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#92Congrats. Some German natives may argue that the time short forms are wrong as they prefer "dreiviertel" instead of "viertel vor".
Let's not get started with that... those same people also say "viertel vier" to mean 3:15 (one quarter of the "fourth hour" has passed), which is really confusing to the uninitiated, so "viertel nach"/"viertel vor" is preferable IMHO...
it's still correct and should be at least accepted as such, even if not explicitly taught
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#93Your answer: fünfundzwanzig nach elf. Correct: fünfunddreißig vor zwölf. Your answer: mittag. Correct: punkt zwölf. Your answer: acht Uhr. Correct: punkt acht. Was zum Teufel?
Yeah the clock game is weird. One solution was "fünfundzwanzig vor zwei" which I never heard in my life (native German). At least in my region one would say "fünf nach halb zwei" or "Ein Uhr fünfunddreißig".
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#94Your answer: fünfundzwanzig nach elf. Correct: fünfunddreißig vor zwölf. Your answer: mittag. Correct: punkt zwölf. Your answer: acht Uhr. Correct: punkt acht. Was zum Teufel?
A thing that OP might also not know: 'punkt acht' is 'precisely at eight', if you want to say 'eight o'clock', that's 'um acht'. The literally meaning of something being 'um' is, that something has passed fully, or is completed.
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#95Congrats. Some German natives may argue that the time short forms are wrong as they prefer "dreiviertel" instead of "viertel vor".
Let's not get started with that... those same people also say "viertel vier" to mean 3:15 (one quarter of the "fourth hour" has passed), which is really confusing to the uninitiated, so "viertel nach"/"viertel vor" is preferable IMHO...
Let's not get started with that... those same people also say "viertel nach drei" to mean 3:15 (one quarter after the "third hour" has passed), which is really confusing to the uninitiated, so "viertel vier" is preferable IMHO...
Yeah? Well, you know, thats just like uh your opinion, man.
And, its dismissive and ignorant. IMHO.
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#96Got some problems opening your site. Love to see more such Gameficition Apps in the education area.
There was a small problem with the redirect after registration, but it should now be fixed. Thanks for trying!
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#97I tried the app because I'd like to improve my German. The UI is well-designed, but it would be nice to have prompts like Duolingo, as this is a bit too difficult. I'll test it more, congratulations.
Thanks for trying! I have been using Duolingo as well and I definitely am considering to add more click-based games.
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#98I did something similar back in 2019 but for learning Dutch with games, which I made originally for my child but this kinda helps me remember many A2 words and helps me with the exams. Now I have the Dutch citizenship. Not as extensive as the site but with the images, interactions, it helps with remembering the vocabularies. https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Joel+Bryan+J...
Very cool! I really need to work on my mobile development skills.
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think it is fair to call it more practice than learning. I hope to add more games in the future that focus on the learning aspect of things. However, as a beginner, I still find that it helps me learn new words. If I continuously make the same mistake and receive feedback on my answer, it eventually makes me learn what is correct.
I thought about that probem as well, and i think an important aspect that you could improve is by showing the correct answer much more visibly. Right now it's hidden in a corner (iirc), so that i can barely see it. By showing the task and the answer next to each other when doing it wrong, the players might learn something of it. What i typically recommend my students is to try to transform a learning task in a way th…
Great feedback, thanks a lot!
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
What do I mean? Where to start. Interact with some people from the region and you will find out. As most learners of German know, the hard part of German isn't der die das, it's the exclusive culture. I have C1 in German and have been told "You sound unnatural like a Turk" (I am not a Turk) and "Children sound more natural than you" (of course - they are native speakers). You can get every case, every article, and ev…
Where was that? Berlin by any chance? That's not representative for Germany.
Ah yeah, north Germans. I do agree south Germans act differently.