Add roots of the translated words
Words in texts are usually conjugated or have declensions etc added to them, it would be nice to have them in their root form once they are added to the flashcards.
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I agree this would be nice as an extra, although I definitely wouldn’t like to lose the conjugated form. If I had to pick between the conjugated and infinitive versions I would definitely pick the conjugated forms since they:
1. Fit the context sentence – and it’s best to learn sentences and groups of words rather than isolated ones.
2. Help me to internalize the most common conjugations of a verb. Learning the infinitives + the conjugation rules is good but IMO having the common conjugations hard-wired into your brain is better.
Still agree with having both and may get around to it one day, but it’s not a high priority and is actually pretty difficult to find a good source of data for all the supported languages.
Hmmm, just though that adding a button on the flashcards page to access an external dictionary (like the sidebar dictionary http://blog.readlang.com/2013/11/07/custom-dictionaries.html) could go a long way to solving this problem. What do you think?
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Mahum tofiq commented
VocabTracker provided two options. One to see the words individually and one to use the lemma. The lemma option links words using the infinitive. Maybe you can do something similar
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Anonymous
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Yes, this would definitely be a great feature! I'm learning English and when I encounter a verb in the past tense, I add it to the word list, later I look through the list and edit verbs to their base forms and also edit the context like this: "I look(ed) at the sky". So the system could recognize the verb in the context.
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Woertersammlerin
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I'd find find that useful too, and I t think that just a field for the base form (infinitive or undeclined noun/adjective) that one can fill in using the sidebar dictionary would indeed go a long way.