbgkW28Si122Ph&si=rdWEXsccM0wrDAth

@@charmfernando8007 ru-vid.com/group/PLILZM7Z8mbfBYd02P9jVbgkW28Si122Ph&si=rdWEXsccM0wrDAth

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😂😂😂😂

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

Bro agreed, but still used it for 2 years 💀

And spreading the lies.... 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 )

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.

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

Learn arabic ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G3LvnVjMfe4.html

That is because you are misguided. And I will not say more as I doubt you truly don't understand his point, unless you ask for an explanation.

either overly sensitive or just plain stupid