I want to make a few sets of flashcards so I can drill myself on words I frequently mix up or can't keep the tones straight on. Take, for example, all the different words for break/broken, depending on what is getting broken. (Huaile works for furniture, for example, and dong (I think) for holes in clothes, and pole for glass, and ...) I already know that the meaning is going to be some form or synonym of broken, so a traditionl card won't work for this. I want to see the English, hanzi and pinyin for a noun (such as clothes). Then I want to be able to check if my memory of the broken verb is correct (dong or whatever).
I tried making a category for broken, then making a subcategory for each verb (suile, huaile, pole, etc.) but this is awkward. I look at the yifu card and I select (in my brain because there's no way to offer it as a choice), say, dong.
Then I click on the i to see the subcategory and see whether I am correct. This is a lame setup.
Anyone have any better ideas? It would be nice to be able to use these cards the way one uses regular flashcards and be able to keep score of which ones I got and which I keep flubbing. However, it's essential that I test myself by the English noun's word/definition--I need to know how to think "clothes/yifu" and then say dong yifu.
Tenx.
By the way, I don't have to do this with flashcards if you have a better method.
I tried making a category for broken, then making a subcategory for each verb (suile, huaile, pole, etc.) but this is awkward. I look at the yifu card and I select (in my brain because there's no way to offer it as a choice), say, dong.
Then I click on the i to see the subcategory and see whether I am correct. This is a lame setup.
Anyone have any better ideas? It would be nice to be able to use these cards the way one uses regular flashcards and be able to keep score of which ones I got and which I keep flubbing. However, it's essential that I test myself by the English noun's word/definition--I need to know how to think "clothes/yifu" and then say dong yifu.
Tenx.
By the way, I don't have to do this with flashcards if you have a better method.