Breakdown of Plus tu mémorises de vocabulaire, moins tu fais d'erreurs.
tu
you (informal singular)
l'erreur
the mistake, an error (f)
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
faire
to do, to make
Questions & Answers about Plus tu mémorises de vocabulaire, moins tu fais d'erreurs.
Why isn't there a word for "the" before plus and moins?
In English, we say "the more... the fewer...". In French, you drop the "the" completely for this parallel structure. You just start directly with the comparative words Plus and moins.
The English translation is "The more vocabulary you memorize", but the French word order is different. Why?
Why is it de vocabulaire and d'erreurs instead of le vocabulaire and des erreurs?
The English translation says "fewer mistakes", but the French uses moins. Doesn't moins mean "less"?