The basic sentence structure in Mandarin is SUBJECT-VERB-OBJECT, commonly known as SVO, however, you can also form sentences using the TOPIC-COMMENT structure. Learn how to use this in today’s lesson. A Typical SVO Sentence: 你 …
Learning Japanese through Music, Part 11: Country Road (Japanese Version)
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 …
因 vs 应 – Chinese Characters That Even Native Speakers Get Wrong!
In this series of lessons, we take a look at certain characters that even native speakers of Chinese sometimes mess up. In part two, we’re looking at 因 yīn and 应/應 yīng. These sound very …
7 mistakes I made when writing Chinese characters and what I learnt from them
This article was originally published on Hacking Chinese, but since the content is equally relevant for Skritter users, we decided that it would be worthwhile to post here as well. The article outlines a number …
Hacking Chinese Vocabulary Challenge, October 2020
This month’s challenge over at Hacking Chinese is about learning vocabulary. This is of course a perfect fit for Skritter, which is all about characters and words. Thus, Skritter will sponsor this challenge, which means …
的 vs 地 vs 得 – Chinese Characters That Even Native Speakers Get Wrong!
In this series of lessons, we take a look at certain characters that even native speakers of Chinese sometimes mess up. In part one, we’re looking at the three de’s (的 vs 地 vs 得) …
Learning Japanese through Music, Part 10: GO!GO!7188 浮舟 (Ukifune)
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 …
Our Top 10 Taiwanese Movies
We picked our top 10 Taiwanese movies and discuss the historical context in which they are set. In this two-part video, Iona and Teacher Yoko pick their favorite 10 Taiwanese movies. We have organized these …
What to Call Your In-laws?
In this #SkritterChineseTips lesson, we teach terms for family members in Mandarin Chinese. After getting married to your significant other, it’s best to use these terms to refer to your new in-laws since it’s unusual …
An Easy Way to Learn Japanese Hiragana
Hiragana is pretty easy to learn, and these mnemonic images make it even easier! We have graphics for each kana (both Hiragana and Katakana) directly in the Skritter: Write Japanese app, which you can use …