German Memrise version - spelling mistake

Hello team,

when using the German version of Memrise, it says “Bereit zum lernen” when the levels ready to learn are shown in a course. It must be “Bereit zum Lernen”, however, since “lernen” is a verb used like a noun… Please correct it if possible - after all, Memrise is about learning… :slight_smile: Thanks!

Yours,
Sarinda

What if it would be “zu” instead of “zum”?

“Bereit zu lernen” implies “(I am) ready to learn” while “Bereit zum Lernen” rather means “(Level/words) ready to be learned” (without being a passive construction). I am not sure if the difference doesn’t get somewhat lost being translated to English. German native speaker trying to explain her own language without too much grammar clue of it, sorry… O:)

I thought maybe that “m” accidentally got trapped there. :grinning:
I don’t remember that construction. I have finished A1 and then continued the fourth and doing the fifth. Although, I am ignoring the words and phrases that I am familiar with.

zu is a preposition asking Dative, therefore zum Lernen; (zum = zu + dem; dem is dative of der and das)

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I know, that’s why I was asking. Someone who doesn’t speak German and just doing the typing, it’s easy to mistype.
Though, I misread her. I thought she was referring to the Memrise German course.
It’s no big deal. We have a proverb in Serbian : Who works, makes mistakes. (Who doesn’t, doesn’t)