tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post2263645113735717386..comments2022-08-04T21:26:51.547+02:00Comments on Literature & Languages plus a glass of wine: Me and my iPod.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15088979612083062297noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-66076509938343347022011-03-11T21:33:47.285+01:002011-03-11T21:33:47.285+01:00If you make changes at multiple locations without ...If you make changes at multiple locations without syncing inbetween, you only get to keep one of those changes :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088979612083062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-45495118289676262192011-03-10T21:24:09.320+01:002011-03-10T21:24:09.320+01:00What happens if I don't? *scared*What happens if I don't? *scared*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-10342286426587102902011-03-10T17:07:44.211+01:002011-03-10T17:07:44.211+01:00You can sync it with your computer, just make sure...You can sync it with your computer, just make sure to sync all the time, every time you have done or changed something somewhere!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088979612083062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-12366341421716924832011-03-10T16:04:32.732+01:002011-03-10T16:04:32.732+01:00So the Anki thing is the 18$ one? Say, maybe it...So the Anki thing is the 18$ one? Say, maybe it's a stupid question, but does it sync with your computer deck or the one only or are both possible? (I still don't know whether I'll be using an ipod touch soon, but the possibility actually exists.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-3319484055655411672011-02-23T10:50:32.803+01:002011-02-23T10:50:32.803+01:00I don't find ABBYY in the app store, only a co...I don't find ABBYY in the app store, only a collection of dictionaries. I guess I just took the Oxford because it was the biggest I could find and I need as many weird words as possible ;) <br /><br />ANKI also figures out when to repeat for you (the span of time needed if your knowledge is good, poor, non-existent etc), so I think they may use the same system. I think Mnemosyne was first, and then other people built on that formula. Or something. :P<br /><br />Y locative: в аду, на краю, в саду...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088979612083062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-66926017522807957752011-02-23T08:59:45.995+01:002011-02-23T08:59:45.995+01:00I'd say that Babbel is kind of a mix of flash ...I'd say that Babbel is kind of a mix of flash cards and Rosetta stone :)<br />As I said, they have pre-defined sets of words, usually one set has 10 words. First, you see the word, it's translation into English, a picture which helps you memorize and you hear the pronunciation. Then (on the next screen), you're asked to tap on the first letters of the new words you've just seen. The next step is practice of the words, you're asked to identify them just by hearing them and then to type them up.<br />But this is not the end. After you compete practice, the words go to your revision stack and in some time the programm will signal that it's high time to revise words :) As far as I understand, they have a mechanism to calculate your spelling mistakes, how often you revise a word and still misspel it, and some other factors I have no idea about. In ANKI you do that yourself.<br />Anyway, Babbel is a free application, you can try the demo yourself :)<br /><br />Here's a list of ABBYY Dictionaries: http://www.abbyy.com/lingvomobile_ios/dictionaries/<br />I assume the most valuable for you is Russian explanatory dictionary ($4). I use this dictionary on my mac (https://skitch.com/emci/rtj77/lingvo-explanatory-ru-ru), and there are stress if it changes (https://skitch.com/emci/rtj6r/lingvo-explanatory-ru-ru). To be frank, I don't get what y-locative is :) so cannot check if they have such a service %(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-87085178286485789582011-02-22T10:07:50.611+01:002011-02-22T10:07:50.611+01:00Leo: Standard Arabic was 4-5 years ago ;)Leo: Standard Arabic was 4-5 years ago ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088979612083062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-6255316301327032062011-02-22T10:07:26.185+01:002011-02-22T10:07:26.185+01:00Is Babbel a flash card app? And how do you mean th...Is Babbel a flash card app? And how do you mean the situation is nearly the same in Anki?<br /><br />Well, I was browsing through the dictionaries in the App Store and I think I got the impression the Oxford one was the largest. I'm not sure if the Lingvo one has some advantages. In the conjugation/declination paradigms in Oxford they don't show how the stress changes, and they don't mark у-locative for those words that have that after в/на. And you can't look up other forms than the dictionary form, but the dictionary autocompletes for you as you write, so usually that's no problem.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088979612083062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-14595290035854387652011-02-22T09:59:14.249+01:002011-02-22T09:59:14.249+01:00Since, obviously, ANKI concept is not for me, I us...Since, obviously, ANKI concept is not for me, I use an app called Babbel for my Swedish (there are other languages available, unfortunately only separately). It's extremely helpful, though it sometimes provides different forms of the nouns (sometimes they are in singular definite form, sometimes in plural definite, sometimes in singular indefinite, but I get the concept and don't care, in ANKI the situation is nearly the same).<br />I wonder why you haven’t bought ABBYY Lingvo dictionaries. At least Russian-English is included in the price, and there are much more inside but for extra money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4076670556832306718.post-60166443992124357402011-02-21T22:26:25.652+01:002011-02-21T22:26:25.652+01:00Standard Arabic? :O That's something new. Can&...Standard Arabic? :O That's something new. Can't wait to see you back on the Forum as well.Leopejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02803212837361558713noreply@blogger.com