Lunar New Year

Today, Lele is going to teach me about his favorite DINOSAURS. We’d really love to hear about your favorite dinosaurs too! Send us a message on IG to let us know!=======For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 5:55!Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram @leleandmonkeyYou can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!=======  Pterodactyl 翼龍 yì lóngSpinosaurus棘背龍 jí bèi lóngAnkylosaurus甲龍 jiǎ lóngBrachiosaurus 腕龍 wàn lóngTyrannosaurus Rex霸王龍 bàwáng longTriceratops三角龍 sānjiǎo lóng Stegosaurus 劍龍 jiàn lóngVelociraptor迅猛龍 xùnměng lóngTherizinosaurus镰刀龙liándāo long=======Check out our bilingual book at www.leleandmonkey.com   

Today, we will be doing a storytelling of Alex’ Good Fortune by Benson Shum. You can buy a copy of the book HERE and follow along with the story.=======For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:57!Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram @leleandmonkeyYou can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!=======新年快樂 xīnnián kuàilè恭喜發財 gōngxǐ fācái 紅包 hóngbāo新年遊行 xīnnián yóuxíng 龍 lóng舞獅杆 wǔ shī gān鼓 gǔ鈸 bó鞭炮 biānpào這是什麽意思 zhè shì shénmó yìsi好運 hǎoyùn恭喜發財紅包拿來 gōngxǐ fācái hóngbāo ná lái 心想事成 xīn xiǎng shì chéng傳統 chuántǒng打掃 dǎsǎo包餃子 bāo jiǎozi長壽 chángshòu年夜大餐 nián yè dà cān元宵節 yuánxiāo jié燈籠 dēnglóng慶祝 qìngzhù

For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 4:52!Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram @leleandmonkey You can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!=======農曆新年 nónglì xīnnián過年 guònián中國新年 zhōngguó xīnnián奶奶 nǎinai 包餃子 bāo jiǎozi水餃 shuǐjiǎo鍋貼 guōtiē蒸餃 zhēng jiǎo水餃shuǐjiǎo.錢 qián硬幣 yìngbì買東西 mǎi dōngxī你想買什麽東西? nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénmó dōngxī紅紙條 hóng zhǐ tiáo保護自己 bǎohù zìjǐ把怪獸嚇走 bǎ guàishòu xià zǒu火鍋 huǒguō魚餅 yú bǐng牛肉 niúròu盆菜 pén cài 肉 ròu蘿蔔 luóbo豆腐 dòufu青菜 qīngcài

For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:50!Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram @leleandmonkeyYou can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!=======女孩子 nǚ háizi男孩子 nán háizi幾歲 jǐ suì一歲 yī suì可不可愛 kěbù kě'ài誰比較高 shéi bǐjiào gāo? 分享玩具fēnxiǎng wánjù搶玩具 qiǎng wánjù我很想要他長大 wǒ hěn xiǎng yào tā zhǎngdà忍耐 rěnnài推 tuī哥哥 gēge弟弟 dìdì姐姐/姊姊 jiějiě/jiě jie妹妹 mèi mei照顧 zhàogù不要 bùyào

For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:31!Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram: https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey. You can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon! =====In today’s episode, we played a grocery shopping game. I printed out pictures of vegetables and fruits and pinned them on a magnetic bulletin board. Using colored cards, I asked Lele to help me shop for vegetables and fruits based on color! Good helper hǎo bāng shǒu好幫手 Grocery Shopping mǎi cài買菜 Veg Fruit (Produce) shū guǒ蔬果 Vegetables shū cài蔬菜 Fruit shuǐ guǒ水果 Brown zōng sè， kā fēi sè棕色，咖啡色 Mushroom mó gū， xiāng gū蘑菇，香菇 Purple zǐ sè紫色 Grapes pú táo葡萄 Yellow huáng sè黃色 Lemon níng méng檸檬 Banana xiāng jiāo香蕉 Corn yù mǐ， sù mǐ玉米，粟米 Green lǜ sè綠色 Broccoli xī lán huā cài西蘭花菜 Lettuce shēng cài生菜 Kiwi qí yì guǒ奇異果 Orange colorchéng sè， jú huáng sè橙色，橘黃色 Orange fruitchéng zi， jú zi橙子，橘子 Carrot hóng luó bó， hú luó bó紅蘿蔔，胡蘿蔔 White bái sè白色 Cauliflower huā yē cài花椰菜 Blue lán sè藍色 Blueberry lán méi藍莓 Red hóng sè紅色 Apple píng guǒ蘋果 Tomato fān jiā， xī hóng shì番茄，西紅柿 Strawberry cǎo méi草莓 Wow, we went over a lot of different colors, vegetables and fruits. But there are still so many that we didn’t talk about! Can you think of one that we missed? We’d l

Today, Lele and Mommy reminisce about their recent Staycation!  For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:15!Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram: https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey. You can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon! =====A few weeks ago we went on a staycation.We got to stay in a hotel, eat lots of good food, do some shopping and visit a local farm.zhái dù jià宅度假zhù zài nǎ lǐ?住在哪裡?jiǔ diàn酒店Lele usually sleeps in a Kidco Peapod tent when we stay in hotels.He has a really hard time falling asleep when he’s in our bed and we’ve found that putting him in a tent has been a good solution for all of us.zhàng péng帳篷We went to a local farm.There were a few different animals but the only ones we visited were the Alpacas. wǒ men qù nǎ lǐ wán？我們去哪裡玩？nóngchǎng農場yáng tuó 羊駝 yáng羊These Alpacas were so cute and furry but they were so aggressive!One even kicked me because I was passing out the food too slowly.I’ll post a video of it on my IG.We also rode these beautiful Swan shaped peddle boats.It was one of the few times Lele has been on a boat.He still doesn’t know how to swim or float yet so I’m pretty nervous whenever we are around bodies of water.zuò chuán坐船jiù shēng yī救生衣 Lele and Daddy found a LONG slide and rode it several times. It was so fun! Watch the video on our IG. liū huá tī溜滑梯 My favorite part of vacations? Buying souvenirs!!Lele and Mommy both wanted stuffed alpacas so we got a blue one that Lele liked.He named it Paco (sounds like Alpaca).jì niàn pǐn記念品wán ǒu玩偶 We had a great time sharing about our staycation with you guys!Thanks for listening and looking forward to chatting again soon! Talk to you next time!   

