Synonyms for genders in Spanish

Hi, I hope this is an easy one (I have searched/googled for quite a while so wanted to ask here)

What is the optimal method to deal with gendered words?

e.g.
Nervous is nervioso masculine and nerviosa is feminine.

I want either to be acceptable as an answer. I don’t want 2 entries.

I have tried:

  1. nervioso (nerviosa)
  2. nervioso; nerviosa
  3. nervioso, nerviosa
  4. nervioso(a)
  5. nervioso/a

But I can’t get it to accept either “nerviosa” or nervioso" as a correct answer.

What is the correct (current) syntax to allow this please? Many thanks

If strict typing is turned off, both of the following should allow you to enter either version:

  • nervioso (nerviosa)
  • nervioso; nerviosa

Your option 3 will require you to type “nervioso, nerviosa” and will not accept “nerviosa, nervioso.” Options 4 and 5 will accept the letter A and nervioso.

If you have strict typing turned on, I think you’ll want to have nervioso alone as the entry, and then enter nerviosa as an alternate. Hover over nervioso, look for the little pencil icon labeled “Alts,” click it, add nerviosa, and click save. Don’t enter _nerviosa. I believe that when strict typing is turned on, the underscore is also expected.

Note that with strict typing turned off, you can also add nerviosa (or _nerviosa) as an accepted alternative to nervioso. (The underscore makes it hidden; no underscore means that the alternate shows when you’re first presented with the word, while previewing, or after getting it wrong.)

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Thanks for the detailed reply. Your time is appreciated.

I have strict typing ON, because I need to learn the accents in Spanish.

I understand the ability to add “alts” through the memrise interface, but I use Google Sheets and then bulk import into memrise.

e.g. if I am walking around Spain and find a new word, I add it to my google doc. Because the memrise android app doesn’t let me edit the course, right?

Then later, I import all the new words I learnt that day. I really don’t want to duplicating all my work by logging into Memrise on a desktop, hence also increasing the frequency of my errors…

Is there any way whatsoever to add the alts with bulk import? Surely there is, but I searched the whole forum!

Thx, again.

I wish there were!! But so far, I haven’t found one…

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Seems pretty crazy to me. Surely it´s just another column in the DB to INSERT INTO…

Regardless, how do people practically update their courses on the go? Android app has no interface for course editing.

Do people just take notes - old school - then update it all when they get home?

I´m considering going back to anki, but I do like the XP and community part of Memrise…

You can edit your course via browser. Just open chrome or whatever browser you use and add/change/delete

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Hmmm… i tried it but found it painfully clumsy. The css isn´t even responsive. I guess I´ll just have to get used to it.

Sorry if I am sounding like I`m picking for problems, I´m just trying to optimise my rate of learning.

Thank you