Eastern and Central Arrernte flashcards (test version)

Hi, thanks for helping test out this flashcard deck!

Download the deck (.apkg) (29 cards for now)

Getting started

If Anki asks to import the deck's options, say yes (5 new cards a day).

About the deck

This deck works with Anki, which is an app/platform for studying flashcards. The two main concepts of Anki are active recall and spaced repetition. Active recall means each flashcard actively tests you on something (and you answer how well you got it). Spaced repetition means you review the cards at intervals determined by your answers. So, harder cards you see more often, and easier cards less often.

The goal of this style of language learning is, initially at least, recognition. Each card introduces one new piece of information at a time, and your goal is to understand the sentence. You rate yourself on how well you understood, and Anki manages when you review each card. Like this, with each card you will unlock the different words and grammar to start to understand the language. I think it's important to learn how to pronounce the cards (at least the ones that have audio), but being able to speak is not the initial goal.

Anki rewards a slow and steady game, and to get the most out of this you want to try to make a daily habit of doing your reviews.

I would recommend only learning 5 new cards each day to start with. 5 might not seem like much, but you will soon be reviewing cards too, and they can add up. You can change the number of new cards each day in the deck options to suit where you're at.

At the moment the deck only has 29 cards, but as I check more, there will soon be a few hundred. It's still a work in progress, so there might be some things that don't make sense. Please let me know.

The sentences and definitions in this deck have come from the following resources:

The sentences with their audio are all as they were originally, whilst some definitions have been reworded for brevity. Permission doesn't go beyond personal study, but if it turns out it's useful to others, I'll work on getting permission to share more widely.