On Oct 11, 11:21 am, Carsten Neubert <[email protected]> wrote: > ...I add every word with the "vice versa" option enabled, > because I want to learn them "both ways". The problem is, when > reviewing the cards, the cards often seem to appear right next to each > other. And unfortunately, as long as I keep grading them the same, > they tend to stick together for a long time. IMHO it makes absolutely > no sense having to grade a vice versa card right after you reviewed > its twin, because you just saw the answer already.
In advance of version 2.0, what I've done is import cards separately for [L1 -> L2] and [L2 -> L1] (where L1 and L2 are different languages), and keep them in separate categories. Then when I'm adding new material (unseen cards), I only keep one of those categories activated at a time; this way, the two directions are spaced out in the scheduling. I also find this useful since there might be different numbers of synonyms for the same meaning in different languages, and keeping separate cards (instead of just vice-versa) allows me to isolate them better for stricter memorization. For example, 著急 and 擔心 both mean "to worry", so I find it most effective to have one [english -> mandarin] card where the question side is "to worry (2)" and I need to remember both Mandarin synonyms to count the review as correct, but have two separate [mandarin -> english] cards that both have "to worry" as the answer. Otherwise, if I had a single [mandarin -> english] card with the question side as "著急 / 擔心", I'm more likely to remember, "Oh right, 'worry' is the answer that has two separate clues," instead of actually recognizing the individual words. Hope that convoluted explanation makes sense.... This is why the "vice- versa" feature as I understand it has not been flexible enough for my needs, and I take the extra effort to add separate cards in different categories. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
