Cantonese and Mandarin for medical matters and much more

Casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical setting. sister podcast (#:29): https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videos soundtrack: Unwind by HoliznaCC0 CC0 1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world (all words explained with added cultural notes). sister video for this episode is (#28): www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videos soundtrack is a mashup of: Eileen Simpson and Ben White Song Division, 2011 Series of events exploring the sonic potentials of materials gleaned from the edges of the public domain...

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world. sister video for this episode is (#27): www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videos soundtrack: Beat Machine - Rap Beat / Instrumental Music By The Passion HiFi www.thepassionhifi.com

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world. sister video for this episode is (#26): https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videos soundtrack: Prey by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world. (Includes a brief discussion of the 不 4th tone to 2nd tone sandhi.) _____________________________________ sister video for this episode is (#25): https://soundcloud.com/leslie-frank-643243096 The soundtrack is Stanners - Vox Populi (Soundcloud Version) By Stanners is licensed under a Creative Commons Lice...

Learn casual conversations for topics in the medical as well as non-medical settings. sister video for this episode is (#24): https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago thanks to Anna Lee 李淑芳, for her audio contributions soundtrack: “Seasons Change” by HoliznaCC0 The songs in this album are licensed under: CC0 1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

See and hear color coded words for casual chats for topics in medical and non-medical settings. Voxium by Audiorezout is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. And you can find it at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ sister video (#23): https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago

Hear words used in both medical and general topics in casual conversations. soundtrack: “Don't Forget To Live,” by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ sister podcast channel - https://soundcloud.com/leslie-frank-643243096 this video channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago/videos

Don't be shy about getting a second opinion [第二意見 / 第二意见: dai6ji6 ji3gin3 / dì’èr yìjìan], especially when it comes to deciding whether to go under the knife, or not; any responsible doctor worth his/her/their salt, will understand the wisdom in doing such a thing. Grammar difference in the order of a sentence structure in one of the example is discussed. sister video (#21) www.youtube.com...

Learn the Cantonese and Mandarin for “experimental”--the word itself, and how it can be used in medical and nonmedical related sentences. For those of you who like to analyze Chinese words in detail, the latter part of the video breaks down 实验 / 實驗 into its root components and explore words that speak to the individual root component 实 / 實 || 验 / 驗 meanings and how their combination make s...

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes with a nod towards healthcare while mixing in everything else. This episode looks at two different words that share a similar meaning, “to block,” but they’re not interchangeable. If you got a hankering to learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes (with a nod towards healthcare but talking pretty much about every...

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes in everyday living with a nod towards healthcare. This episode goes into how you tell someone to not move 唔好喐 | 冇喐/别动, like when you're about to stick a needle into their mouth for some intensive dental work (or say, when you're about to take your mugshot for the dept of motor vehicles), and goes into more “move” words, like if...

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes in everyday living with a nod towards healthcare. This episode goes into how you might want to convince someone to make certain decisions at this 階段 / 阶段 stage/phase of their life, vs the 期 stage/phase of a disease. Plus info about ordinal vs cardinal numbers (hint: the role of 第 in 第一期癌症).

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes with a nod towards healthcare. This episode goes into how you might convince someone not to fuss or worry about something you say is nothing (whether it’s a small scratch or a less-than-superficial gash that you don’t want them to get all dramatic over should you need to see a doc). Plus, there’s a little talk about the 不/bù 4th tone...

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes. sister video(#15): https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago soundtrack: Death Note, by Audiobinger licensed by Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Learn casual talk in Canto / Mando / English (with some connection--no matter how small--to the health and wellness world) 我想知道你忍痛底線係咩嘢 我想知道你忍痛底线是什么 sister video (#14): https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago Soundtrack: Isolation by Audiobinger Licensed by Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Learn casual talk in Canto / Mando / English (with some connection--no matter how small--to the health and wellness world) 我一直都知道你係得嘅 我一直都知道你能行欸 can be said to someone who excels in non-traditional roles or someone who is able to overcome and excel during her/his/their rehab sister video www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago soundtrack “Cookouts'' by Audiobinger, licensed under a...

Learn casual conversations in Canto and Mando. This FINAL episode of the 2nd COVID dialog, there's talk of a nervous breakdown 精神崩潰/精神崩溃, the similarites/differences between the words for mental illness/neuropathy, 精神病/神經病/神经病 and their respective key components: vigor/vitality/spirituality, 精神, and nerve/mental case/nutjob 神經/神经 sister video: https://www.youtube.com/user/no...

Learn casual conversations in Canto and Mando. In this episode, there's talk about how an amputation can lead to pain, pain pills, pain pill addiction, nervous breakdown or an OD. While going through this chain of events, learn the “either… or” grammar pattern [一係... 一係 / 要么... 要么] and hear other addiction examples like binge worthy k-drama, not to mention the many ways to say "copay" that...

We're breaking up the COVID dialogs for learning Cantonese and Mandarin with this side trip into talking about suicide. You won't be hearing about how to kill yourself, or treating such feelings, or endorsing offing yourself; instead you'll hear a casual and frank conversation with someone on the brink of self destruction. While you're still able to, do the research to find good resources, if not...

This is the continuation of the COVID dialogs to learn casual conversation in Canto and Mando. In this episode, one thing leads to another when a physical therapy appointment is missed, leading to a pressure ulcer, then amputation, then a presumed OD or nervous breakdown, ultimately leading us to the question of the meaning of LIFEandDEATH. sister video #9 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClmSu3eH...

Learn to chat in Eng, Canto and Mando about going to physical therapy, when lacking the COVID19 vaccination, plus the different usages of "to think" in the form of 想, 諗, 覺得/觉得 sister video https://youtu.be/G35vXFs-BPI soundtrack “Tea Time” by Ofshane, part of the YouTube Audio Library

Learn to chat informally in English, Canto and Mando. This ep is about how “ridiculous” can enter the conversation when talking about getting the COVID-19 vaccinationa; it's paired with the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/34RM5tMEqno as an additional approach to master Canto and Mando soundtrack “Some Thoughts” by Shaolin Dub, licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internat...

Learn to chat informally in English, Canto and Mando. This ep is about dementia's repetitive nature and is the last of the dialog about finding a doctor in the COVID-19 era; it's paired with the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/tKL3LT3T-lI as an additional approach to master Canto and Mando Soundtrack The Lone Woodlouse, by Rachel K Collier, YT Audio Library additional content regarding 鳥之將死，...

Learn informal conversations in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. This ep is a preview of what's to come in the absurdist world of dementia with some tangents going off on the so-called life of broiler chickens, the fate of cats and mice, the bonds of parent and child, pets, non-cancerous moles, onomatopoetic words, crap meds, and other things as they pop up. sister video: https://youtu.be/csfhqvDa...