Hi,
In level 31 there are two audios for the word ‘pedir’. One reads ‘pedir’, but the other reads ‘quedarse’. Please fix this, thank you.
Also, in level 32, the translation for ‘el semáforo’ is ‘traffic lights’. As the Spanish is singular, shouldn’t it be ‘traffic light’. Or maybe the Spanish should be plural: ‘los semáforos’? I know you take things out of the GCSE vocab list, so the plural and singular may be interchangeable, but in all dictionaries I have seen, it says ‘el semáforo’ is a single traffic light whilst ‘los semáforos’ is traffic lights.
Hi, the AQA vocabulary lists consistently show “traffic lights” as the translation of “el semáforo”.
I think that the term “traffic lights” is generally more commonly used than “traffic light”, so I’m inclined to leave the item unchanged right now.
Hi there, I have found a double word that has occurred due to the added levels for the new GCSEs:
The spanish for the word ‘worrying’ can either be ‘inquietante’ (in level 41) or ‘preocupante’ (in level 44).
Thank you
Hi, I agree and I just fixed these items using the bracketed initial letter option that the course author has used previously. Thanks.
Hi again,
I have found another double word: the spanish for ‘to hurt’ is ‘doler’ and ‘hacer daño’. I am not too sure but I think they don’t mean the same thing exactly, so you could put a further clarification on the meaning next to one or both of them, or you could just do the bracketed letter option.
What I’ve just written sounds confusing to me, so hopefully you understand what I mean, and if you don’t, just do what’s comfortable for you. Thank you!
Hi, I think that’s a good point - I’ve changed the items to:
Level 36: hacer daño = to hurt (h), to injure, to harm
Level 44: doler = to hurt (d)
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Hey,
When asked in section 11 to type in “cuántos años tienes”, it doesn’t actually accept “cuántos años tienes” if you spell it with an ñ, only if you use an n.
Here’s a guess as to what might be happening - Memrise software requires either NO special letters/accents, or ALL correct. If you are omitting the accent in “cuántos”, then what you describe is how Memrise works.
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Dang, that’s what I get for being lazy once I realised that the accents didn’t matter. I figured since ñ is a whole separate letter to n it would have to be entered correctly.
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Hi was there anything else you did to learn all the vocab for gcse or did you just use memrise?
Hi, I haven’t done any GCSEs, and also haven’t worked through this course. Hopefully, someone else will be able to comment.
I used this course about five years ago as a source of vocabulary for four of my own Memrise courses. I noticed a few dozen errors and volunteered to fix them - which I did.
If I were studying for a GCSE, this would be the main vocabulary course I’d work through. I’d also consider using the @Monsieur.Farrell series:
*https://www.memrise.com/course/1268169/viva-gcse-spanish-module-1/
You might also want to consider a high-frequency verb conjugation course, perhaps the first one I created:
*https://www.memrise.com/course/662345/top-spoken-spanish-verb-forms-1-2/
Note that the course’s audio uses a Latin American accent, which may not be ideal for you. Also, some of the (very common) verb forms are in the subjunctive mood, and your syllabus may not cover these.
Good luck, and post here if you need more information.
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Thank you so much!
Hi
Just wondering. For the School and College Education Level (34) it has drama as el Arte dramático. I learnt it in class as el Teatro. Is one more common than the other? What would Native Speakers use?
I’m not a native speaker of Spanish, so can’t comment in any detail. In this course we’ve got:
Level 34: el arte dramático = drama
Level 32: el teatro = theatre
Online dictionaries may help you figure this out, for example:
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Hi,
Thanks a lot for making the course available for all. Find it very helpful.
I needed a small help while going through the course.
There are certain letters appended to some phrases and words like
(p) (v) (e) (c)
I tried looking them up online but nothing concrete. Is is possible for someone here to help me these letters and what they mean when mentioned in the course.
Thanks
Suresh
Hi Suresh,
These are the initial letters of the Spanish translations of certain items.
This notation has been applied to disambiguate items where more than one Spanish translation (within this course) could otherwise be selected.
Regards, - Ian.
Thanks a lot for the help, Ian.
So in particular they dont have any meaning if I understand it correctly. It’s a method to distinguish them ?