I have been using Memrise to learn Spanish for several months now, and I have started to use the new course Spanish 1-7. I am now encountering quite a few questions where my response is rejected in one question but is accepted in another.
For example: “doctor” can be “doctor” or “médico” but there is no indication in the question which response is wanted. Likewise, “A lot” can be “un montón de” or “mucho”; “talk about” can be “hablar sobre” or “hablar de.” Is there any way the program can be modified to either: (1) accept either/any of the correct answers or (2) give a hint as to which option is wanted?
A similar problem is that many questions ask us to translate statements that contain “you” in them, but there is no indication whether we are talking to one or more people, or if the response should be formal or informal. Is there any way to modify these questions so that we know which “you” we are supposed to be translating?
I felt I was making a lot of progress at first, but now I am frustrated because, although I believe my translation is correct when I use a different verb tense than the translation in the answer, I can´t check it, so I have to wait and hope at some point the question will use the same verbs and the same person as I used in my original translation.
I love the Memrise format, but I can’t read the minds of the people who wrote the questions, and I need to know if my verb usage and conjugations are correct.
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have you raised those issues on the “Course Forum” of this course ?
There are threads for the Memrise courses, depending on your learning language, where you can raise those issues with the course creators/administrators.
This one is for Spanish for English speakers :
Please don’t write this message there (if it is the right course), just let me know and I will move your question there.
Thank you very much for this information. I didn’t know where to go. I appreciate you moving my question there so they can address it.
Beki