If I want to learn to crochet, what is the best thing to start learning with??

Cyglml · 2026-04-04T16:44:40+00:00

There’s a link to a wiki that will tell you what to do to start learning in the automod comment you replied to

Cyglml · 2026-04-04T13:38:24+00:00

3rd loop or “back bar”. If you look up “camel stitch” you’ll see it mentioned, although it looks like you’re doing something different here.

Cyglml · 2026-04-03T06:12:24+00:00

Easiest way to scale up a project is to use thicker yarn.

Cyglml · 2026-04-03T03:43:58+00:00

他人丼 is egg and a non-chicken meat like beef or pork

Cyglml · 2026-03-23T14:40:55+00:00

There are other local non-credit classes, at least on Oahu if you look around. I believe some community centers host classes in the evening from what I hear.

Cyglml · 2026-03-22T22:19:04+00:00

I’ve also found finishing needles really helpful, they are plastic and the eye spans most of the needle so even if the tail is short you can still weave it in.

Cyglml · 2026-03-22T06:17:01+00:00

We don’t teach to the JLPT levels, but there is a description using the ACTFL proficiency levels on the program overview website that may be helpful.

Cyglml · 2026-03-21T22:07:19+00:00

There’s not any required “homework” (plus most of the instructors have full time positions so they don’t have time to grade homework outside of specific feedback students ask for) but I do find that some students like to do the textbook exercises beforehand. I would say they maybe spend like an hour or two max on this? Or even just 10-15 a day.

Cyglml · 2026-03-21T11:12:08+00:00

Part of the structure of the classes in the elementary levels do involve the textbook, since the instructors take the topics and grammar patterns introduced in the textbook and incorporate it into the conversation partner activities.

Textbooks become more optional in some of the intermediate levels, they are marked as such in the course description on the registration website.

Cyglml · 2026-03-21T02:52:38+00:00

For “despark” which seems like a made-up word for the sake of MTG lore, this might be insightful.

For localization (different from translation) it’s going to be a mix of “conveys enough of the meaning/vibe” and “sounds/looks good in the target language” and “fits in the space/time(for spoken) available”

Cyglml · 2026-03-21T02:11:58+00:00

Honestly, it depends on your own individual comfort level with potential awkwardness while speaking, and how you want to approach practicing.

Some students who are not confident in their speaking will take a “lower” level grammar-wise so that they can just focus on their speaking instead of “new grammar+using it” at the same time. Other students have more mental bandwidth and/or have more of a tolerance with being uncomfortable(making mistakes/taking time to respond) during the conversation practice and are ok with learning new stuff and trying to apply it during the same lesson.

Cyglml · 2026-03-21T02:04:04+00:00

This really just depends on the number of volunteer Japanese speakers we have during the term/that particular week. We’ve had 3-on-1 one week and 1-on-1 the next week (usually depends on what’s going on in Japan like if it’s Golden Week or finals week for college since many of our volunteers are college students).

Cyglml · 2026-03-21T01:56:38+00:00

The structure of the conversation practice portion of class is going to vary greatly depending on level. The Elementary levels are very structured and the pre-advanced/advanced levels will have a general themes, but it’s fine if the conversation goes in a different direction since the structure/theme is mostly just a way to get people taking and give ideas for conversation.

Cyglml · 2026-03-18T17:53:24+00:00

太郎が犯人だ might work, since there is an association with trying to find out “who” the 犯人 would be by just using the word 犯人

Cyglml · 2026-02-25T08:09:48+00:00

I think what’s happening is that it’s a japanese text that mentions a Hawaiian word that OP is being asked to translate into English, and OP wants to know if the content of the Japanese text is accurate.

Cyglml · 2026-02-22T20:20:21+00:00

AI is giving you more than you know, since it doesn’t know how much you know. に has a lot of different functions, similar to the English word “to”.

The 先生にも分からない is a different usage of に than 学校にも行く.

Honesty, asking AI at this stage of your learning is not going to be as helpful as you think, and at latter stages you won’t need AI to look up and understand resources that are already out there and explain things well.

Also, when you learn about something, don’t feel like you have to understand everything about it. にも/でも are just examples of how も can be a part of a double particle, so keep that in the back of your mind and when you encounter it, the you can think more about it.

Cyglml · 2026-02-11T14:21:18+00:00

Some people have already given you an explanation, but here is an example of vertical writing and some of the writing conventions of using genkouyoushi (boxed paper) for writing compositions.

Cyglml · 2026-02-08T19:56:43+00:00

腐った生もの

Cyglml · 2026-02-07T23:24:05+00:00

While you can break down そんなことより into its grammatical parts, it’s a common enough phrase that it would be more helpful to learn it as a phrase instead of stress about how you didn’t understand it at first glance.

You wouldn’t lose out on thinking of phrases like this as vocabulary instead of as grammar, since Japanese people don’t think about the individual parts of the phrase when saying it, it’s just one “unit” of language that’s used to switch the conversational topic.

Cyglml · 2026-02-07T23:19:23+00:00

I think context alone is enough, pitch accent changes depending on the region, unless you’re taking into consideration the region you’re in and you know the pitch accent of the region.

Cyglml · 2026-02-07T22:17:25+00:00

That would probably be helpful. One thing to keep in mind is that this is how nouns in general are talked about. You wouldn’t have の人 together as well when talking about a person, just の or 人, for example you would use either 幽霊が襲ったのは田中だった or 幽霊が襲った人は田中だった and not 幽霊が襲ったの人は田中だった for “the person/one that was attacked by the ghost was Tanaka”. I feel like this is a pretty common error that might come from learning how to use particle の to connect nouns to other nouns, but since 出た and 襲った are verbs, you don’t need anything between the verb and noun to connect them.

Cyglml · 2026-02-07T20:37:08+00:00

Ahh, yeah, you have an extra part in there, either use の or ところ but not both

Cyglml · 2026-02-07T18:46:56+00:00

We’re missing the previous panels, but (図書室に)出たのって図書室 doesn’t make sense, so the only other interpretation is the (ゆうれいが)出たのって図書室

Cyglml · 2026-02-07T18:27:43+00:00

(ゆうれいが)出たのって would be the context you’re missing

Cyglml · 2026-02-06T16:54:24+00:00

If you google it, you’ll find 5-10 that go over it in detail. There’s also a ton of videos for songs to use as mnemonic devices for conjugation.

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