Play and improve your vocabulary

Language Corner
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I am now hooked on this site...

http://www.freerice.com/index.php

You "earn" rice that goes to feed the hungry and by selecting your chosen language you can really practice your German, French or English vocabulary for that matter...

Hmm just think you can feed the world and end up with the vocabulary of Dougal's breakfast!!

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What? They let you make up words as you go along?

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I think not DB. I have to admit that it has improved my German lexicon substantially. I can now say three words I understand!!

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I got to 200 grains then I got hungry and had to go for a snack

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Lots of fun! Thank you for that!

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I love it....an excellent way of passing time. Thanks for the link.

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I am up to 1200 and still going

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A subtle game in which people's priorities, eagerness to learn or to be generous, are revealed. Those seeking personal enlightenment will rejoice at discovering such gems as hapax, piupiu or simoom in the vocabulary section, whereas selfless individuals only concerned in a rapid increase of their rice donation will opt for the multiplication table.

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I'd already been using this for quite some time now, just now thanks to you, realized there are other subjects, I'll give the X tables a miss, as I truly do want to donate rice and with the other subjects, I do at least do that.

Cheers,

Ros

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Ok that's 9000 pieces of rice today and enough German words remembered to impress, erm, probably no one! But at least I feel productive...

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Thanks so much - I've played this before in English, in a showy off 'look at my extensive vocabulary' way, but I never realised it did other subjects. The French is very useful.

kodokan

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Obviously those german lessons had more effect on me than I thought, I'm not doing too bad.

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I enjoyed doing the "Famous Paintings"

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Thanks brilliant site it helps me with my German, and we get to help people who need help, i got up to 7980 will have another go when my headachs gone

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The correct German word for "headache" is "Kopfschmerz(en)", Ms Sutter.

You are welcome.

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LOL very funny thankyou, and yes i did know

Just seen my mistake oops well i do have a headache.

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today I reached 40,000 grains of rice and I managed to stay no lower than level 9!! This really does help with my german vokab!

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Wow - after reading the thread I thought i'd see what the fuss was all about - very good.

Great - thanks for the tip