Verb Master
Languages and libraries
language learning
SHOW HN2017
124points
60comments
#339of 2,242 in 2017
Top 16%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
10 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Execution: 1 for, 8 againstDesign: 2 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, attractive design
From 3 comments
License? This is an excellent UI.
tomcam on HNI had the same experience, including the 'enter somehow takes me back' bug, as well as the undefined thing That said, I really like the visual design, and I would absolutely find…
evv on HNAwesome! I have been trying duolingo, but it's kind of a drag and I feel like I never understand verbs well. This is a nice complement! Also like the nice and clean look. I know…
kutkloon7 on HN
Useful for learning conjugations
From 3 comments
Useful. Thanks, Andy!
deadprogram on HNAwesome! I have been trying duolingo, but it's kind of a drag and I feel like I never understand verbs well. This is a nice complement! Also like the nice and clean look. I know…
kutkloon7 on HNThis is great, I'm spanish and I never learned to speak (read pretty well). My conjugation is abysmal so I sound like some kind of backwoods hill billy (the spanish version of…
robalfonso on HN
Objections
Multiple choice lets users guess by elimination
From 2 comments
I like that idea, but with multiple choice I always can guess the right answer by elimination. I won't learn how to actually use the verbs myself. I'd set the input to typing by…
kutkloon7 on HNI know, I suggest you set the default input method to typing. First time user will probably now check out the settings, but just try, see that it's multiple choice and leave.
kutkloon7 on HN
Bugs with input submitting and undefined text
From 3 comments
Looks fun. Congrats on learning React. I haven't wrapped my head around it yet. (But then again, I avoid front-end like the plague...) I found an "undefined" thing:…
Jemaclus on HNThis is awesome, though there's a bug somewhere that causes any character input into the field to submit. Perhaps triggered by going back and forth to the main menu. Also it…
joshvm on HNPerhaps it's a Firefox problem? I'll try it in Safari (EDIT - seems to only trigger in Firefox, so might be a plugin conflict or something weird - probably wouldn't worry too…
joshvm on HN
Confusing gameplay steps
From 1 comment
Looks fun. Congrats on learning React. I haven't wrapped my head around it yet. (But then again, I avoid front-end like the plague...) I found an "undefined" thing:…
Jemaclus on HN
Requests
Hint mode for tense names
From 1 comment
This is awesome, though there's a bug somewhere that causes any character input into the field to submit. Perhaps triggered by going back and forth to the main menu. Also it…
joshvm on HN
Audio and text-to-speech pronunciation
From 1 comment
I followed the same flow for learning Spanish as you, and your site looks excellent. I too have a bunch of infinitives memorized via Anki, but would like to practice all forms of…
dantle on HN
Example sentences with translation
From 1 comment
I've been working on learning spanish for a while and this looks super helpful - thanks for creating and sharing it! It would also be sweet if you could add an example of the…
abarrettjo on HN
Questions
How the verb data was loaded
From 1 comment
Very impressive for less than a year's worth of development experience. Appreciate the simple, clean design too. Congratulations on the launch! How did you load the verbs +…
andygcook on HN
License
From 1 comment
License? This is an excellent UI.
tomcam on HN
Alternatives named
maestrospanish.com
From 1 comment
Looks pretty nice. I actually run a site that does something pretty similar [0]. The major difference is that I "group" verbs into sets with identical conjugations. I then use…
dharmon on HN
Practicar app
From 1 comment
Great minds think alike! My friend and I built a similar web app for learning Spanish conjugations: http://practicarapp.herokuapp.com/. I found that it was a perfectly-sized…
sutee on HN
conjugate.io
From 1 comment
I did this when I was studying Czech - http://conjugate.io I think I spent more time futzing around with the app instead of learning the language :-D
smcl on HN
Anki
From 1 comment
I followed the same flow for learning Spanish as you, and your site looks excellent. I too have a bunch of infinitives memorized via Anki, but would like to practice all forms of…
dantle on HN