Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings, with some grammar discussions as merited.sister video (#41)https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videosOrchestral hip hop soundtracks courtesy of White Records, that they generously shared on pixabayhttps://www.youtube.com/@whiterecords1…

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings, with some grammar discussions as merited.sister video (#40)https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrackEpic background orchestral music. Legacy of Bach. G Minor Hip-Hop ver.Courtesy of White Records, that they generously shared on pixabayt…

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.sister video (#39)www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack "Chroma Dusk" courtesy of Top Flow, from the Top Audio platform, that generously shared this track on pixabaythanks!Keren of Unconventional Chinese for Mando consultEsther for Canto con…

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.sister video (#38)www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack courtesy of White Records/Maksym Dudchyk at pixabayWinter Legacy. The Four Seasons. Hip-Hop version. Background musicthanks!Esther for Canto consultKeren/Unconventional Chinese for Mand…

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.sister video (#37)https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrackLo-Fi Hip Hop Mix by Alex-Productions (No Copyright Music) Free Music, you can find Alex on Soundcloud and YouTubeAutor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.sister video (ep #36):www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrackMusic by Maksym Dudchyk from PixabayEpic orchestral music, Background cinematic Hip Hop beat and violin White_RecordsAutor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.In this ep, you can see the bad of 壞/坏, in something like rotted tissue, necrosis 壞死/坏死, or like when someone is “spoiled (rotten)” 縱壞/宠坏.sister video (ep #35):www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack:“Tricky Fox,” by Magiksolo from Pixabay…

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.sister video (ep #34):https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videosHip hop beat Music by Enhkamgalan ENYX from Pixabay, uploaded by ENheeeAutor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.This podcast also looks into the root components of 放鬆 / 放松 and discusses the 4th tone sandhi of 不.sister video (ep #33):https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videosThe soundtrack is “Morning Vibes” by Rizzlas via Pixabay; you can hear more from Rizz…

Casual conversational sentences in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical settings.This podcast also looks at the root components of 靈活/灵活 branching over to the words: 精靈 / 精灵: zing1ling4 / jīngling (when describing a clever/precocious kid)活潑 / 活泼 wut6put3 / huópo (when describing an active/energetic elderly)sister video (ep #32):htt…

Casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical setting.sister video (ep #31):www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack: "Simple lofi hip hop track n.6" by Alittlebitdrunkguy is licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Autor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical setting.sister video (ep #30):https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videosSoundtrack: bedtime after a coffee by Barradeen | https://soundcloud.com/barradeen/Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unportedhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_USMusic promot…

Casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in medical and non-medical setting. sister podcast (#:29):https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack:Unwind by HoliznaCC0CC0 1.0 Universalhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/Autor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world (all words explained with added cultural notes).sister video for this episode is (#28):www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack is a mashup of: Eileen Simpson and Ben WhiteSong Division, 2011Series of events exploring the sonic potentials of material…

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world.sister video for this episode is (#27):www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack: Beat Machine - Rap Beat / InstrumentalMusic By The Passion HiFiwww.thepassionhifi.comAutor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world.sister video for this episode is (#26):https://www.youtube.com/@notnowigottago/videossoundtrack: Prey by Audiobinger is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/…

Hear casual chats in Canto and Mando for topics in the medical as well as non-medical world. (Includes a brief discussion of the 不 4th tone to 2nd tone sandhi.)_____________________________________sister video for this episode is (#25):https://soundcloud.com/leslie-frank-643243096The soundtrack is Stanners - Vox Populi (Soundcloud Version) By Stann…

Learn casual conversations for topics in the medical as well as non-medical settings.sister video for this episode is (#24):https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottagothanks to Anna Lee 李淑芳, for her audio contributionssoundtrack: “Seasons Change” by HoliznaCC0The songs in this album are licensed under: CC0 1.0 Universalhttps://creativecommons.org/p…

See and hear color coded words for casual chats for topics in medical and non-medical settings.Voxium by Audiorezout is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. And you can find it at:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/sister video (#23):https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottago…

Hear words used in both medical and general topics in casual conversations. soundtrack: “Don't Forget To Live,” by HoliznaCC0 is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/sister podcast channel - https://soundcloud.com/leslie-frank-643243096this video channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowig…

Don't be shy about getting a second opinion [第二意見 / 第二意见: dai6ji6 ji3gin3 / dì’èr yìjìan], especially when it comes to deciding whether to go under the knife, or not; any responsible doctor worth his/her/their salt, will understand the wisdom in doing such a thing. Grammar difference in the order of a sentence structure in one of the example is dis…

