

Mandarin Monkey Podcast
Mandarin Monkey
Chinese and English Language podcast. A mixed couple (Tom & Ula) living in Taiwan, teach Chinese through the use of Chinglish (Chinese and English) on a variety of topics. Learn Chinese, study methods, Entertainment, news, life, business, hints and tricks to learning Mandarin. Hear a native speaking naturally and at natural pace but with the English translation so you can follow the context of the conversation. Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jul 30, 2021 • 1h 9min
#228 - HAPPY LITTLE CLOUDS | CHINGLISH LEVEL | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST
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/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 26, 2021 • 1h 4min
#227 - OLYMPIC STORY | INTERMEDIATE LEVEL | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST
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 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 toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 23, 2021 • 1h 7min
#226 - BAOLILONG | CHINGLISH LEVEL | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST
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 toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 19, 2021 • 1h 9min
#225 - Historical Disaster Story | INTERMEDIATE | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST
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/intensive-course/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 16, 2021 • 1h 5min
#224 - Privilege | CHINGLISH LEVEL | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST
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/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 12, 2021 • 56min
#223 - LEARNING STORY | INTERMEDIATE CHINESE | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST
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 Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 9, 2021 • 1h 4min
#222 - RUDE HOLE | CHINGLISH LEVEL CHINESE | MANDARIN MONKEY PODCAST
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/intensive-course/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 5, 2021 • 1h 5min
#221 - SURVIVAL STORY | Intermediate Chinese | Mandarin Monkey Podcast
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 Coursehttps://mandarinmonkey.com/intensive-course/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 2, 2021 • 1h 8min
#220 - Raft & Tax | Chinglish Level Chinese | Mandarin Monkey Podcast
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/Awesome Bloghttps://mandarinmonkey.com/blog/HIGH FIVE FRIDAYS MAILING LISThttps://mandarinmonkey.com/high-5-fridays/Get Amazing Mandarin toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jun 28, 2021 • 1h 3min
#219 - A New Game | Intermediate Chinese | Mandarin Monkey Podcast
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 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 toolswww.patreon.com/mandarinmonkeySkritter - Learn to write Chinesehttps://skritter.com?ref=mandarinmonkeyUse promoCode: MANDARINMONKEYfor 10% off everythingDiscordhttps://discord.gg/KHjF7NNq8dThe Mandarin Monkey Podcast is a Mandarin Chinese and English Edutainment podcast designed to entertain and educate. Tom (Native English speaker) and Ula (Native Mandarin Chinese speaker from Taiwan) discuss various topics from life to science, from movies to relationships. Also raising three multiracial children they discuss the challenges of raising bilingual children and with learning Mandarin, English and Taiwanese at home. The Mandarin Monkey podcast is a Chinglish (Chinese and English) podcast which also has a Mandarin story and vocabulary review session in every episode. Also, they have guests on the show from different backgrounds, linguists, authors, creators all the way to doctors. Hope you enjoy. #mandarinmonkey #chinglish #Mandarinpodcast #Edutainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


