The Gunpowder Plot is all we can think about in this one as we guide you through a brief retelling of the story and history of Guy Fawkes and his attempt at regicide. You will learn a number of new words including a lot of religious word in Mandarin and hopefully pick up a few others. There is little to no chit chat in this one as we jump straight into the story and Mandarin word review. Hope you find it useful.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awes...
Nov 08, 2021•33 min
We talk about personification and about our recent London trip. Keeping your teeth (Doctor History) after the tooth fairy is supposed to take them away and also throwing them on your roof. The ongoing life stuff of a busy family and business life and a bunch of other things.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISTmandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/ma...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Beny Laoshi joins Ula today on this chat through Beny and her medical studies and history. We don't mean her current health situation, she studied in Medical school for several years so she imparts us with a great deal of knowledge of the use of Medical Mandarin Chinese. This episode is pretty much entirely Mandarin throughout. ENJOY!Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISTmandarinmonkey.co...
Nov 01, 2021•56 min
Mandarin Monkey Hosts Tom and Ula take us all on and adventure through the trails and tribulations of two young'ish' parents with three advernturous children and their struggle to survive in a demanding and unforgiving world. This Summer.... Monkey Town. Rated 'OK' for Alright. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogm...
Oct 28, 2021•1 hr
Todays important Mandarin Story episode is about cleaning the beaches and getting rid of all that unwanted plastic and rubbish/garbage from our ocean sides. You will learn a bunch of new words associated with this activity. All spoken in both Mandarin and English so you can stay on track with the conversation and hopefully, take away a word or two.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonk...
Oct 25, 2021•54 min
Ula has to read infront of the whole class at Kairis school. This makes her somewhat nervous. We talk through the skills of storytelling and try and calm her down a bit. Also various other topics as we usually do in the Mandarin Monkey Podcast. Chinglish throughout.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Make your birthday amazing by knowing how to wish for something in Mandarin Chinese when you blow out the candles. We don't chat much in this one as we wanted to get straight to the story and vocabulary review.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISTmandarinmonkey.c...
Oct 18, 2021•40 min
Being willing. Being part of the community. The infamous Orange Juice story. Fun conversation. But ends deep. Enjoy.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISTmandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to ...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Our story and vocabulary today is about mythological creatures. We talk about a number of made up creatures from books and from the past in this one. Learn a few new words and comment which one you like. OR tell us one we didn't include.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS M...
Oct 11, 2021•1 hr 5 min
REUPLOADED WITH MISSING BEGINNING. The difficulties of raising a big family. The convenience of 7/11. Smashing through hump day. Owning a small night market stall in Taiwan. It's all on the tabel in todays episode. The Mandarin Monkey Podcast is now at 30k downloads/listens a month, thanks to everyone who has been with us on this journey. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comInt...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Our story this week is about the fuel crisis currently ongoing in the UK. Huge queues, massive delays and panic buying have led to a small breakdown in the country. We are also with cold. Little Max is home and sick, Mason has a sniffle, Kairi a small cough and Ula is feeling under the weather. But we power through it on this excited episode of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp grou...
Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min
We talk about grit in this one. One of the most important things in doing anything.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISTmandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chineseskritter.com?ref=man...
Sep 30, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Fickle weather, wearin PJs at the supermarket, big dogs, using 'seriously' in Mandarin, sperm whales, we cover all the BIG TOPICS in this episode. Big topics, important, life changing discussion being hads right here.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group.Websitewww.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursemandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogmandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISTmandarinm...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 19 min
We begin season 2 of the Mandarin Monkey podcast after having moved countries in our new home. Discuss the flight and some of the things that happened to us on the way. It's the beginning of a months worth of stories. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRI...
Sep 24, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This is the final episode for this season until September when we have settled down a little bit. We test Ula on all her favorite foods which means you get to learn a bunch of new food words. This episode was recorded on Tuesday but scheduled to go out Friday so no disruption for you guys. :) Hope everyone has an awesome couple of weeks! and we will see you very soon!Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. We...
