a skill you've always wanted to learn?

[idiotdoomspiral]

i would love to be able to make dresses and accessories. sadly i'm a very slow learner when it comes to practical work on design & technology.
i've also always wanted to know how to knit.
what about you guys?

 

[Celestefey]

I've always wanted to learn how to sew but I've never gotten round to it. My mum has a sewing machine so maybe during the holidays I'll try to figure it out!

 

[_Dentata]

I wish I knew Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Sadly, I don't have the patience to learn them. Oh well, it's not like I find those languages interesting or anything : /

 

[MorningStar]

With the ease of which I learned English, Chinese, and Japanese, it severely depresses me that Welsh and Gaelic are giving me as many problems as they are.

Similar issues with the ability to play the hammered dulcimer. It's gorgeous and I'd kill to play it as easily as I can play guitar or violin, but I can't seem to get a handle on it. Piano tends to give me problems, too.

And lastly, fencing. Archery is something I've always excelled at, but if I legitimately had to wield a sword to save my own life, I'd probably stab myself before my enemy did...

 

[_Dentata]

With the ease of which I learned English, Chinese, and Japanese, it severely depresses me that Welsh and Gaelic are giving me as many problems as they are.

Similar issues with the ability to play the hammered dulcimer. It's gorgeous and I'd kill to play it as easily as I can play guitar or violin, but I can't seem to get a handle on it. Piano tends to give me problems, too.

And lastly, fencing. Archery is something I've always excelled at, but if I legitimately had to wield a sword to save my own life, I'd probably stab myself before my enemy did...

Why are you learning Welsh and Gaelic? They're useless.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I want to learn how to sew, my mom has an old sewing table that has the flip up machine in it but I've never tried to use it yet, I am nifty at hand sewing but it takes so long that I don't really put the effort into making anything. I want to learn how to just make skirts so I can buy a TON of fabric during sales and just make a hundred skirts to wear.

I also really hope to learn a few languages, trying for French first as I've always adored that language.

 

[UglyMonsterFace]

I reallllly want to play the violin.. But lessons are just so expensive

 

[_Dentata]

I want to learn how to sew, my mom has an old sewing table that has the flip up machine in it but I've never tried to use it yet, I am nifty at hand sewing but it takes so long that I don't really put the effort into making anything. I want to learn how to just make skirts so I can buy a TON of fabric during sales and just make a hundred skirts to wear.

I also really hope to learn a few languages, trying for French first as I've always adored that language.

It's really easy to learn. If you do decide to learn it, I highly recommend you switch your 3ds to French once you've learn basic French vocabulary.^^

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

It's really easy to learn. If you do decide to learn it, I highly recommend you switch your 3ds to French once you've learn basic French vocabulary.^^

I have Rosetta Stone for French, I just need to make time to actually do it, my boyfriend wants to learn it with me mostly so we can talk about our roommates in front of them without them noticing. XD

 

[namiieco]

I'd like to learn the piano and violin. Sometimes I just get the urge to play a song or sing it to let my emotions from the song out or to learn the song to show my gratitude.

 

[_Dentata]

I have Rosetta Stone for French, I just need to make time to actually do it, my boyfriend wants to learn it with me mostly so we can talk about our roommates in front of them without them noticing. XD

I remember I choose Arabic as my language credit back when I was homeschooled. My mother got me Rosetta Stone and I HATED it. I don't remember every detail, but I know it wasn't created for beginners. I didn't know any Arabic beforehand, so I had to get my dad in there to translate it for me. It's been at least 5 years since I used it, so they might have changed it.

You've heard of Duolingo, right? If not, it's an excellent site for beginners.
https://www.duolingo.com/

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

I remember I choose Arabic as my language credit back when I was homeschooled. My mother got me Rosetta Stone and I HATED it. I don't remember every detail, but I know it wasn't created for beginners. I didn't know any Arabic beforehand, so I had to get my dad in there to translate it for me. It's been at least 5 years since I used it, so they might have changed it.

You've heard of Duolingo, right? If not, it's an excellent site for beginners.
https://www.duolingo.com/

I think Rosetta Stone is pretty good, it starts you with simple things and it's just matching the words to the pictures basically, it tells you, you repeat back, then start building sentences. I didn't get very far into it obviously, only thing that confused me is that the version I have is learning to read speak and write all at once, and I think I will undo that because the typing is the hardest part for me, so I'd rather learn to speak and read it first then go back and learn to write. I have heard of duolingo and I have been thinking about using it as well to try to get it really drilled into my melon. XD

Actually playing around on Duolingo right now and I see it's very similar to Rosetta stone!

 

[AquaStrudel]

I've always wanted to be able to play an instrument. I love the piano and violin (both of which we have) But I have trouble with notes and its really hard to make the correct sound on violin. I probably just need more practice but ehhh

 

[_Dentata]

I think Rosetta Stone is pretty good, it starts you with simple things and it's just matching the words to the pictures basically, it tells you, you repeat back, then start building sentences. I didn't get very far into it obviously, only thing that confused me is that the version I have is learning to read speak and write all at once, and I think I will undo that because the typing is the hardest part for me, so I'd rather learn to speak and read it first then go back and learn to write. I have heard of duolingo and I have been thinking about using it as well to try to get it really drilled into my melon. XD

It's awful if you're a beginner learning an Asian language. I've heard it's great for romance languages. Like I said before, I don't remember every detail.

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Language_Learning_Difficulty_for_English_Speakers

I guess the fact that I choose a tier 5 language didn't help.
Fun fact, Arabic has no written vowels


Here's a list of French resources:
https://forvo.com/
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/French
https://www.busuu.com/en
https://lingvist.com/
https://www.babbel.com/
http://4chanint.wikia.com/wiki/French

I highly recommend getting Schaum's Outline of French Grammar, Schaum's Outline of French Vocabulary, and the compact version of Oxford's French dictionary(since you're on a budget)

 

[Aquari]

ive always wanted to learn how to play violin or saxophone, and learn how to draw.

 

[Bcat]

I would love to be able to sew so I could make and modify my own clothes and cosplay. But then I learned that I hate sewing with an unbridled passion.

 

[Stalfos]

I want to learn to play the piano.

 

[Alex518]

i wanna master playing the guitar. but i haven't taken lessons yet and i never have time

 

[Oldcatlady]

Coding because it would have been so useful with websites nowadays. I only know veryyy basic html and css

 

[DJStarstryker]

i wanna master playing the guitar. but i haven't taken lessons yet and i never have time

I've tried taking guitar lessons with 2 different teachers. The first one was horrible. Not that he was a bad guitar player, he just wasn't a good teacher. He was very unorganized. The second one was much better, but he taught directly out of a book. One that I own.

I feel like I could learn better on my own with a combination of books, YouTube, and games like Rocksmith. It'd be a lot cheaper too. Those lessons weren't cheap and I didn't learn much from them. I probably spent like $500 total before I gave up with them. I just need to actually, you know, practice.

So yeah, guitar playing is one answer for this thread for me. But I also like the sewing thing. I need to learn that too. If a button falls off of a shirt or a pair of pants, I can't even fix that.