Mandarin Monkey Podcast

We discuss Taiwan's table manners versus England's. We also touch on other topics revolving around cultural manners, then we digress a bit about lefties and righties. This podcast was taken from the table of a giant while he slumbered. Jack, a gallant but reckless young man had climbed miles and miles to reach the ancient castle in search of an infamous golden goose. He instead found a golden podc...

In this episode we discuss the differences (in our opinion)between Japan and Taiwanese culture and some other interesting tidbits. This episode was made by the legendary Japanese podcast maker, Hattori Podzo. He only creates one podcast every ten years, but folds the sounds ten times, forming a unique and miraculous auditory experience for the user. He calls it tempered sound. We call it genius. A...

Hi guys! This is just a quick service update as to why we haven't made a podcast in a week and a bit. Apologies to those who listen regularly and expect more regular episodes. We explain all in this 5 minute update. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we discuss having bilingual children and how we are raising ours to understand 3 languages. Then we move onto a large a deep discussion about habits in Taiwan vs UK. This episode was found inside the krakens belly along with an ancient ship from Greece. It was found after the carcass washed up along San Fransisco bay and was discovered by joggers in the early hours of the morning....

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...

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 i...

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 developin...

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 brou...

(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 is...

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 i...

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 t...

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 d...

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 mai...

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 delig...

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...

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 a...

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 Mandar...

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 maki...

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:...

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://...

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 web...

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.

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...

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.

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...