Entry dialog
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Entry dialog

Common Properties

Here you enter a new expression into a table cell or modify existing entries and their properties. This dialog is accessed when a cell is chosen and you select Edit->Edit Selected Area... from the menu or the Edit Expression... button in the Random Query.


Entry dialog
Expression

Contains your words.

Lesson

Selects the desired lesson.

The button on the right also invokes the Edit Lesson Names dialog where you can edit lessons.

Pronunciation

In this field you can describe how the word is pronounced.

This is possible either by using simple ascii characters and maybe an fancy and very personal phonetic description or better by using the international phonetic alphabet. The button on the right invokes a dialog where you can select all the characters that belong to this alphabet.

Type

Lets you choose one of the predefined types for your expression. If you change the type for an entry, all the other entries in that row will be assigned the new type.

See the table for all available types.

Subtype

Some types also include subtypes. If there is no subtype available this field is disabled.

Every entry in a row can have a different subtype. This is useful for nouns as the gender of a noun may be different in different languages.

The button to the right of this field invokes the Edit User Defined Types dialog so you can edit the Type Descriptions immediately.

Usage Labels

One or more usage labels can be selected to describe the usual usage of the expression, e.g. medicine or chemistry.

The button on the right invokes the the Edit User-Defined Usage Labels dialog to enter a new usage label.

Selecting from the international phonetic alphabet

If you have an IPA-enabled font installed your dialog should look like this:


International phonetic alphabet dialog

If you do not have such a font you can find a link to a free one in the section about the view options.

Additional Properties

For most of these fields there are special queries, too.


Additional entry dialog
Synonyms

Here you may enter words that have the same meaning as the expression. There is also a query type for this expression.

Antonyms

This is for words that have the opposite meaning. This field can also be queried.

Example

Additionally you may enter here an example sentence for the expression. There is a simple query type which prompts you with the content of this field but with dots instead of the word in question.

Remark

This is an optional field to store additional information.

Paraphrase

Here you may enter a description in different words. There is also a query type for this expression.

Suggestions For Multiple Choice Query


Multiple choice dialog

If you want to create an efficient multiple choice query it is good to offer expressions that are similar to the solution to make it more difficult. If you do not offer them, KVocTrain has only the possibility to create such queries with randomly chosen expressions which are rather easy to guess. You can enter up to five expressions for this purpose.

Additional properties for verbs

You can edit the entries on the Conjugation page only when you selected verb as word type.


Verb entry dialog

For every tense KVocTrain knows you can enter the conjugations of the verb for the different persons. The tense can be selected from the list. After doing this the entry fields are updated accordingly.

Because some languages do not distinguish in the 3rd person of the plural you may use the according check box.

Next searches for the next tense with already entered conjugations.

Additional properties for adjectives

You can edit the entries on the Comparison page only when you selected adjective as word type.


Comparison entry dialog

Here you enter the the comparison forms of the adjective.

Properties from or to the original

For some properties it is possible to set up values from the original or to the original. For example you can have a grade when querying the translation (=> from the original). The opposite is the grade when querying the original when one of the translations is given (=> to the original).


From/to entry dialog
Grade

Contains the current grade of this expression.

False friend

Sometimes there is a word in a foreign language that looks like a word in your native language so you think it must have the same meaning. But in fact, it is not.

Enter such words in this field.

Last Query Date

This is the date when this entry was last queried. If it was never queried yet you only see ––.

For convenience reasons there are two buttons to set the current date or reset to “never queried”.

Due to internal reasons, it is not possible to store dates before August 12 1999 with every version of KVocTrain. Versions 0.8 and later are no more affected.

Altogether

Designates how often this entry was queried.

Wrong

Shows the amount of times you did not know the right answer.

Docking to the main window


Docking buttons

If you have to enter or change a lot of words you may want to place the main window next to the entry dialog and occupy the whole screen. You may do this manually or use one of the two buttons in the bottom (see picture above). The left one resizes the windows to an optimal height and places them one upon the other. The second places them accordingly side by side.

After closing the entry dialog the main window returns to its previous position and size.

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