Hi everyone, today we are going to learn what is Anki
and I'll show you how I add nouns, verbs, adjectives & phrases
into Anki. Let's go!
You have someone to talk to, you have a list of words
but how to memorise these words?
Spaced Repition System or SRS
Anki isn't like normal flash cards
in a essense, those words which are new or harder
Anki will show you them more often
We will memorise and add into our active vocabulary when
we can see how they are used in different contexts
when we speak with people, when we read books or watch films, etc
and when make some embarrassing mistakes...
what I wanted to say was, now you are free!
and now... you are free (as in you're worth 0 dollars)
yep...
because of that, I wouldn't recommend only to use Anki to learn
but Anki wlil at least add a few new words into your
passive vocabulary, to later on transfer to your active vocabulary
during speaking and reading
nouns are easy to learn because we can see them
listen to them... and feel them... etc...
as a result, it is really easy to add them to Anki
here is how people generally create flash cards
English on one side and Serbian on the other...
The problem is when we review these cards
We'll translate English to Serbian, but this way isn't efficient
and isn't the example how people fluety speak languages
our goal is to think in Serbian. Instead of that, I would
recommend, instead for the English word, to put a picture for the noun
totally get rid of English. With this method,
you'll immediately know the word in Serbian, what you want
to say, without translation
for verbs, I add them two times
1st I use them in a setence or in context, you can
get them from books, textbooks, from the streets, teachers...
it doesn't have to be too complicated. Usually use
something you experienced, something personal or emotional
How much feelings your involve = how much you will memorise
the second time, I put the verb in infinitive form
1st person singular & 3rd person plural
If you know this group of three, plus just a bit of grammar
you'll be able to work out the forms in between
as well as form Future I and Perfect
and if you're at a higher level, also Aorist, Future II, etc...
if you need to find conjugations for verbs, you can use this website
With adjectives, I usually put every form in Anki
so, male, female and neutral gender
becase plural is easily formed using singular
If I need to find these forms, I use Google Translate, like this
"He is fat. She is fat. It is fat."
"or the child is fat."
We know Serbian is rich with expressions
so I usually create some context I would use it in.
For example.
Oh, I cleaned this floor and it got dirty again in 5 minutes!
F**k it... You painted in vain!
***evil hamster laugh***
And finally we have words we can't show easily with an image
like abstract nouns, conjunctions,
or maybe you're having trouble between perfect and imperfect verbs
and because of that I have to use English
but if you have a better suggestion for me or for us, feel free to tell me.
This week's exercise.
Add the unfamiliar words and constructions
which you created after the second episode
and add them into Anki.
On Wednesday I'll publish a new video where I show you
how to add words, install plugins etc.
Sorry, but I don't think I'll have the time in this video.
It's too much... So yeah.
So, see you next week and on Wednesday too. Bye.