Learn the Cantonese and Mandarin for “experimental”--the word itself, and how it can be used in medical and nonmedical related sentences. For those of you who like to analyze Chinese words in detail, the latter part of the video breaks down 实验 / 實驗 into its root components and explore words that speak to the individual root component 实 / 實 || 验 / 驗…

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes with a nod towards healthcare while mixing in everything else. This episode looks at two different words that share a similar meaning, “to block,” but they’re not interchangeable.If you got a hankering to learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes (with a nod towar…

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes in everyday living with a nod towards healthcare. This episode goes into how you tell someone to not move 冇喐/别动, like when you're about to stick a needle into their mouth for some intensive dental work (or say, when you're about to take your mugshot for the dept of motor vehicles), and…

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes in everyday living with a nod towards healthcare. This episode goes into how you might want to convince someone to make certain decisions at this 階段 / 阶段 stage/phase of their life, vs the 期 stage/phase of a disease. Plus info about ordinal vs cardinal numbers (hint: the role of 第 in 第一…

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes with a nod towards healthcare. This episode goes into how you might convince someone not to fuss or worry about something you say is nothing (whether it’s a small scratch or a less-than-superficial gash that you don’t want them to get all dramatic over should you need to see a doc). Pl…

Learn casual Cantonese and Mandarin for conversational purposes.sister video(#15):https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottagosoundtrack: Death Note, by Audiobingerlicensed by Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Autor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Learn casual talk in Canto / Mando / English (with some connection--no matter how small--to the health and wellness world)我想知道你忍痛底線係咩嘢我想知道你忍痛底线是什么sister video (#14): https://www.youtube.com/user/notnowigottagoSoundtrack:Isolationby AudiobingerLicensed by Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…

Learn casual talk in Canto / Mando / English (with some connection--no matter how small--to the health and wellness world)我一直都知道你係得嘅我一直都知道你能行欸can be said to someone who excels in non-traditional roles or someone who is able to overcome and excel during her/his/their rehabsister videowww.youtube.com/user/notnowigottagosoundtrack“Cookouts'' by Audiob…

Learn casual conversations in Canto and Mando. This FINAL episode of the 2nd COVID dialog, there's talk of a nervous breakdown 精神崩潰/精神崩溃, the similarites/differences between the words for mental illness/neuropathy, 精神病/神經病/神经病 and their respective key components: vigor/vitality/spirituality, 精神, and nerve/mental case/nutjob 神經/神经sister video: https…

Learn casual conversations in Canto and Mando. In this episode, there's talk about how an amputation can lead to pain, pain pills, pain pill addiction, nervous breakdown or an OD. While going through this chain of events, learn the “either… or” grammar pattern [一係... 一係 / 要么... 要么] and hear other addiction examples like binge worthy k-drama, not to…

We're breaking up the COVID dialogs for learning Cantonese and Mandarin with this side trip into talking about suicide. You won't be hearing about how to kill yourself, or treating such feelings, or endorsing offing yourself; instead you'll hear a casual and frank conversation with someone on the brink of self destruction.While you're still able to…

This is the continuation of the COVID dialogs to learn casual conversation in Canto and Mando. In this episode, one thing leads to another when a physical therapy appointment is missed, leading to a pressure ulcer, then amputation, then a presumed OD or nervous breakdown, ultimately leading us to the question of the meaning of LIFEandDEATH.sister v…

Learn to chat in Eng, Canto and Mando about going to physical therapy, when lacking the COVID19 vaccination, plus the different usages of "to think" in the form of 想, 諗, 覺得/觉得sister videohttps://youtu.be/G35vXFs-BPIsoundtrack“Tea Time” by Ofshane, part of the YouTube Audio LibraryAutor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Learn to chat informally in English, Canto and Mando. This ep is about how “ridiculous” can enter the conversation when talking about getting the COVID-19 vaccinationa; it's paired with the YouTube video:https://youtu.be/34RM5tMEqnoas an additional approach to master Canto and Mandosoundtrack“Some Thoughts” by Shaolin Dub, licensed under the Attrib…

Learn to chat informally in English, Canto and Mando. This ep is about dementia's repetitive nature and is the last of the dialog about finding a doctor in the COVID-19 era; it's paired with the YouTube video:https://youtu.be/tKL3LT3T-lIas an additional approach to master Canto and MandoSoundtrackThe Lone Woodlouse, by Rachel K Collier, YT Audio Li…

