Showing posts with label mistakes. Show all posts
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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.

ListEnglishErrorCorrectionLiteral 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 animalde dierhet 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 struikThe Dutch word given is singular. The plural is struiken. (28/9/11) (Corrected 2011-10-04)
Dutch
The thousand most common words in Dutch
Radioel radioradioThe 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?
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The thousand most common words in Dutch
the bagthe cupde tasThis is translated as the cup which is only the case in Belgian Dutch. In NL Dutch it's  the bag.
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The thousand most common words in Dutch
the bagthe rucksackde rugzakThe translation should be rucksack or backpack, not a generic bag.