The difference is saying “I have no cash” vs “I have not enough cash.” The second implies you have some cash, just not enough. Your example would translate to “I have no not enough cash.” To help distinguish the two I sometimes think of “geen” as “zero.” For example: thinking of “ik heb geen water” as “i have zero water.” It is just a conceptual trick though. The correct translation is “i have no water”.
In Dutch 7, this sentence ’ heb je sinds gisteren nog van haar gehoord?’ is used but the ‘sinds’ is very definitely not said. Could someone please fix this? Thanks.
‘Swings and roundabouts’ is a term we still use in Britain, less so amongst younger generations but it’s still used by older generations and really no more quaint than ‘6 of one, half a dozen of the other’. Perhaps the time you spent in the UK was in the south? They are a mystery unto many of us further north.
I keep being told ‘mogen we … alstublieft’ is incorrect then being shown ‘mogen we … alstublieft’ as the correct answer. It’s not a spelling or grammatical error, so what’s going on here? It must be really confusing to new learners, it’s just really annoying to me as a more experienced learner. Thank you.
I suspect I have seen this too. It may be in the sequence of characters you typed. If there are backspaces or delete in your input stream, or if you move the cursor and insert characters, I think it can get confused.
Unfortunately, I am not sure anyone from @MemriseSupport actually maintains this course. As you probably know by now, there are a handful of minor typos and errors. Hope someone can resolve this one soon!
We do our best to review all our courses to ensure they don’t include errors, however unfortunately some of them might slip through the net every now and then
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Hi @MemriseSupport, there are literally dozens of issues on this thread that have been reported by users. It is a bit much to ask users to dig through this list and post. Would it not be more efficient and practical for everyone to have someone on team Memrise go through this list?
I guess I’m a little shocked that the course isn’t actively maintained. And I was even more shocked when I realized there is no Dutch 8. If I had known that this was the extent of Memrise Dutch courses, I probably wouldn’t have renewed my subscription.
They have full audio coverage and are well-maintained. At the moment, I am working through the conjugation course and will move onto the academic course.
Aside from these, two courses that were created by others but are maintained by me are:
Honestly, I am not sure about all the app features and searching for things on the course.
I do know, however, that after starting a course on the website it will appear on the app. You then have the opportunity to save the course to your device to also work offline. I can send screen shots if you want.