Memrise error?

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Swoka Tsamsiyu

April 04, 2013, 08:30:13 AM
Kaltxì ma frapo,
I think I have discovered an error in Memrise? In Adpositions <lok> means <close> as in close the door. And in the All Na'vi vocabulary it is listed as <lok> = <approach> (words 181 to 200 section). Which one is correct? Makes learning it a tat easier^^ Irayo for any advice on this.
Ta Swoka

Taronyu Leleioae

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April 04, 2013, 08:47:11 AM
Quote from: Swoka Tsamsiyu on April 04, 2013, 08:30:13 AM
Kaltxì ma frapo,
I think I have discovered an error in Memrise? In Adpositions <lok> means <close> as in close the door. And in the All Na'vi vocabulary it is listed as <lok> = <approach> (words 181 to 200 section). Which one is correct? Makes learning it a tat easier^^ Irayo for any advice on this.
Ta Swoka

It's not an error but it is a little confusing.  I ran across this too.  There are two entries in the dictionary.  One is the transitive verb lok = to approach.  Which one could infer as a motion "up to" something.  The second entry is the adposition lok = close to.  The only way to really identify which one Memrise is asking for, is the little part of speech symbol (n, vtr, adp).

Another similar one you'll run into eventually is talun (adp. - because of, due to) and talun(a) (conj. - because, from the reason).

Plumps

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April 04, 2013, 12:24:45 PM
That's true. A newer one will be ketsran (adj. & conj.) ... actually that's something I'm missing a bit in Na'vi – same word shape, different word classes or meaning (barring words that undergo lenition, e.g. tìm = adj. & short plural of txìm). It can be confusing but it happens in all natural languages, as far as I know.

Swoka Tsamsiyu

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April 05, 2013, 03:07:19 AM
Kaltxì ma frapo,
Ah ok, I see. Irayo for the input. Now I know what to look out for^^

Blue Elf

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April 05, 2013, 02:33:42 PM
To report memrise problems, please use this thread. Maintainer is checking that thread, so problme can be solved more quickly, if you let him to know  there.
And another example of confusion is well as adjective or noun :)
Oe lu skxawng skxakep. Slä oe nerume mi.
"Oe tasyätxaw ulte koren za'u oehu" (Limonádový Joe)

Alyara Arati

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April 06, 2013, 04:09:11 PM
Another option (and you can do both) is to let Tsyalatun know directly by PM, or by making note of it in the place provided by memrise to comment on the course. :)
Learn how to see.  Realize that everything connects to everything else.
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Swoka Tsamsiyu

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April 06, 2013, 05:05:29 PM
Irayo. I didn't know that was possible in Memrise :) If something comes up I'll try it via that option. I just enjoy doing Memrise so much because it helps me a lot. I may not know yet how to make proper sentences but I am already able to pick out words that have infixes and stuff. Am trying to read in the NìNa'vi only section to see how much I can make out from what's been written^^
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