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2_Journey
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03 May 2012 at 2:57pm | IP Logged

Hi everyone,

I've been using Anki to study French vocabulary for a few months now, and I want to start studying grammar with Anki as well.

My idea is to put a word or sentence on the front, with a conjugated word or modified sentence on the back that uses specific vocabulary rules. Does this make sense? Is there a better technique I should be using?

Also, should I incorporate grammar cards into my already fairly sizable vocab deck, or should I have a separate deck for grammar?

Thanks!
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fiziwig
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03 May 2012 at 5:47pm | IP Logged

What I like to do with Spanish verbs is put a sentence with blanks in it and the infinitive of the verb(s) in parens after the sentence. Then I have to supply the right conjugation of the verb or verbs, like:

María _______ ________ que tú __________ __________ a su tía. (haber, preferir, invitar)

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03 May 2012 at 6:05pm | IP Logged

Tense:
Today I went to school. Tomorrow I __ to school.
Tomorrow I will go to school.
Mood:
I am rich. I wish I __ rich.
I wish I were rich.
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martinus
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03 May 2012 at 6:13pm | IP Logged

2_Journey wrote:

Hi everyone,

. . . should I incorporate grammar cards into my already fairly sizable vocab deck, or should I have a separate deck for grammar?

Thanks!

That depends on your preferences. While some people like having separate decks for just about everything (e.g. books or even chapters of books), I prefer keeping all the stuff connected with one language in a single deck. Remember that Anki has tags, so you can tag cards either as e.g. vocabulary or grammar so that you can find the right cards fast later on--tagging is a bit like keeping cards in separate decks.

Anyway, ask yourself this question: why would I need to keep vocabulary and grammar in two separate decks? If you can give an adequate answer, then perhaps there is a compelling reason why you should have two separate decks...

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03 May 2012 at 6:40pm | IP Logged

fiziwig wrote:

I do it this way too, though imo it's too many gaps for one sentence. It's better to have a small paragraph with one gap per sentence or two at most, in my opinion. Preferably, the verb should be clear from the context.

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