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Vocabulary not representative of native speakers
I got this app to improve my Spanish vocabulary as I am married to a Spanish speaker. Within the first 15 minutes the app had me learn “cabro” for goat. It just so happens that one of our jokes is to call each other goats. So I used cabro in conversation and my wife had no idea what I was talking about (in fact, cabro is slang for queer). Native speakers never use cabro, the masculine form of cabra, to describe goats. I’ve asked several native speakers and they’ve never even heard the word cabro. Always cabra.
I feel like it’s important to get these details right, especially for new learners of the language. Otherwise, we are set off the wrong path from the beginning. Imagine we are in conversation and start using words that native speakers have no clue what we are saying.Show lessNeeds noun gender
This app is exactly what I was looking for. Simple interface with thousands of vocab but it doesn’t contain the gender of the words.Developer Response
Hi, Thanks for your review. The gender will be released in the upcoming version. Warmest Regards.No gender for the nouns????
The app is pretty but doesn't have a way to test/tell the app the words you already know. I'm also not sure how you can "teach" spanish nouns without teaching which gender they take, it's basically useless for actually practicing spanish.Developer Response
Hi, Thanks for your review. The gender will be released in the upcoming version. Regarding the words that you already know, there are 2 ways to tell the app: - If you learn from the home screen, just press “skip” for those words. - You could also learn from your favorite list. Only add the words that you want to learn to that list, navigate to the favorite tab and start learning. I hope that helps!