Mandarin Monkey Podcast

This episode has an intermediate/upper intermediate money based story and vocabulary section. Also we interview Kairi. Mandarin Chinese and English are used throughout as usual.If you enjoy what we do...

1 Jan 20211h 15min

It's a new format for our podcast we are trying something new! 15 minute-ish of chat, Storytime, vocabulary breakdown and examples followed by more chat and sign off. Let's see how it goes. First one ...

28 Des 20201h 7min

We discuss euphemisms/雙關語/Shuāngguān yǔ in this one for probably longer than we should have. There are so many things that can mean genitals in English its a little upsetting really. We also discuss C...

21 Des 20201h 3min

This is it. 168! We did it! We talk about conflict and how to use it in Mandarin. Then Ula reads the book of Awesome and we discuss life's little wins to end the one weeks worth of podcasts milestone!...

17 Des 20201h 7min

We speak with multilingual Doctor, long time friend, supporter and student of Mandarin Monkey Margret Chang. We discuss her being taught Mandarin in Taiwanese and learning several other languages. We ...

11 Des 20201h 13min

We say some big Thanks yous. Our daughter said F*&k and we talk about making mistakes. Today we are Maipian and dongli. Also Happy BIRTHDAY TO DARIAN! If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or ...

9 Des 202055min

We speak with famed author, illustrator, comic book creator, linguist, instructional YouTuber and all round nice guy Mark Crilley about his time spent in Taiwan 26 years ago. How he learned Chinese an...

5 Des 20201h 35min

Is it ok to just do ok? Fascinating child like learning of multiple languages simultaneously. How would intense, painful Chinese conversation help me learn? We discuss all these things in this episode...

30 Nov 20201h 13min