Aug 20, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Ula tells a cultural story in this episode of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast. We have a slightly different format this time as Ula tells the longer than normal story then we break down the story and ask questions about the language used within. The story is that of Yuèxià lǎorén the God of marriage. And a curious and homicidal gentleman by he name of Wei Gu.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://...
Aug 16, 2021•1 hr 8 min
We discuss couples therapy, our continued lack of sleep, but dealing with anxiety and moving forward. We talk about language learning and children and about incorporating language at home. Along with all the usual digressions that Mandarin Monkey Podcast entails.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blog...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Todays story is about packing as we are doing a lot of it. This story actually has a lot of interesting Mandarin words and patterns in it, including how to say 'sorting' and 'type'. We also say box a lot as we have been saying it to each other a great deal these last few weeks as we gear up for our England move.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps:...
Aug 09, 2021•58 min
We do a personality quiz and find out what personality Tom & Ula have and decide on if we think that's true or not. We also discuss the on goings of moving life and dealing with what's coming up.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISTht...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Shapes are the focus of todays story. Because, frankly, we haven't ever discussed them before. So the story is that of shapes. A shapely story if you will. A story for all shapes and sizes. But mainly just about shapes. No it isn't an allegory. It's just a story about shapes.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course...
Aug 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min
We discuss legumes, and people who tell you things when you didn't ask them to. We talk about colors and American and British English. We discuss letting go, and about vocabulary differences in Chinese and English and life's ups and downs. Also Bob Ross and helping us sleep. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 9 min
We discuss the Tokyo Olympics in this story episode of the Mandarin Monkey podcast. The amazing addition of Sky Brown a UK professional skateboarder at only 13! This story does not stop us talking about being in a mixed relationship and having mixed race children. That goes a little deep as usual. We are a few months into the new quarantine. So bare with us. :) You will learn words around sports played in the Olympics and associate words. Deng Deng.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free l...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min
We discuss bad news in the mortgage department, reflect on buying a house, bean bags instead of sofas, regrets and health above money.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin tool...
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 7 min
We talk about several disasters that happened a number years ago and the outcomes. Our story today revolves around using disaster and Mandarin based around disasters. We also discuss being masters at speaking and listening and having an awesome bunch of people to call friends and community.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/i...
Jul 19, 2021•1 hr 9 min
A quiz on privilege leads us deep into discussion and reflection on gratitude and life again. We are going slightly stir crazy due to the quarantine and virus but trying to stay in high spirits. We life and we learn in this one.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIG...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 5 min
You will learn about learning words in this episode as the story centers around speaking skill, listening skill, tones, verbs, nouns, adjectives and sentence structure in Mandarin Chinese. We also discuss Ula's birth circumstances and Tom's dad crazy girlfriend.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Blogh...
Jul 12, 2021•56 min
Using the word 'rude' and 'bored' in the wrong way has interesting consequences and throws us down a strange conversation path. Football and relationships. Giving up. Making new friends in different countries and whether one needs those things to survive. Counting good friends on your hand.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/i...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 4 min
We tell a survival story in this podcast. We will be talking about the use of water purifiers, grills and how to say 'build' something. We also we discuss how to use 'collect' in Chinese as well which could be a very useful word for you. On a more personal note we talk about returning to the UK and Ula's fear of it.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Courseht...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Capital gains tax? that makes for a riveting conversation! We also discuss surviving on a raft when a shark wants to eat you constantly. And lots of word in Mandarin for things you need to survive. You will learn the Chinese words for tax things as well nearer the end.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comIntensive Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesom...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Starting a new game is the topic for this weeks story. All those options you get in the game menu when you are playing a new game, we go through in detail during the Mandarin Chinese vocabulary section of this podcast episode. The story is also about starting a new game, which means you get all the vocabulary in context. We also have a good chat for 30 minutes before the story begins.Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey W...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 3 min
