Geopats Abroad

Stephanie Fuccio, Long term serial expat

Join Stephanie Fuccio, a serial expat of 20+ years, to explore nuances of countries and cultures around the world. Through candid conversations with fellow internationals, she explores daily life culture and norms in places where her guests (and herself) are not from in an attempt to understand where they are living and the lovely people around them.

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Geopats Abroad

Episodes (91)

Aug 4, 2025 Why is learning Chinese so hard with German Bookish YouTuber Angie Dumas
Jul 29, 2025 Spain and China are culturally similar?
Jul 22, 2025 Dog culture and class in China (replay clip)

Geopats Abroad

Aug 4, 2025
12 minutes
8 MB

Send us a text Musical tones, grammar traps, aha moments. Chinese sounds simple—until it isn't. From tone tricks to missing tenses, Steph and Angie chat about the unexpected complexity of learning Mandarin, especially for speakers of English and German. Their conversation unpacks how tonal cues, filler sounds like “ma” and “ah,” and even body language all shape meaning, while verbs and grammar markers leave learners scratching their heads. Hear what surprised them most and what finally clicked in this honest, funny, and relatable episode on navigating a famously “easy” language—until you try speaking it. Full...

Geopats Abroad

Why is learning Chinese so hard with German Bookish YouTuber Angie Dumas

Stephanie Fuccio, Long term serial expat

00:00 -11:40