When I study, I often google for words I am trying to get the grip on in my target language, hoping to get search results of genuine text with the word surrounded by other words in some usage. Sometimes I don't get that very good suggestions by google though, and I have to modify my search, or scroll quite among the results.
I am just throwing away a question: are you using some other, potentially more efficient, method for getting context examples? Sometimes there might exist text corpus databases, e.g. containing a backlog of newspaper content, that can be used for this, and also for research on frequency. By the way, I remember that google reported the number of "hits" for a search, but not anymore?
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context
I use wordreference for example usages.
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context
språker wrote:When I study, I often google for words I am trying to get the grip on in my target language, hoping to get search results of genuine text with the word surrounded by other words in some usage. Sometimes I don't get that very good suggestions by google though, and I have to modify my search, or scroll quite among the results.
I am just throwing away a question: are you using some other, potentially more efficient, method for getting context examples? Sometimes there might exist text corpus databases, e.g. containing a backlog of newspaper content, that can be used for this, and also for research on frequency. By the way, I remember that google reported the number of "hits" for a search, but not anymore?
I like Linguee, although I don't know how good it is for languages other than English and French. They use very simple sentences but they also have real-life examples if the simple ones aren't adequate.
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context
One tip for Google is to limit the top-level domains in your search to ones associated to the specific countries speaking the language you're learning, e.g. if you are learning French try using "site:*.fr" as part of your search terms, or you can try limiting it even more specifically to a big news site or somewhere else with a whole lot of articles.
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context
This one looks really good! Seems to be based on EU legal texts, with good translations being available in all EU languages. Thanks!CaroleR wrote:I like Linguee, although I don't know how good it is for languages other than English and French. They use very simple sentences but they also have real-life examples if the simple ones aren't adequate.
I sometimes use this one, at least for the top-domains. Probably there are more googe-fu tricks that can be used. Anyone know where the "number of hits" went? I remember searching for two different spellings of a word, to see which one is more popular, or more popular together with some other word.tastyonions wrote:One tip for Google is to limit the top-level domains in your search to ones associated to the specific countries speaking the language you're learning, e.g. if you are learning French try using "site:*.fr" as part of your search terms, or you can try limiting it even more specifically to a big news site or somewhere else with a whole lot of articles.
Looks really good for the languages supported. I'll save it for when I return to French.luke wrote:I use wordreference for example usages.
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context
This is a very fast, very comfortable and very efficient set-up. Only possible in Firefox.
You need the following combination.
1. Simple Translate, pop-up dictionary (can use Google or DeepL Translate)
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/a ... translate/
2. and 3. are used together as one single app
2. https://www.perplexity.ai/, a new AI search engine that sums up what it finds and links to its sources for further study
3. https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/a ... ictionary/
Leung's pop-up-dictionary
USE PERPLEXITY SEARCH IN THE POP-UP-DICTIONARY
How to add dictionary to popupdict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDCCVYuLLFM
I analysed this Lithuanian sentence:
Gaukite naujausią situacijos Vokietijoje apžvalgą ir bendrą informaciją apie atvykimą ir viešnagę.
You need the following combination.
1. Simple Translate, pop-up dictionary (can use Google or DeepL Translate)
https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/a ... translate/
2. and 3. are used together as one single app
2. https://www.perplexity.ai/, a new AI search engine that sums up what it finds and links to its sources for further study
3. https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/a ... ictionary/
Leung's pop-up-dictionary
USE PERPLEXITY SEARCH IN THE POP-UP-DICTIONARY
How to add dictionary to popupdict
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDCCVYuLLFM
I analysed this Lithuanian sentence:
Gaukite naujausią situacijos Vokietijoje apžvalgą ir bendrą informaciją apie atvykimą ir viešnagę.
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example sentences
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context
As posted by @tungemål, I primarily use context.reverso.net. For spoken examples, I have also used youglish.com. AI like perplexity seems like a getting better over time alternative.
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Re: Good way to look up how a word is used in context
I use Language Crush, which shows sample sentences when you select a word.språker wrote:are you using some other, potentially more efficient, method for getting context examples?
If that isn't enough, I just click on the dictionary button, where I have contexto-reverso waiting.
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