This episode has religious content!!  We will be talking about Easter from a Christian perspective. I tried a new format for this podcast. I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether its more or less helpful! :) Send me a message on Instagram or Facebook! https://instagram.com/leleandmonkeyhttps://www.facebook.com/leleandmonkeyEgg 1 - Leafzōng zhī quán rì棕枝全日fù huó jié yī zhōu qián， yé sū qí zhe lǘ zi jìn rù yé lù sā lěng。復活節一周前，耶穌騎著驢子進入耶路撒冷。nà shí hòu， rén men hěn gāo xìng kàn dào tā， huān yíng tā。那時候，人們很高興看到他，歡迎他。dàn wǒ men zhī dào bù dào yī gè xīng qī， tā men de xīn qíng jiù huì gǎi biàn。但我們知道不到一個星期，他們的心情就會改變。Egg 2 - Breadmiàn bāo麵包shèng cān聖餐yé sū ná qǐ yī tiáo miàn bāo zhù xiè le， bǎ miàn bāo bāi kāi fēn gěi zhòng mén tú， shuō：耶穌拿起一條麵包祝謝了，把麵包擘開分給眾門徒，說：「zhè miàn bāo shì wǒ de shēn tǐ， měi cì nǐ men zhào zhe zhè yàng zuò， wèi de shì yào jì niàn wǒ。]「這麵包是我的身體，每次你們照著這樣做，為的是要記念我。]Egg 3 - ThornsIn this episode, I use this word 兵人。bīng rén - should be jūn rén or bīng dīng兵人 - should be 軍人or 兵丁cì刺jīng jí荊棘guān miǎn冠冕jiān jiān de尖尖的Egg 4 - Nailsdīng zi釘子dìng釘Egg 5shí zì jià十字架yé sū zài shí zì jià shàng sǐ le。耶穌在十字架上死了。Egg 6 - Rockshí kuài石塊fén mù墳墓yé sū sǐ hòu， tā de péng yǒu men bǎ tā de shēn tǐ fàng zài yī gè dà fén mù lǐ。耶穌死後，祂的朋友們把祂的身體放在一個大墳墓裡。tā men bǎ yī kuài dà yòu yuán de shí tóu bǎ mù xué kǒu fēng bì。他們把一塊大石頭把墓穴口封閉。Egg 7 - Emptykōng de空的fùhuó復活xīshēng犧牲shěmìng捨命zuìrén罪人And at the end, I give Lele some chocolate! :)

Hi everyone! I'm so glad that you can join us on this  podcast about taxis and buses and exploring different places in Hong Kong. I know I breeze through these words pretty quickly in this episode, but fear not! I will be dedicating full episodes towards supermarkets, parks, and ocean park in the near future! :) Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram: https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey. You can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!PS Apologies for the screaming kids in the background LOL. I was recording the second half during midday and the kids playing outside were having a lot of fun >.<! Taxide shì的士 (HK)chū zū chē出租車 (Mainland)jì chéng chē計程車 (Taiwan)Call a taxijiào jì chéng chē叫計程車Supermarketchāo jí shì chǎng超級市場Ride busdā bā shì搭巴士Also, ride busdā gōng chē搭公車Dolphinhǎi tún海豚Pandaxióng māo熊貓 (HK, mainland)Also panda,māo xióng貓熊 (Taiwan)Parkgōng yuán公園Playgroundyóu lè chǎng遊樂場Act of Swingingdàng qiū qiān盪鞦韆Act of Slidingliū huá tī溜滑梯Spring rideryáo yáo fēi jī搖搖飛機Uberyōu bù優步License platechē pái車牌

Hi there! One of the reviewers requested show notes and I’m figuring out how to do it! :D I hope this is helpful. I will also put some recommendations and pictures on my Instagram to go along with each episode. https://instagram.com/leleandmonkeyIn today’s episode, we talk about SHARING! I start off by asking Lele if he likes to share. nǐ xǐ bù xǐ huān fēn xiǎng wán jù？你喜不喜歡分享玩具？fēn xiǎng分享wán jù玩具jǔ yī gè lì zi舉一個例子We didn’t really talk about this one on the podcast but it’s an important one! 搶means to snatch/take/grab. qiǎng搶gāo xìng高興kāi xīn開心nǐ gǎn jué zěn me yàng你感覺怎麼樣shēng qì生氣wǒ men yī qǐ wán我們一起玩yī qǐ wán一起玩bǐng gān餅乾gǔ lì鼓勵bié rén別人wǒ yào我要zhè shì wǒ de這是我的shū書kǎo lǜ bié rén考慮別人lǐ jiě理解xìng fú幸福gěi wán jù給玩具fēn xiǎng wán jù分享玩具yī qǐ wán一起玩péng yǒu朋友kuài lè fēn xiǎng gēn hǎo wán快樂分享跟好玩