Shopping for Food – Conversational Vietnamese for Tourists [with Audio]
Learn basic tourist-level Vietnamese in this text-and-audio lesson featuring a mock dialogue: shopping for food at a small wet-market
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Learn basic tourist-level Vietnamese in this text-and-audio lesson featuring a mock dialogue: shopping for food at a small wet-market
Tourists in Vietnam should prepare for some personal questions: Why are you tall? Are you married? Why is your skin so white? … Some example replies
How to ask “Where is?” or “Which direction to…?” in Vietnamese, as well as common answers to direction questions
What does “Bích Phúc Đạt” mean in Vietnamese? Expats and tourists can learn Vietnamese via its funny (& naughty) sounding names.
Expats in Vietnam should learn the vocabulary about family, which is super important in Vietnam. Mẹ means mother, and Bố imeans father.
The Vietnamese expression for “Happy Birthday!” is Chúc mừng sinh nhật. Learn more about Vietnamese culture surrounding birthdays
Bà & Ông are key words to know in Vietnamese, in order to speak politely to elderly people. Listen to the properly pronunciation
Listen to how to pronounce 12 common slangs that are useful in Vietnam, and what they mean, like DM, Vãi đái, Hãm, and more
The Vietnamese expression for “Help me!” is Cứu tôi với. To call for an ambulance, say Gọi xe cấp cứu đi!
For Valentine’s Day, learn how to say “kiss me” in Vietnamese: Hôn anh đi (for a man to say to a woman); Hôn em đi (for a woman to say to a man)
“You” is commonly translated as bạn in Vietnamese. But, there are numerous second-person pronouns, varying by age, sex and familiarity
There is no single word for “he” or “she” in Vietnamese. There are a variety of words based on age and sex and reference family-members.
From dealing with loud karaoke sounds or disciplining out-of-control children, learn how to politely say “please be quiet” in Vietnamese.
Vietnam has a complex system of polite speech, including special pronouns, age- and sex-specific speech, and even different vocabularies.
To wish someone a ‘Happy Lunar New Year” (aka Tết) in Vietnamese is ‘Chúc mừng năm mới!’
How to say “just a little bit” in Vietnamese, like if someone offers you some alcohol or tea.
There are a variety of ways to say “I love you” in Vietnamese, like “em yêu anh” in North Vietnam, or “em thương anh” in South Vietnam
Trần is one of the most common Vietnamese surnames. In modern Vietnamese it has multiple meanings, like roof-top, naked, and dusty.
Calling someone béo in Vietnamese (fat) is not considered offensive — it is just a matter-of-fact description. Learn about Vietnamese fat culture.
Some funny mis-translations of public-signs and menus in Vietnam. A great way to learn proper Vietnamese from Google-translate failures.