Vocabulary bias
As I see it, the flashcards incorporated into the regular lessons tend to have a disproportionate number of nouns referring to physical objects. Moreover, while traveling I am not likely to talk about a good number of these object-- such as the various sea critters in Lesson 3.9, and snowmen, holidays and trampolines in earlier lessons. To me, there should be included more of, not only commonly used abstract nouns, but also verbs and other parts of speech, that I am most likely to use when traveling and when learning a new language. I would rather not be required to memorize questionably useful words in order to get through a lesson.
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Have you ever tried to find pictures for verbs? or even worse an adverb? much easier for nouns. And verbs vary so much with context it would be hard to not mislead beginners to the language. What do you mean llevar means to wear? I learned in the lesson that it means to carry? ¿lleva una hora? He carried an hour?
You can only do so much with what you have to work with.
What do you mean llevar means to wear? I learned in the lesson that it means to carry? ¿lleva una hora? He carried an hour?
The verb llevar is used in various ways, including "to wear" but it seems that in the case of the hour, the word is being cofused with quedar, ie "Nos queda sólo una hora más" (We only have one more hour).
I am trying to be constructive here by figuring how improvements could be made. For example, flashcards might incorporate not just pictures but illustrations such as cartoons or drawings that convey more meaning than can a simple photo of a physical object. A drawing might be nice illustrating the meaning of llevar when signifying wearing and on another card for llevar showing it as meaning to carry.
But my second issue is more concerning to me. To get through important lessons on grammar and semantics, I need to memorize pretty useless nouns.
Estoy tratando de ser constructivo aquí por averiguar cómo se puede mejorar. Por ejemplo, tarjetas podrían incorporar no sólo fotos, sino ilustraciones como caricaturas o dibujos que transmiten más significado que puede hacer una simple foto de un objeto físico. Un dibujo puede ser agradable que ilustra el significado del significante Llevar al desgaste y en otra tarjeta para Llevar se muestra en el sentido de llevar.
Pero mi segundo problema es más preocupante para mí. Para conseguir a través de lecciones importantes en la gramática y la semántica, tengo que memorizar los nombres bastante inútil.
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