Language in my first language(s) was a struggle for me growing up and I didn't realize how much those struggles transferred over to my second language learning until quite recently. This is my story on how I am taking these unique challenges into account and employing a slow language learning method to keep going with my Mandarin Chinese studies and practice.

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Let's talk love with Podcaster Joshua Ogden-Davis of Mandarin Slang Guide Podcast. Josh has lived in China for about a decade and spent some time recently documenting these dating language gems from Mandarin Chinese for us.Thanks Josh, we don't think you are a "single dog!"

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Where time meaning is in English versus Mandarin Chinese is very different and complex.By "where" I mean visually and semantically. For example, in English we can see that the "-ed" in "walked" places the time meaning in the past. There are exceptions, of course, but these verb form changes (called verb inflections) are common in English and other languages but do NOT exist at all in Chinese. So how do we indicate time meaning in Mandarin Chinese then? Here are some clips from our Geopats Podcast guests on the language show to answer this question.

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I love reading language moments from people that have a long history with a language and often circle passages in books when this happens. Here are some sound related Mandarin Chinese passages from one of my favorite books about China, "Remembering Shanghai" https://www.rememberingshanghai.com/ (https://www.rememberingshanghai.com/)

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What is happening on Geopats Podcast this month (November 2019)?

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