了 le is one of the most important grammatical markers in Chinese, if not the most important one. Let’s learn the 3 most common uses of 了.
Taiwan Pride 2020
In this voice-over lesson, Iona introduces us to Taiwan Pride, 2020 which happened in late October 2020 in Taipei and is Asia’s largest pride event, marking its 18th anniversary. Watch the video, read the transcripts, then study the decks in Skritter!
Gratitude and Indigenous People
Let’s learn how to express our gratitude and address indigenous people appropriately around the world in today’s mini-lesson. Terms of Gratitude The most common way to express thankfulness, of course, is with 谢谢. For example, …
10 Things That Are Very Japanese
Some things that are Japanese aren’t necessarily “very” Japanese, like an affinity for rice, using soy sauce, or even Kanji (Chinese characters). With that said, here are 10 things that are “very” Japanese! Knives / …
Learn Chinese During “Dead Time”
Mobile apps for studying Chinese during life’s spare moments. This post was adapted from an Instagram gallery post here. What is dead time you might ask? “Time when there is little or no activity” Oxford …
Topic-Comment Sentences in Chinese
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 …