The wait is over. Skritter’s new mobile app is finally 100% released on the Google Play store! For the first time in the history of Skritter, the Google Play Store and the iOS App Store …
Making Chinese New Year Decorations
During the lunar new year, it’s common to put up decorations around the house and doorway to bring good luck and fortune. These decorations are known as chūnlián 春联 (春聯). Watch the video below to …
Gender Pronouns in Chinese – Which TĀ to use!
In this #SkritterChineseTips post, we teach all the different forms of tā. This can mean he/she/it (objects + animals) as well a pronoun for gods and spirits! While they might all sound the same, they each have …
Learning Japanese through Music, Part 7: 働く車（はたらくくるま）
Click here to see more of these posts! This series of posts covers Japanese songs, along with their lyrics, and translations so you can make sure you learn every word. For this one, let’s do a popular …
Learning Japanese through Music, Part 6: Plastic Love (Mariya Takeuchi) プラスティック・ラブ｜竹内まりや
Click here to see more of these posts! This series of posts covers Japanese songs, along with their lyrics, and translations so you can make sure you learn every word. When translating Japanese, and especially for things …
Chinese Expressions for Adultery
In this video, we are going to teach you different expressions for adultery and being cheated on. Doing the Splits… To Cheat劈腿pītuǐ This means to do the splits. As in, you’re standing in two different …
Skritter Year in Review 2019
Can you believe it? In just a few weeks, we’ll be starting a new year and a new decade! We hope that the end of the year finds you filled with joy, good health, and …
Taxi Terms in Chinese
In this blog and video post, we teach some ways you can order a taxi in Chinese, as well as useful words for getting you where you wanna go. First, let’s learn the word for …
Cartoon Character Challenge #14
Can you solve this character challenge by using the meaning and placement of the characters?
Japanese shows to watch and “Language Learning with Netflix” Chrome extension
Watching Japanese shows or movies is always a fun way to practice listening comprehension. On Netflix, they offer quite a variety of Japanese content and their website is compatible with an extension made for improving …