Why “Ask” Is Wrong in Mandarin | Mandarin & English Podcast | Mailbag Episode
Mailbag episode
Mandarin Monkey Podcast · Mandarin Monkey Ltd
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Show Notes
This is a mailbag episode of the Mandarin Monkey Podcast.
We answer listener questions about a deceptively common Mandarin mistake:
why you can’t use “ask” the way you do in English.
Ula explains why 問 is for asking questions, but doesn’t work when you’re asking someone to do you a favour, and why 請 is often the natural choice, even though it doesn’t translate cleanly into English.
We also respond to listener emails about:
- learning Mandarin without a clear end goal
- why grammar turns people off languages
- patience, time, and long-term progress
- how hangouts and lessons help people stick with it
Ula speaks Mandarin pretty much throughout.
Tom speaks English pretty much throughout.
🎧 Lessons, hangouts, and more:
mandarinmonkey.com
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