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

Duolingo is a very popular language learning app, and many brothers and sisters use it to learn Arabic while being unaware of the hidden messages that are found within this app.

Most of the information + pictures used in this video were taken from the official website of Duolingo, their social media accounts (Twitter, facebook) and their fandom page.

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[Eazy_A]

why 350 Million arabs with the greatest teacher couldnt make a arabic learn app/programm

[TheDIFFRENTCollector]

I had to watch a Duolingo advertisement to watch this video 💀

[amgadpro]

Bro I thought he was gonna call out the grammar mistakes made in the Arabic language in Duolingo

[Kaito_Offi]

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 )

[Bilal-ysdf]

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

[bretton_woods]

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.

[Nordic_Gjecko]

1:39 as a norwegian, the explination for this is that we have a city named hell wich means (luck) in the norwegian language

[aestheticallybombastic]

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.

[User-xhzu]

I have recently stopped using Duolingo after being shown one of those sentences that show anti-islamic values thank you brother for spreading awareness

[rulargamer]

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

[monalisakindamelisa.]

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.

[Untoldanimations]

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

[maryamsalah]

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)

[Random-ztig]

I've been using the app for 536 days straight and I am a Muslim. What I want to say is that this entire video from start to finish is just BS. Not only have I never encountered any of these phrases likely because Duolingo is constantly updating their app for the better, but also because this app is doing a huge favour to those who can't afford a decent language education. And this exactly is why I avoid these kinds of toxic propaganda arabic creators even though I am a fully committed muslim who certainly doesn't endorse any of the "bad things" in the video. But what I believe is that a bunch of cartoony characters existing to make learning more fun are NOTHING in the face of getting educated. This video didn't teach me anything and will get a dislike.

[fatimakratohvil]

Why should this be considered as problem ? Many wish to learn language but not religion or religious values .

[faizzzx]

The irony of Duolingo ad playing before this vid🗿

[front-endfatih]

May Allah bless you, and reward you for your efforts to bring awareness to this issue.

[anonymoususer_]

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.

[jqgqeju]

Of all the possible critiques against Duolingo, this is some of the most pointless. Why would you object to learning the word for alcohol *when studying a language, such as Spanish, where use of alcohol is normal*? Why is it "blasphemous" to make a trip to a famous metal record shop, even if the name does mean "hell"? Do you really not realize that some sentences are surprising or even ridiculous on purpose in order to check whether you understand the vocabulary and grammar (instead of just guessing the meaning based on what seems "logical")?

Here I was expecting to hear about issues with the actual language-pedagogy aspect, but all I'm seeing here is someone reacting with knee-jerk fear and anger against something that they don't understand. What a disappointment.

[minutesock]

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?