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Hello, are the following sentence making any sense?

Are you joking with me you are losing the wallet and keys?
 

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Hello, [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] does the following sentence make[STRIKE]ing[/STRIKE] any sense?

"Are you joking with me you are losing the wallet and keys?"

Hello! :)

Not really. I'm not even sure what you're trying to say. Perhaps:

"Are you kidding me? Have you lost your wallet and keys (again)?"
 
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Hello! :)

Not really. I'm not even sure what you're trying to say. Perhaps:

"Are you kidding me? Have you lost your wallet and keys (again)?"
Yes, what’s wrong with my sentence?
 

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Yes, what’s wrong with my sentence?
"You are losing the wallet and the keys" doesn't work here. What it means is most likely not what you're trying to say.

Your sentence looks like it's meant to express surprise, disbelief, and irritation. "Are you joking with me" doesn't work.
 

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"You are losing the wallet and the keys" doesn't work here. What it means is most likely not what you're trying to say.

Your sentence looks like it's meant to express surprise, disbelief, and irritation. "Are you joking with me" doesn't work.
“You are losing the wallet and keys”
this is my first time lost the keys and wallet, Not very usually.
 

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"You are losing the wallet and the keys" doesn't work here. What it means is most likely not what you're trying to say.

Your sentence looks like it's meant to express surprise, disbelief, and irritation. "Are you joking with me" doesn't work.
You are losing the wallet and keys. This is my first lost it, it’s clear.
 

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Your sentence looks like it's meant to express surprise, disbelief, and irritation. "Are you joking with me" doesn't work.

"Are you joking with me' and 'are you kidding me' are just slightly different ways to say the exact same thing. Either version could work here.

You are losing the wallet and keys. This is my first lost it, it’s clear.

I don't understand what you're trying to say. Who lost the wallet and keys? Whose wallet and keys are they?

The fact that it's the first time whomever has lost the items isn't really important. The present continuous tense doesn't work for an event that has already passed.

Are you joking with me you are losing the wallet and keys?

You could say "Are you joking (with me) about losing the wallet and keys?"

We still don't know whose wallet and keys are lost, but we know the other person is claiming to have lost them. The speaker is expressing disbelief. 'With me' is optional.
 
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We still don't know whose wallet and keys are lost, but we know the other person is claiming to have lost them. The speaker is expressing disbelief. 'With me' is optional.

And that is easily fixed:

Are you joking with me about losing my/your/his/her/their wallet and keys?
 
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