Polish-American here learning Polish before my trip to Poland. Are these cookie eating crabs a concern? I can’t imagine using this

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  1. It’s Duolingo… Brace yourself for other creepy stuff like “We are not big enough to eat you but we will try”

  2. Bruh, even the bear looks tired of this not making any sense lama shit of a sentence.

  3. Sometimes a nonsensical/confusing sentence is a good way to teach grammar — especially as it relates to logical semantics . “Joe Biden gives speech on balloon” is a pretty good example of a recent headline where the editor ought to be fired for falling asleep during semantics.

    However, this is not one of those sentences :p

  4. Duolingo can produce some of the most cursed sentences

  5. You’re probably also getting „Zła kaczka je rybę.” Early on in the Polish Duolingo course, animals have interesting dietary choices. Later on in the course you get to learn about things like the consequences of drinking too much alcohol, and why your boss is in prison, as well as the classic „To najdłuższy wąż, jakiego widziałam.”

  6. For odd sentences Polish Clozemaster is the worst

    A large part of the corpus seems to have been taken from a crime film. It’s all “I do not know about a body” and “You will answer our questions”

  7. Keep an eye out if you go to Gdańsk is all I say..

  8. Tbh, crabs eat a lot of things quite happily. Ofc, any biscuits they find are likely going to be quite soggy by the time the crab gets to them. It’s just such a shame that they’ll never experience that satisfying biscuity crunch :'(

    Anyway, duolingo comes up with these random sentences because they demonstrate the structure of the language and get you used to various declensions and conjugations and so on.

    I’ve had a few myself such as – słyczę głosy gdy jestem w domu, meaning “I hear voices when I’m at home,” which made me think I should have the gas man in to check for low level Carbon Monoxide.

  9. My friend has been hit with “My fish is wearing a shirt” or something similar. I can confirm that I’ve never seen a fish wear a shirt, so you’ve got plenty of weirdness yet to experience.

    But beware of the [cookie-eating crabs](https://d-art.ppstatic.pl/kadry/k/r/1/0d/7d/5e7de7d4dc92d_o_full.jpg), they’re a country-wide problem. They’re a rare breed of flying crustaceans, often seen in old city centres. Contrary to the name, they will also eat breads, fries, seeds and people. Often not scared of humans, best to avoid feeding them.

  10. Yeah, it’s a huge problem here. I can’t make fricking cookies, because I look away for 5 seconds and they’re all gone.

  12. Oh, I remember all these ciasteczki’s at the beginning of the course… That was a strange obsession by Duo’s contributors, really.

  13. My favorite example is probably one about Owen from the Welsh course:

    *Mae Owen yn bwyta 40 pannas* (Owen is eating 40 parsnips)

    Followed few lessons later by:*Mae club nos Owen yn gwerthu pannas* (Owen’s night club sells parsnips)

    and

    *Bydd Owen yn codi pannas yn y gampfa yfory* (Owen will be lifting parsnip in a gym tomorrow)

    **And I’m not even kidding…Duolingo is known for its riddiculous examples**

    Oh and my favorite creepy example from the Spanish course:

    Yo lleve las fotos a mi dormitorio (I took the photos to my bedroom)

    I’m afraid to ask what he’s going to do with them…

  15. Yes, they are very common in Bydgoszcz. But they are mostly scammers, so don’t give them cookies.

  16. The point of these strange sentences is that you will remember the words better because of how weird it is

  17. You need to be careful when you’re visiting Poland. Crabs come out from the sewers in every human settlement with a population of over 15,000. They will try to steal your cookies. They usually come out every other Tuesday at around 5-5:37pm. The best way to protect your cookies is to lock them in a titanium closet, have 24/7 surveillance, and preferably hire a 6’4” 285lbs security guard. Hope this helps.

  18. Yes, crabs eating cookies are a great deal here in Poland, even if some people living in deep denial say otherwise. They are a great threat to society, because they eat our cookies, and we have not much food left. They’re honestly 1 of main reasons why inflation in Poland has gone quite rapid.

  19. Heading to poland from American in about a month, been using babbel and I highly recommend it. Very practical phrases and they really hammer it in and make it easy to remember. Have a safe and beautiful trip!

  20. Just wait until it asks you why you’re buying fat penguins.

  21. Maybe it should have been “Chrome” instead of “crab”? AFAIK Chrome still accepts cookies in default mode.

  22. Your gonna die a MISSERABLE death in the first 5 minutes if you dont …

  23. Smart people can transfer knowledge from one situation to a different but similar one.

    The course examples are meant to be funny which makes them more engaging. I think it works pretty well.

  24. When learning hebrew my first lesson was “Dad, love is coming!”

  27. Yeah bro, I bought Oreo yesterday and left them on desk for like 5 minutes and these mfs got them

  28. those guys are pouring out of every street around here; if in a brief encounter you fail to properly whistle crab rave when asked to do so you may end up in a pickle

  30. Today my Italian course surprised me with “The cats eat a mouse”

  31. My advice. Use duolingo to get the feel how to conjugate verbs ect but learn the more basic words that you might actuslly use through other means. Lastly a lot of us speak English quite well. Especially the younger generation. So dont worry if you forget something

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