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Mandarin Monkey Podcast

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Chinese and English Language podcast. A mixed couple (Tom & Ula) living in Taiwan, teach Chinese through the use of Chinglish (Chinese and English) on a variety of topics. Learn Chinese, study methods, Entertainment, news, life, business, hints and tricks to learning Mandarin. Hear a native speaking naturally and at natural pace but with the English translation so you can follow the context of the conversation. Enjoy.

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Repetition - Verb sentences - F , G & H

This is the verbs you learned in our verb repetition video, BUT put into sentences for you to repeat and love and then repeat again. We will be uploading the A-Z as a complete file as well, but first we wanted to give you the chunks in case you prefer it that way.Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up.FREE Ebookmailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED PHRASE AND GRAMMAR eBooks AVAIL...

Mar 04, 201920 min

LEARN MANDARIN - SLEEP MEDITATION - FOREST (guided)

We said on the podcast we would do it. and we did! Enjoy. Don't listen while operating heavy machinery.Learn Mandarin while you drift gently off to sleep, with this guided forest meditation using Mandarin and English. We don't put text on the screen because you need to be relaxing, mostly with your eyes closed and following the story. If you want to Learn Mandarin while relaxing, you should have a watch.Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook grou...

Mar 03, 201930 min

Repetition - Verb sentences - D & E

This is the verbs you learned in our verb repetition video, BUT put into sentences for you to repeat and love and then repeat again. We will be uploading the A-Z as a complete file as well, but first we wanted to give you the chunks in case you prefer it that way.Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up.FREE Ebookmailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED PHRASE AND GRAMMAR eBooks AVAIL...

Feb 26, 20199 min

Repetition - Verb sentences - B & C

This is the verbs you learned in our verb repetition video, BUT put into sentences for you to repeat and love and then repeat again. We will be uploading the A-Z as a complete file as well, but first we wanted to give you the chunks in case you prefer it that way.Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up.FREE Ebookmailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED PHRASE AND GRAMMAR eBooks AVAIL...

Feb 24, 201918 min

#23 - Mass Murder, Memorial Day, Light Festival, Politics & Police

In this episode of the Mandarin Monkey Chinglish podcast we discuss the upcoming memorial day, the festival of light, the police, elevators, rude people, politics and a host of other things, wrapped tightly in a 50 odd minute bundle. Whats King Kong's sisters name? And what does it mean in Mandarin? Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL &a...

Feb 24, 201951 min

Repetition - Verb sentences - A

This is the verbs you learned in our verb repetition video, BUT put into sentences for you to repeat and love and then repeat again. We will be uploading the A-Z as a complete file as well, but first we wanted to give you the chunks in case you prefer it that way. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED PHRASE AND GRAMMAR eB...

Feb 22, 20199 min

#22 - Why We Do It/, Earning Money, Weddings, Life and Food

In this lesson we discuss why on Earth we create content, writing our books, making videos, YouTube money, Patreon, our motivations, Family life, marriage, taboos, a wedding we recently went to, Food and entertainment. Its a goodun. Worth a listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 17, 20191 hr 7 min

Lesson 47 - Describing People

In this lesson, we are teaching you a lot of Mandarin adjectives to describe a person's personality, appearance, hair or eye colour in sentences. enjoyFind Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED PHRASE AND GRAMMAR eBooks AVAILABLE NOW!https://mandarinmonkey.com/store/SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps:/...

Feb 13, 201915 min

Repetition - 149 Mandarin Verbs

This is 149 useful Mandarin verbs. Great stuff to repeat on the way to work or in the car to look like a crazy person. It's not going to be interesting, but it will help your vocab lists grow if you listen to it a number of times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Feb 10, 201939 min

Lesson 46 - Using 白 Bái - Colour, Clear, For No Reason

In this lesson we cover the word 白 bái and all its meanings in Mandarin. This Mandarin lesson is a whopping 19 minutes so get your learning hats on! Find Out More. Become a Patron and get exclusive content. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MandarinMonkey/Website www.man...

Feb 05, 201919 min

eBook Read Along #7 - Mandarin Phrase Book Walk-through (p28- FINISH) Countries & EMERGENCY

In this read along we finish the book finally and go through the remaining pages on countries and emergency. Its shorter than usual but we finally finished. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the Facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/manda...SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhttps://www.facebook....

Jan 28, 201931 min

#21 - Beginners, Learning & Chat

We speak Mandarin and English. We mix it up. We use Chinglish. we Talked about learning mandarin and languages in general. We talk about movies again because we like that topic, we talk about winter vacation and summer vacation and a host of other things. We discuss the audiobook and E2. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundclo...

Jan 17, 20191 hr 5 min

#20 - Dreams, Inception, Happiness and Inspiration

We talk about a whole range of topic in the one. WORTH A LISTEN. We discuss Tom's crazy dream, our inspirations, good things that happen in the world, movies and happiness. All in Mandarin and English. and Chinglish sometimes. Enjoy.Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/Man...

Jan 12, 20191 hr 25 min

eBook Read Along #6 - Mandarin Phrase Book Walk-through (p25-28) Directions & General

We go through the directions, general and Money sections of the phrasebook. With a bunch of help from the chat. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/manda...SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MandarinMonkey/Website www.mandarinmonkey...

