Day 4:
Today I have listed 51-100 Major system on Anki. Also listed speaking vocabulary on Anki.It may in total less than 1000 vocabulary only for English Speaking.I’m thinking of using Alphabetical Memory palace for this.
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Thanks. what techniques you learnt?
You are welcome Mowmita
I use the Major system like I believe you are doing for numbers. Memory palace is very useful. I also recommend the story method, it kinda works well especially with females as they tend to take time putting beautiful emotions to it, probably. Visualization, association and emotion-attaching are the important basic tools in memory, as I have learnt.
For English grammar, “associations” works better.
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Listen to the sound of the word in English your learning then think of the sound not the spelling. Does it sound like anything in your language that you can make an image out of? Even if it’s not exact match but has most of the same sounds. You can also use more than one word combined to get close to the target vocab word.
You could also use an English word that you already know the definition of that sounds close to the new word your learning.
Take the image of a similar word in your mother language and make it interact with the picture of the new word. They will be linked by the sound and you will remember the definition based on the image being the definition.
For example the English “pit”
This is a close sounding word
পিঠ pith / peeth back (body part)
You would imagine someone who has a deep depression on their back side of the body. The definition of the English word is the image and the phonetic similar sounding word for back of body links you to the word pit. Pit also refers to a persons armpit so you can expand the link to other uses of a word.
A Ranger is typically a special unit in the military or an expert in outdoor activities. There may be other definitions but one example in finding a similar word in Bengali is break it into two words or names
রেনু renu
ঘের (gher
Not exact but maybe there are better words or just remember it’s just the first part of the word to pronounce.
I hope that helps I don’t know that language so was trying to find some similar words but you could also use names or parts of words and also use English words you already know.
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The way with English your familiar with is
Rain + Ger
Theres no single word ger so I would use chair which is pretty close.
The image would be a ranger sitting on a special chair that is raining underneath. A rain chair. Practice the pronunciation to make sure it sounds like Ranger and not rain chair when you actually say it.
Linking works without memory palace placement but it can be helpful to have them in real locations so when you recall you don’t miss anything and also we remember things better in specific places. But when the sound of the word comes to mind you’ll goto the image of the definition the Ranger sitting on the rain chair.
There may be better ways of doing the linking method, I haven’t done much in foreign language. Maybe someone can add an improved or different method of linking.
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How did you find/make it?
Day 5:
Today I didn’t have free time.
I asked ChatGPT to “List Bengali words that sound similar to rain when spoken in Bengali”
Output:
Let’s find Bengali words that sound similar to “rain” or share part of that reɪn / ren / reen / rine / rayn pattern.
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English Target Sound
“Rain” = /reɪn/
Approximate syllables: রে / রেন / রেইন / রাইন / রেনো / রেণু, etc.
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Bengali Words That Sound Similar to “Rain”
- রেনু (renu) → pollen/dust
Sounds like rain, shares “re–n” structure.
→ Visual: “Rain stirs up pollen (renu).”
2. রিন (rin) → debt/loan
“Rain–Rin” rhyme pair.
→ Visual: “Every time it rains, you owe more debt.”
3. রেন (ren) → short name
One-syllable perfect twin of “rain.”
→ Visual: A person named “Ren” bringing the rainclouds.
I originally put Ranger in but no close matches so I tried breaking it into separate syllables.
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When I was beginning Spanish it was hard to find English sound alike words in Spanish. I had to just create images from half or part of a Spanish word and blend another word to get the right sound for the end. Makes for some interesting imagery that usually is harder to forget at least!
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Just a couple of random thoughts in the hope you will find them useful …
Comparing yourself to others can be dangerous. Many have noted that social media sites such as Linked-In, Facebook, etc. make people feel bad about themselves because they see how other people are happier, smarter, and more successful than themselves. No matter how good you are, there are always people that are going to better than you. Some advice I hear frequently is: “Stop comparing!”. Just focus on your own goals. (It seems like you are doing that, which is why you’re here! Just forget about the others.)
Also, I would guess that few people on this forum have achieved “7. Remember everything in the first glance/reading.”. Most people seem to read and understand the information first, maybe organize the information a bit, then figure out the best way to memorize it.
I wish you success on your journey!
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Thanks!! This will be the most helpful thing for me.
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Linking word method?
I know!! I’ll try to not comparing myself with others.
Thanks for your concern!
Yeah for example the word azúcar means sugar in Spanish. I broke it into three words that sounded the same.
A zoo car
I pictured a car parked at the loci with a bunch of zoo animals. A giraffe a hippo, a zebra, and they were sitting in the car like people all of them were dumping sugar in their mouths or drinking sugary drinks for the definition part of the link.
It Isn’t great for remembering the spelling but at least when I hear the word spoken or sound it out I think of sugar being the key element.
A harder word was “disculpe” which means “excuse me”
Diss or dissing someone is a slang term in English for disrespecting them. Cool means someone is trendy or likable. I know someone named Pele. So I thought of diss cool Pe (shortening Pele for the exact sound needed) and he being very offended responds, “Excuse me!?”
A different idea I had was there is a school that teaches you how to diss but you have to pay to get in which would be Diss School Pay. When you find out you have to pay to get in you think Excuse me?
Note: Often times the expression excuse me is used as a reaction to being offended or being in disbelief about something you heard. It can also just be a polite expression when you need to ask someone a question or get by someone. I wasn’t sure how much English you know so thought I’d clarify that based on the context it can have different meanings.
It’s a fun puzzle to search for stuff that translates to the sound needed for the new word. I often have to just say the word over several times listening for anything that resembles something I can use.
One last example, Barato means cheap. I think of the sound a sheep makes Baaa and Rato could be a rat making an “o” shape with his mouth. Maybe it’s a rat head on the sheep’s body and he is really cheap he is counting change to pay with coins instead of using a dollar bill.
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00-99 for starting
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Hello Mowmita
I thought of checking on you to see how your journey has been. Do you mind sharing how you are doing with memory training?
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Oh sorry … I was busy with my IELTS . Thats why I couldn’t post. But I’m going to start my Data Science, Machine Learning study, and I’ll share it here…
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Best of luck!
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Best of luck
It will be nice to be seeing how you will be approaching your learning on all that
By the way, what techniques did you find most useful to you?? I remember the time you asked about that.
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