In this episode we go deep. real deep. Into the depths of superstitions and then reincarnation. We discuss the Taiwanese superstitions and others from around the world. We talk about family and relationships at the end which ends up on some reasonably sound advice (in our opinion) about staying passionate about each other.This Chinese and English episode was discovered in a shipwreck, deep in the Atlantic ocean. It was found by Russian deep sea divers and hauled up over six miles of crushing Atl...
Aug 04, 2019•1 hr 5 min
In this episode we talk about if we could have dinner with someone who is alive or dead whom would it be, we also talk about time periods we would love to go back to or go forward to. Ula opens up about her mum and we find some deep meaning in reflecting on life in general. We learn Chinese words for life and life span, success and failure, working, business and happiness. This episode was found in a field, hidden in the rolling green hills of England. It was dug up by an expert team of archaeol...
Aug 01, 2019•1 hr 3 min
In this episode of the Mandarin Monkey podcast we are officially back after being sick for a couple of weeks. AND being busy with our day job. But the fire of Hades himself couldn't stop us from making one today. We discuss our together bucket list, the movies we could watch over and over again and couldn't, we discuss talents we wish we could have and new exciting relationships that are developing. This episode of the podcast was created in an angels bedroom, shot from the bow of Artemis into t...
Jul 30, 2019•1 hr 15 min
In this episode we talk about how to introduce yourself...well we ask you to introduce yourself and offer to help you out with correction and improvement. We also discuss how we like to relax and let go of stress. We talk about how certain situations make us feel and how to overcome them, and about our best and worst personality traits. All in Chinglish...Chinese and English. This episode was brought to us by a Norse God whom found the MP3 file on his hammer. The lightening God told us to upload...
Jul 12, 2019•1 hr 5 min
(Sorry for bad audio quality)In this episode we talk to Dan who is one of our Patrons and regular Hangout guests (Hangouteers), we ask him 10 questions about his current learning methods, what works and doesn't work, materials and resources he uses to learn Chinese and what advise he would give new learners starting to learn Mandarin from the get go. Expect more of these. This episode has audio issues because of a technical error our side. Sorry. We have noted and fixed the error post this episo...
Jul 09, 2019•1 hr 10 min
In this episode, the 39th incarnation of the infamous Mandarin Monkey Podcast we discuss our upcoming guest, different meanings for different words in Chinese and English, playing games to help your learning of Mandarin. Our favourite item and the perfect school system. All spoken in the silky soft tones of Chinglish, wrapped in silver taken from the belly of an ancient treasure crab and smelted into a river of language to caress your ear canals. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Jul 03, 2019•1 hr 7 min
In this podcast session we speak about Annabelle 2, The Tag Along Taiwanese horror movies set in the city we live in (Taichung). Ránhòu we also spoke about the BMPCC 4K (our newly purchased camera) and its accessories. Ránhòu we discuss the upcoming Summer vacation and a little bit about our new schedule. Ránhòu we also discuss LINKING WORDS/CONJUNCTIONS in Mandarin Chinese and give you a little test with a bunch of example sentences that may help you out making your Chinese sentences just a lit...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Hey all, we discuss a whole bunch of things in this Chinese/Mandarin/English/Chinglish podcast. First of which is a new games that we have played called Sea of Thieves. Then we move rapidly onto another exciting topic. The differences between eastern and western cultures, specifically within the teenage arena. We discover some new Chinese words we talk about parenting and get quick deep. We also discuss a little about Chinese history and learning. Schooling systems in Taiwan and China versus wes...
Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 25 min
SO this is the 1 hour 40 minute podcast we recorded straight after the over 2 hour Google video hangout with had with Darian this gone Sunday. Great fun to record. The sound quality is a bit ergh, so we apologize but its bearable. And we are working on a solution to improve that side of things. We speak Chinese, we speak English we speak Chinglish. As usual we do digress a few times but we are mainly discussing how and why Darian is learning Chinese. Hope you enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Jun 17, 2019•1 hr 40 min
Hey all, in this exciting Chinese/English Podcast we discuss Gary Vee, Morals, Black Mirror season 5 (no spoilers really) and play the game Taboo where we have to make each other say the word without saying a bunch of other words. Also we discuss allegories, stories and negative people leaving negative comments. We discuss our most recent Google Hangout and also have a general natter. All in delightful Chinglish (Chinese and English) for your listening pleasure! Enjoy. If you enjoy what we do, w...
Jun 10, 2019•1 hr 7 min
In this episode we discuss our recent google hangout. We also discussed an interesting movie we watched in the last week called Gatao. The upcoming Dragon-boat Festival and the video we are making for that celebration. Also we discussed our bucket list and things we have achieved thus far. All spoken in delightful Chinglish for your listening pleasure.Enjoy.If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patron. For the cost of a Starbucks coffee you can...
