Tip: Search Flashcards for More Help on Lessons

Question

I would like to share a tip for getting more out of the lessons.

Do a search in the Flashcards area for any lesson you want to understand better. For one thing, the flashcards of a given lesson often focus primarily on the nouns and verbs used in the lesson, rather than phrases or sentences. Often one or more Spanishdict users have created additional flashcard sets where they use some of the English and Spanish phrases and sentences, or do a complete conjugation series. You can practice creating complete sentences with the proper grammar, verb conjugations, etc. by doing these flashcard sets.

To do the search, just enter the number of the lesson in the search box, for example "1.5" (without the quotes)

Here you will find, for example: Maria's notes on Learn Spanish 1.5 Languages, Countries, and Regular -ar and -ir Conjugations.

An extract of Maria's flashcards shows the following useful exercise, where you can practice short sentences using the proper conjugations of hablar.

• I speak English. - Hablo inglés.
• You speak italiano. - Hablas italiano.
• He speaks French. - Habla francés.
• She speaks Chinese. - Habla chino.
• You speak Japanese. - Habla japonés.
• We speak Russian. - Hablamos ruso.
• You (p) speak español (Sp) - Habláis español
• They speak German. - Hablan alemán
• You (p) speak portugués - Hablan portugués

There were many other good items in Maria's flashcards, but for brevity, I'm just showing you a sample. The above list demonstrates the value of these flashcards vs.(or in addition to) the flashcards which were included in the lesson. The lesson flashcards just had 11 countries and 9 nationalities.

Not ALL lessons have supplementary flashcards, but many do.

By the way, sometimes you may be able to find additional flashcard sets which relate to a specific lesson by changing your search to the title of the lesson. Or if you find someone who creates great review flashcards, search for their name.

For example, searching for "Maria" led to the following flashcard set: "Maria's notes on when to use the Imperfect Tense." These were notes on Lesson 2.10, The Preterit vs. the Imperfect. You would not have found these notes, however, by searching for 2.10 since Maria did not include 2.10 in her flashcard title. By the way, the flashcard search would have found this flashcard set if you searched for "imperfect tense" as well.

Try it, you'll like it!

Answer 1

Good info, thanks.

Answer 2

thanks