List | English | Error | Correction | Literal Translation, notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dutch Unit 1-3 Pearson Longman Text Book | Really? | Ech waar? | Echt waar? | Really/genuinely true (Corrected 2011-10-04) |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | the animal | de dier | het dier | (Corrected 2011-10-04) |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | Do you speak English? | Spreekt u/jij Engels? | Spreekt u Engels / Spreek jij Engels? | |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | Will you help me? | Wilt u/jij me helpen? | Wilt u me helpen / Wil jij me helpen? | |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | The bushes, should be the bush | de struik | The Dutch word given is singular. The plural is struiken. (28/9/11) (Corrected 2011-10-04) | |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | Radio | el radio | radio | The Dutch article is 'de'. For some reason it's in Spanish. I added another word with the correct article, but couldn't delete the old one. |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | The (light) bulb, glove <-- it doesn't mean glove! | de gloeilamp | I think it was meant to say globe maybe? | |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | the bag | the cup | de tas | This is translated as the cup which is only the case in Belgian Dutch. In NL Dutch it's the bag. |
Dutch The thousand most common words in Dutch | the bag | the rucksack | de rugzak | The translation should be rucksack or backpack, not a generic bag. |
My attempts to learn Dutch and the bits and pieces about words and grammar I discover on the way.
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
Mistakes in Memrise Word Lists
This is a list of mistakes I've found in the word lists in memrise. I don't know whether the corrections apply globally or just for me.
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