Jan 10, 20191 hr 7 min

#19 - Pulling, Nicknames, Chinglish, Films & Swine Flu

In this episode we talk about swine flu, the words for pulling and pushing. race, ABCs, Diseases, Movies, general chit chat and a bunch of other things. Hope you enjoy. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhtt...

Jan 07, 201957 min

EBook Read Along #5 - Mandarin Phrase Book Walk - Through (p20 - 24) Sex & Small Talk

Mandarin phrasebook walk through pg 20-24 SEX and SMALL TALKFind Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MandarinMonkey/Website www.mandarinmonkey.comItuneshttps://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/...

Jan 04, 201958 min

Podcast - #18 - Xmas, New year & Quitting our jobs

IN this podcast we discuss xmas and the new year. We talk about various vocabs surrounding those things. We also discuss Mandarin Monkey plans and what we want to achieve this year. Including quitting our day jobs. OMG.Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwi...

Jan 02, 20191 hr 4 min

eBook Read Along #4 - Mandarin Phrase Book Walk-through (p16-19)

In this read through we tackle Chinese for gluten free, dairy free, wheat intolerance, eating, water and business mandarin. Hope you enjoy. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/Mandari...

Dec 18, 20181 hr 17 min

EBook Read Along 3 - Mandarin Phrase Book Walk Through - LEARN CHINESE

Page 11-15 of our Free Mandarin Phrasebook. Available via the link below. LEARN CHINESE by following along and speaking with us. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/MandarinMonkey/Web...

Dec 14, 20181 hr 15 min

Mandarin Phrase Book Read-Along 2 (pg 5-10)

The continuation of our phrase book read through with some general chit chat mixed in. Mandarin study and chinglish speaking. Enjoy the next few pages. Hope it helps.Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. FREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeySoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.com/Mandarin_MonkeyFacebookhttps:...

Dec 08, 20181 hr 22 min

Mandarin Phrase Book Read-Along (pg 1 - 4)

This is a reading of our free eBook phrases. We will be chatting over each page and discussing some bits that we missed. Hopefully hearing them will help you while reading them. e only got to page four, we discussed A LOT of mandarin in this so hopefully really helpful! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 05, 20181 hr 14 min

E17 - Chat, Election, School & Stuff.

In this episode we talk about the election here in Taiwan. we have big ol chat about school and subjects and then we digress quite a lot and go off the rails a bit. Also Meicuo and testicles. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 23, 201859 min

Lesson 45 Audio - Bi vs bijiao in Mandarin

This is the audio from lesson 45. Back with the podcast shortly, just been working on the video lessons so the podcast has taken a backseat briefly. Learn about comparing things in mandarin. Super useful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 07, 20185 min

Saturday Chit Chat & Learn 2 AUDIO

We had a chat last Saturday where we got some great questions and answered or helped some people. We are doing it again. :)We discuss desert islands, objects, looking like things, ways to do things, various other vocabs. Also we break the tripod and have to hold the camera, sorry if it makes you feel sick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 27, 20181 hr 1 min

Saturday Chit Chat Live Stream AUDIO

This is the audio version of our Saturday night live stream on Youtube (NOT A NORMAL PODCAST). We speak in Chinglish and yonk on for nearly 2 hours. A lot of great questions from the live chat group, you can learn about earthquakes, jobs, random vocab, memorization techniques and a bunch more. Mandarin and English spoken throughout as usual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 23, 20181 hr 52 min

E16 - 9/9, Virtual Reality & Sickness

In this episode of the Chinglish podcast we discuss the annoyances of being sick, the wonders of Virtual reality having just bought it AND the 9/9 festival holiday. And various other odd and sods. ALl in delightful Chinglish for your listening pleasure. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyTwitterhttps://twitter.c...

Oct 18, 20181 hr 22 min

E15 - Taiwans birthday, hen, hao, feichang & numbers

In this episode, we really go on a rant about things, we were supposed to talk about Taiwan's birthday for the majority but ended up talking about hen and hao and feichang and also numbers and degrees and dollars, just everything really. We do end up talking about the birthday though so don't worry if you wanted to know whats happens 10/10 we will tell you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 20181 hr 25 min

E14 - Measure Words, Venom & The Flu

In this episode we discuss, in Chinglish, how having the flu while trying to be productive isn't great or easy, the movie Venom (Tom Hardy) albeit very briefly and without any spoilers. AND the major one is measure words which sort of starts about 30 odd minutes from the end. So in the middle-ish. All spoken in delightful Chinglish for your listening pleasure. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 07, 20181 hr 16 min

E13 - Funerals, Houses, Movies & Chit Chat

In this episode we discuss the traditions of the Taiwanese Funeral (as we have a family member who had unfortunately passed away very recently), so you get to learn some vocab regarding that. we have a brief chat about mortgages here in Taiwan and having the power to live inside a movie. OMG, its a corker! A little depressing corker, but a corker non the less. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 23, 20181 hr 19 min

E12 - Questions, Habbits & Dreams

In this episode we discuss a few submitted questions, our fears, habits we hate and crazy dreams. Not as long as usual, so the next one will be extra long. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 18, 201856 min
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