One Bite Taiwanese Mandarin

Transcript of this episode: https://ko-fi.com/s/308513a43e

Includes "Selected Common Sentences" , natural speaking chunks that you can read out loud or use for shadowing practice with the audio.

Including Traditional, Simplified, Zhuyin, Pinyin, English

This casual listening practice shares the strange story of July 5th in Taiwan and Japan — when people were convinced that “世界末日 shìjiè mòrìthe end of the world” was coming…

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Guys, let's try some new way to say "很hěn very"!

This 2 ways are super common to hear in Taiwan:

1. 超 chāo ......

2. 蠻 mán .....的 de

But! There's slightly different in these two ways depends on the emotion, tones!

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This is the story of how I ended up in a conflict with my neighbors because of the cats. It made me think of the phrase "If the road won’t turn, change your path" — 路不轉人轉 , a line from Chapter 14 of Heroic Age 《英雄时代》by Jianwei Liu.

In this episode, there's no vocabulary practice, but I put some vocabs and sentences in the transacript, if you want to learn some phrases in this episode, check it out!

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Do you feel guilty about things sometimes?

What kind of things makes you feel guilty?

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In this episode, you will learn how to say "feel guilty, request, bunch of problems, by accident and more!

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In this episode, you will learn how to say "joking around, find accommodation, I got something wrong, I'm so confused"... ect...and more! With this kind of funny and stupid story LoL

00:43~03:11 Update my life

03:16~09:42 Story time

09:45~20:05 First vocab practice

20:05~ 23:04 Second vocab practice

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2. This episode is not story-based so there's no vocabulary practice.

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00:43~03:27 Update my life

03:28~06:30 First meaning "I thought"

06:30~ 09:22 Second meaning "I was thinking"

This sentence structure is very very common in daily conversation, even more being used than the original meaning " I want to say"!

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In this episode, we’ll practice six sentences, and I’ll break down the tricks we use to connect words, drop certain sounds as a Taiwanese.

It’s perfect for anyone who wants to improve their tones, speed, and listening skills. Try to imitate them as closely as possible to make your pronunciation sound more natural!

00:42~ 1:40 Life update

01:40~ 05:15 Why I make this episode

05:15~ 13:53 Practice 6 sentences + break down explanation

13:58~ 15:32 Listening tips (conclusion)

15:32~ 17:00 My expericence in language school

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【 I realized that I could hardly finish a book. Whenever I started reading, I would fall asleep in less than 15 minutes. It felt like I couldn’t process the words on the pages, and for me, reading was more like something that put me to sleep instantly...】

In this episode, you will learn how to describe something is " elegant, superficial, hynotic..., and some useful phrases like "" get tired of it, after reaching a stopping point in work"!

00:43~11:08 Story (Including tips for starting reading)

11:08~20:05 Vocabularies practice

20:05~22:18 Second Practice

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【I looked around to see if there was anything I could use to pull it out, but I couldn’t find anything... The dog and I just stood there, unsure of what to do...】

This episode is a more natural speaking speed version, with lots of filer words, connecting words we used in daily life, so it's more difficult but it's a good challenge!

Therefore, I provide 【Free transcript】 on my Ko-Fi website, please check it out if you want to understand the whole story.

This experience was actually happened when I was in the low enregy state, so I took it as a reminder:

"No matter what challenges you're facing, you still have the power to make a difference."

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In this episode, you will learn some useful phrases that we use to describe such as "too stingy", " little tips" " rushing to the bathroom" ect.... There's faster version at the end. Enjoy!🫶

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