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 11 min
We discuss spending all of Bill Gates money and how to do that. Tom puts a hypothetical to Ula about spending $25,000,000 in 24 hours. We discuss Ula's wisdom tooth removal and language learning stuffs. We also chat about our new Google Hangout idea and various other things. All in delightful Chinglish throughout. If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patron. For the cost of a Starbucks coffee you can make our lives considerably better and help...
May 28, 2019•1 hr 29 min
This is 350+ nouns for your repetition pleasure....we covered nouns for household items, travel, school, hospital, technology, food and clothes....Hope it helps!If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining have a look at our Patron. For the cost of a Starbucks coffee you can make our lives considerably better and help to make better content to help your journey to Mandarin Chinese fluency. Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyFREE Ebookhttps://mailchi.mp/b7b502e...
May 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min
We discuss a big business discussion we had this Friday and the upcoming Live-streams for eBook 2, we discuss giving you back as much value as possible as Patrons using a live weekly private discussion for you guys so you can practice your newly learned skills. We talk about poison and cockroaches and how the two of them don't mix. Oh and we mention about the Avengers (no spoilers). And about making a book, and fears about heights and insects and a bunch of other things. Enjoy! Find Out More. Be...
May 06, 2019•1 hr 4 min
We talk about a bunch of things as per usual, but the majority is Mazu, Ula's Visa, Learning Environment and a bit of GOT (NO SPOILERS). 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/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED PHRASE AND GRAMMAR eBooks AVAILABLE NOW!https://mandarinmonkey.com/store/SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/mandarin-monkeyPatreonhttps://www.pa...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 18 min
We discuss how to use emotions in Mandarin Chinese. We discuss how to emote and talk through page 74 of our second ebook. AND a bunch of questions from live chat. TRADITIONAL & SIMPLIFIED PHRASE AND GRAMMAR eBooks AVAILABLE NOW!mandarinmonkey.com/store/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 eBooks AVA...
Apr 28, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Hey! if you enjoy listening to our podcast please consider becoming a Patron. link here... https://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyIf you can spare the cost of a coffee a month it really makes a difference. Our Youtube channel can be found here -: https://www.youtube.com/mandarinmonkey That's where you can see the podcast videos and put a face to the voices.Also, if you are interested we have a website, and on that website we sell our eBooks ($5 Patrons get these for free everytime we create them)...
Apr 22, 2019•1 hr 24 min
In this live stream will talk through page 20 of our second eBook. We help you understand using keyi, hui and neng in Mandarin sentences and probably talk about a bunch of other stuff as well. https://mandarinmonkey.com/store/https://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2019•1 hr 31 min
In this podcast/live stream we talk about measure words, and we cover the 6 pages of measure words and examples we have in our Phrase & Grammar book 2. Loads of chat and loads of questions from people who attended the live stream. Helpful if you are new to measure words and a bunch of new words for the intermediate. 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/m...
Apr 14, 2019•2 hr 1 min
In this episode we talk about so much off topic stuff we forget what we are talking about. BUT a bunch of new words, and cultural things and a new game of what would you prefer/rather. Hope you enjoy learning some Chinese! Oh and we remembered to press record this time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 09, 2019•1 hr 11 min
This was made offsite in an apartment building complex of an old friend. We spoke for the longest time we have ever spoken on a podcast OVER 2 HOURS of chit chat. We cover many topics. Cultural differences, school, educational systems, being parents, selfishness, Britishness and a bunch more. Enjoy. Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyFind 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...
Apr 02, 2019•2 hr 12 min
This is the missing part that we forgot to upload after repetition I K L.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.Patreonwww.patreon.com/MandarinMonk...
Mar 30, 2019•2 hr 27 min
This is the missing part that we forgot to upload after repetition I K L.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.Patreonwww.patreon.com/MandarinMonk...
Mar 30, 2019•23 min
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.Patreonwww.patreon.com/MandarinMonkeyFREE Ebookmailchi.mp/b7b502e7507b/mandarinmonkeyTRADITIONAL & SIMPL...
Mar 30, 2019•16 min
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 27, 2019•26 min
In this podcast we discuss being sick again! cooking at home and eating out in Taiwan and the difference and the variations. Also our Taiwan experiences with the dentists here. Some interesting listens if we don't mind saying so ourselves. Enjoy you guys! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 11 min
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 21, 2019•15 min
In the half way point episode we talk to Jiuma (Aunty in law) who is originally from North East China, but has been living in Taiwan for a while. We discuss a whole range of things, including, cities in China, Names, learning Taiwanese, differences in Chinese Chinese and Taiwanese Chinese. Find Out More. Become a Patron. Add us on Twitter for regular updates. Join the facebook group for some live sessions coming up. Jiuma's FaceBookhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000361340665Patreonht...
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr 22 min
IN this episode which actually has a video, we talk about the chicken skin when you are cold, geese who are b******s, overcooked 2 the game, pollution, TV Series, what we have been doing and a whole bunch more. All in Chinglish for your listening pleasure! 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 eBook...
Mar 11, 2019•1 hr 15 min
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 08, 2019•15 min
