Mandarin Monkey Podcast

Our story this week is not that of Shakespeare/Dickens, but that of Tomspeare. No where near as prose-esc though. It's a simple tale of two cities and the small differences between them. You will be learning the Mandarin Chinese words for city based stuff including crime rate, buildings, populations, busy etc. Also you will hear us chat about or worries and psychology in general. It's like a Ching...

We are back to regular programming with episode 216 of the Mandarin Monkey podcast. The flaws of us all. Why do we call it the flaw of us all? We discuss learning Mandarin as usual, but the difficulties of it, along with lying to each other, living with each other, finding sweaty people attractive and a long list of digressions from the offset. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson....

Electrical problems stopped us recording the podcast but tomorrow we are on as the electrician promises us to have it done by then! Sorry for the irregular programming schedule this week. Www. Mandarinmonkey.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We speak to our awesome intensive course testers in this episode to discuss their experience. We then fall into various holes including tattoos, Japan, food, dates, travel, Disney, accents and a whole bunch of other things. Ula, as always speaks Mandarin Chinese throughout and the rest of us use Chinglish, as it was meant to be. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra aud...

This is the Intensive course story. We discuss, accents, hangouts, Universal Studios and living at Disney, quarantine, blue Mondays. Generally its a happy Monday feeling all round with the Mandarin Monkey podcast. We go through lots of new Mandarin Chinese vocabulary in this episodes story relating to learning. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or...

We talk about sarcasm in Mandarin Chinese (Eva) and about dirty language (Dan). We also discuss the class system in UK and in Taiwan and what it means to be from which if there are any. Ula tests Tom on abbreviations and acronyms. A fun one today. Have a great Friday everyone! Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp g...

Ours story today is about bad and good luck. We discuss the raising Covid cases, the rolling blackouts and the drought currently happening in Taiwan. The power outage blew the fuse box and broke a number of lights and our TV. It's been quite a challenging weekend. But we have stayed positive. Ula speaks Mandarin Tom speak English. Chinglish throughout. A great way to get your Mandarin Chinese list...

We introduce the three newest teachers and members of the Mandarin Monkey team in this episode. Please put your Mandarin hats on as this one is 90% Mandarin and at native speed. We discuss learning methods, backgrounds, history, music, languages and more in this special episode of the Mandarin Monkey podcast. Beny, Claire and Cynthia Laoshi are all now available on the Mandarin Monkey's website an...

We read from the Mandarin Monkey's Chinglish stories, directly from our website today as we recant the tale of Tom (not our Tom) and his Deja Vu day. We substitute multiple sentences and use the vocab list from our website. You will learn a load. The story is quite long so settle down with a hot cup of coffee and put your listening hat on. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjo...

It's death and taxes day. The only two things that we know are coming for us all. And they are up for discussion in today's Mandarin Monkey podcast. We cover a bunch of different topic including the current covid 19 situation in Taiwan and some new passports for our UK trip. All done in delectable Chinglish. and ideal mix if you are learning Mandarin Chinese but also don't want to be lost in the t...

It's story time again and this time we talk about the rising virus cases in Taiwan. Also about getting a vaccine. You will learn a bunch of word surrounding this topic. There is the obviously and usual waffle at the beginning in Chinese and English. So no missing out there. Learn Chinese through Chinglish with Mandarin Monkey. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio...

It's not as bad as you think. But a drought, rolling power cuts, increased Covid cases and really hot weather have made for some interesting times here in Taichung, Taiwan. We discuss as such. But also touch on politicians and news media outlets. Why not happy news? Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websi...

It another story episode this week! We discuss what Mandarin you would need to use to discuss sending a package somewhere, getting it signed for, notarized and visiting the embassy. Also lawyers and house sales. Fun fact: we had to do the intro twice because Ula forgot to clap the first time. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin M...

We are interviewing for more teachers again! We have another awesome teacher currently in training and a bunch more interviews lined up for this weekend. Exciting news ahead. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comAwesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAY...

We find out about Ula and her mothers relationship. Ula get emotional and lets it all spill out for the first time on the podcast. We cover the vocabulary for mothers day but do not read the story. We will post the audio for members on the website. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mand...

Ten more jobs, Gumologist, Golf Ball Diver, Dog Food Tester, Odor Detector and a number of others. Why, when, how and who are covered. Including a bunch of other topics. All in delightful Chinese and English. Chinglish for your listening pleasure. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.manda...

Stephanie requested we do a list of 'not the usual jobs'. So here are a a bunch of them. These aren't unusual in the sense of armpit smelling or professional queuers but they are some of the ones you don't read in text books often. Doctor, nurse, teacher etc. Enjoy. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websi...

Impulsive buyer? Sure. 5 second rule? Yes. Mel Robins? What? Kids? Uh huh. Intensive courses? Do it again! Real talk? yes it is. Give me five? Of course. Many subjects are covered. I couldn't lay them all out. there were a number. Got a little deep then we pulled back out again. Also, Ula spat on me twice. Also had two teeth pulled out. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy e...

The Hangouteers have cometh! A load of the Mandarin Monkey Hangouteers have come along for the 200th episode of the podcast! They each tell us a little about themselves, their learning, their background. There are some laughs and some cries. But mainly laughs. Some sound advice amongst other things. Thanks to everyone who came and sorry for those who were expected the Friday release. Choose your m...

Learn Mandarin with us as we tell the story about visiting the zoo, as we did this gone weekend. We mention several ways to get to said zoo and also animal related words. We also discuss some good news and some bad news for the family. And give info on what's going to happen for the 200th episode of the podcast. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or...

Tom gets two new sound toys. We discuss 10 things you don't need talent for and extroverts and introverts. Welcome our three newest members Wati, Adlan and Adam. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comAwesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LIS...

Our story is about Terry and his routine. We change a bunch of details during the story so we try and teach how you can find a replace words within each sentence to mean something else. There is a long story review section which I am sure you find helpful with a lot of new words and an idiom for your enjoyment. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or...

We talk about the current Qingming festival that happens in Taiwan every year. We chat about how we would like to be disposed off after we die and Ula has a few tears (you will have to watch the YouTube version). We also talk about 30 facts that don't sound true but are. Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group....

We tell an exercise story in this episode. Walking you through some commonly used words in Mandarin while talking about exercise and fitness in general. A good number of words you won't know in this one with a healthy chat front end and and discussion of the usages at the rear. Women Ai nimen! Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin...

We discuss the emotions that everyone feels but don't know the name of. This goes quite deep for a Friday. But enjoyable conversations. This one is a chat based episode. We are back with our story episode on Monday! Choose your monkey power. Come and get a free lesson. Enjoy extra audio awesomeness or join the Mandarin Monkey WhatsApp group. Websitehttps://www.mandarinmonkey.comAwesome Bloghttps:/...