Comments on: Sentence Database Is Now LIVE (But Still in Beta)

By: Reader Question: Extra Options for Sentence Database? | Spanish Only

Reader Question: Extra Options for Sentence Database? | Spanish Only — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:55:55 +0000

[...] on August 14, 2009 I’m currently coding some extra’s for the sentence database I launched recently. So far response has been good and people really get something out of it, it [...]

By: Ramses

Ramses — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 07:26:53 +0000

The only way to get it into a file (at the moment) is generating a database backup which will just generate a bunch of crap around the sentences, because of which you can’t use it.

And I don’t like it doing that way. If I wanted people to simply import a huge database I’d have made an Anki deck. But I’vepeople seen importing (for Japanese) the iKnow database, and they didn’t learn anything because they weren’t able to learn the sentence first and didn’t add sentences they really wanted to learn.

Also, this database is for people that learn Spanish and still use English sentences, people that learn English and learn Spanish sentences, people that learn Spanish/English without the use of the other sentence.

By looking for words and phrases you WANT to learn, instead of just thinking you HAVE to learn them you’re actually learning. So no, I won’t provide the whole database in a textfile so that people can import it into Anki (making that file is kinda impossible at the moment) and are going to fail.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:00:16 +0000

the easiest way to merge a bunch of sentences into an existing anki deck would be to just create an import.txt file

front; back
front2; back2
…

and import it into your own deck. You can use \t (tab) characters instead of semicolons in case you have semicolons in the text somewhere.

On that note, Ramses, is it possible to simply get a text file or spreadsheet of your sentence list?

Thanks for your work, this is going to be a valuable resource!

By: Voices en Español » More learning Spanish tools

Voices en Español » More learning Spanish tools — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:48:18 +0000

[...] His database, which is still in beta mode, currently has a little over 1,500 sentences but Ramses ultimately expects to grow that number to 10,000. You can read more about it here. [...]

By: Ramses

Ramses — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:23:47 +0000

@Street-Smart Language Learning
Not yet, but I’m not done yet with the coding. Also, I need to see how to easily make a .anki file that doesn’t replace your old deck but rather just adds the sentences to it.

@David
I’m still expanding the database, but I’m happy you like it .

By: David

David — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:49:56 +0000

Ramses, this is AWESOME! Hands down it beats the “word list” I had written you about. I still use my list (just something I do), but now I can try and match up the words with the sentences in the data base. Really gives me some great practice in vocabulary, and at the same time (the most important part) using in a sentence. Thanks again for this added benefit.

By: Street-Smart Language Learning

Street-Smart Language Learning — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:21:47 +0000

Ramses, great database you're putting together here. I joined Babelhut in blogging about it here. One question: Is there an easy way to get these into an SRS?

By: Ramses launches the Spanish-English Sentence Database | babelhut.com

Ramses launches the Spanish-English Sentence Database | babelhut.com — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:28:33 +0000

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