Learn informal conversations in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. This ep is a preview of what's to come in the absurdist world of dementia with some tangents going off on the so-called life of broiler chickens, the fate of cats and mice, the bonds of parent and child, pets, non-cancerous moles, onomatopoetic words, crap meds, and other things as th…

Learn informal conversations in Eng, Canto and Mando. This ep is about the futility of trying to call an MD who rx’s crappy meds and continues pairing podcasts with YouTube videos so that you have different approaches to master Canto and Mando.sister video:https://youtu.be/3C30-SMjNfc卒之得個桔，冇人聽電話。不過冇所謂...到头来一场空，没有人接电话。不过无所谓...冇所謂，橫掂佢凈係識得開啲冇鬼用藥。无所谓，反…

Learn informal conversations in English, Canto and Mando. This episode is about trying to reach the doctor during the current COVID-19 era of uncertainty and continues pairing podcasts with YouTube videos so that you have different options to master Canto and Mando.YouTube link: https://youtu.be/PH3VJ3SFTWIYouTube search keywords: Mommy speaks Cant…

Learn to chat informally in English, Cantonese and Mandarin about the fast disappearing act of some doctors during this era of uncertainty that is COVID-19. This episode continues the buddying up of podcasts to YouTube videos* to get you revved up for some serious learning.*https://youtu.be/tE5BNLxonwc©2020 Emeline Mann SanchezSoundtrack:Chill Lofi…

32 - My lower back is killing me, but where-da-heck is the doc?Hear and “see” an informal conversation in English, Canto and Mando about the trials and tribulations of seeking a doctor for back pain during this era of uncertainty that is COVID-19, in this episode where podcast and YouTube video buddy up to get you revved up for some serious learnin…

Hear and learn how two ppl talk informally in Eng/Canto/Mando about COVID-19 and how PTSD comes into play beyond the scenario of soldiers at war.©2020 Emeline Mann Sanchezsoundtrack: “Hip Hop Heep Hop” by Beyond Limits, licensed under the Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/Beyo…

Hear and learn how two ppl talk informally in Eng/Canto/Mando about COVID-19 and how PTSD comes into play.©2020 Emeline Mann Sanchezsoundtrack: “Hip Hop Heep Hop” by Beyond Limits, licensed under the Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/Beyond Limits Background Music - www.youtub…

Hear and learn how two ppl talk informally in Eng/Canto/Mando about COVID-19 and how individually, and together, we are managing this pandemic.©2020 Emeline Mann Sanchezsoundtrack: “I Got This” By David Renda, part of the collection in: Royalty free music from https://www.fesliyanstudios.comAutor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Hear and learn how two ppl talk informally in Eng/Canto/Mando about the new coronavirus and the way of the world in major disruption.©2020 Emeline Mann SanchezAutor: Emeline Mann Sanchez (aka L.Frank)

Hear and learn the start of two ppl talking in Eng/Canto/Mando about using the public bathroom, like so:You know--holding your pee like that only makes your bladder weaker, eventually the ability to control your urges weaken, not to mention the possibility of death by kidney failure.I don't want to hear your bullcrap, and besides, it's none of your…

Hear and learn the continuation of two ppl talking in Eng/Canto/Mando about using the public restroom:A: ... That's no good. This habit of going for long periods of not peeing is not good for you.B: I'm just better at holding it in than other ppl.©2020 Emeline Mann Sanchezsoundtrack: “Sky Chaser,” by Lee Rosevere, licensed under the Attribution-Non…

Hear and learn the start of two ppl talking in Eng/Canto/Mando about using the public bathroom, like so:I know we've got some project deadlines to meet, but you’ve been sitting in front of the computer since this morning. You didn't have lunch, and not once did you even go to the bathroom. Just take a break why don't you?What's it to you? Now, if y…

Listen and learn how to chit chat and chastise someone in Canto and Mando about falling asleep behind the wheel, like so:A: Why haven’t you gone to sleep yet? Don't forget you're working the first shift tomorrow.B: It's not that I don't want to sleep; it’s just that this k-drama is so addictive--the moment you finish one episode, you just gotta kee…

Listen and learn to speak casual and informal Cantonese and Mandarin as in the dialogue about having dual insurance coverage:A: Someone said if there are two insurances, with the exception of insurance premiums, you won't need to pay for any other medical expenses.B: That's bullcrap--having two insurances is not necessarily as good as you think it …