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Memrise: Learning languages with a game approach - Page 31
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Cephiro
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TerraIncognita
Germany55 Posts
Count me in: TL-TerraIncognita dutch | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
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Rarkon
Canada51 Posts
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Empyrean
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On November 10 2011 03:54 Rarkon wrote: It there a way to not be tested on pronunciation? I'm trying to learn putong hu (a dialect of Chinese), but all the word lists are mandarin. So while the word and meaning are the same, the pronunciation isn't. Sorry if it has already been answered, there are many pages. What? Putonghua is Mandarin ._. | ||
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Rarkon
Canada51 Posts
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Kaiwa
Netherlands2209 Posts
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AmericanUmlaut
Germany2577 Posts
On November 10 2011 03:54 Rarkon wrote: It there a way to not be tested on pronunciation? I'm trying to learn putong hu (a dialect of Chinese), but all the word lists are mandarin. So while the word and meaning are the same, the pronunciation isn't. Sorry if it has already been answered, there are many pages. There's an "ignore pronunciation" button on the left of the screen, I'm pretty sure that's what that does. | ||
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HardCorey
United States709 Posts
EDIT: I figured it out. Really cool so far, really enjoying it. | ||
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ShesSoHeavy
Canada15 Posts
On November 10 2011 03:59 Rarkon wrote: Isn't Mandarin the Taiwanese dialect and Putonghua is the common one in China? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Chinese Mandarin = Putonghua TL-ShesSoHeavy on Memrise | ||
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Jesushooves
Canada553 Posts
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ToT)OjKa(
Korea (South)2437 Posts
Maybe you guys wanna come visit my 100+ French-word garden eh eh? EH? Bienvenu | ||
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gregdetre
44 Posts
On November 10 2011 04:29 Kaiwa wrote: I don't know what is going on but now I have to write words in English from Korean instead of the other way around? This basically eliminated all the usefulness from this site for me. Is there a fix or setting I can do to get my Korean typing questions back? [Memrise co-founder here] Hey, this was a deliberate switch on our part. We knew that people were having trouble typing Korean, so we flipped a switch that reverses the directionality of typing tests, so you'd be typing in English rather than Korean. It sounds like the particular problem this caused was in cases like 'half / class' (where a Korean word has multiple English meanings) - you were being marked incorrect if you typed only 'half' or only 'class'. We can fix this so that it allows either 'half' or 'class' in future, but it might take a day or so to get right. Once we've done that, we might switch it back so you type in English, to make it easier for beginners. Sorry for any frustration caused, Yours, Greg | ||
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mordek
United States12704 Posts
Edit: TL-mordek (Spanish) | ||
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Befree
695 Posts
. If it just had verb conjugation, it'd be perfect! As for the multiple choice issue, I suggest you not look at the choices until you've decided on an answer. | ||
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Pika Chu
Romania2510 Posts
.I think it would be nice if there would be opened some forum threads (on memrise) where people could ask questions to those who made the word lists. But you need the bots gone, i don't see anyone posting right now :p. And the leaderboard seems flawed. I mean the #1 guy only learned 94 words but has done ~8k tests (which should be easy as hell with only so few). I think you should make it a different algorithm that takes into equation the number of words learned (this could even motivate people to learn words in more than 1 language). | ||
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Kaiwa
Netherlands2209 Posts
On November 10 2011 06:16 gregdetre wrote: [Memrise co-founder here] Hey, this was a deliberate switch on our part. We knew that people were having trouble typing Korean, so we flipped a switch that reverses the directionality of typing tests, so you'd be typing in English rather than Korean. It sounds like the particular problem this caused was in cases like 'half / class' (where a Korean word has multiple English meanings) - you were being marked incorrect if you typed only 'half' or only 'class'. We can fix this so that it allows either 'half' or 'class' in future, but it might take a day or so to get right. Once we've done that, we might switch it back so you type in English, to make it easier for beginners. Sorry for any frustration caused, Yours, Greg This is actually not the problem I have an issue with. I liked the system based on the fact that I had to type the Korean instead of the English both testing my ability to remember the way it is written and the Korean itself. It should be possible to allow each individual user to choose the direction of the translation. Having to type the word in English is for me a big disappointment. I hope you do consider this option. Jordy | ||
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meeyoop
United States131 Posts
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Bair
United States698 Posts
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mAgixWTF
Germany103 Posts
On November 10 2011 07:33 Bair wrote: A quick question about Memrise. Does this teach pronunciation or the like? Or is this purely vocab with some grammar? just check it out! its free and not too timeconsuming (and fun) | ||
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