Tieng Viet lovers club

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by Carrot007

VN girls in JC and GL uses this phase "xao nhieu nhieu" more than they eat rice... hahaha !

I used ba xa more than I pee n shit.

[v.killers]

Originally Posted by deptrai4u

still in hanoi.. but will be in HCMC next week to fly kite.

Wow...HCMC fly kite, Singapore fly aeroplane, in Hanoi Fly si mi arh

[jackbl]

Lesson 17:

[jackbl]

Saw something useful in the Youtube comments of learning vietnamese from Bud Brown:

Chao is used for someone at your age/level. But to be polite & respectful we use "Thu*a" when speaking/referring to: a crowd, uncle/auntie (parents age): thua chu, bac, cau, co, di
elders (grandparents age): thua ong, thua ba or sometimes thua ong bac/ba bac

South Viet (uncles & aunties = parents siblings)
mom's older/younger brother: cau
mom's " " sister: di
dad's big brother: bac
" " younger brother: chu
" " older/younger sister: co

we also use thua when leaving:
Thua Ong/Ba/uncle/auntie/ con ve..has to be con for "I"..never use "toi"

Mom's side
Di's husband = du*o*.ng (uncle in-law)
Cau's wife = mo*. (aunt in-law)

Dad's " "
Chu's wife = thi'm (aunt in-law)
Bac's wife = also bac
Co's husband = also duong

North Viet
they use con (for I) when speaking to their parents, but when conversing with uncles/aunties/ong ba they use cha'u. "Thua ong chau ve"...south viet hardly use chau...

[LoveThai]

Bros,

need some help again, saw on my gf hp a contact name "Anh Hien", my gf told me is just a friend. Anh Hien = Mr Hien? please enlighten me.

[jackbl]

From youtube comments:

xin chao = hello
chao = hi!
chao buoi sang (good morning)
chao buoi toi (good evening)
cam on = thanks (cam on ban,//ban=you)
xin loi = apologize

Vietnamese:
1. Where is the nearest bus stop?
2. Where can I get on bus no...?
3. Which bus goes to....?
4. Does this bus go to....?
5. Where are you going?

English translation:
1. tram xe bus gan nhat o dau ? trạm xe búyt gần nhất ở đâu ?
2. o dau toi co the don bus so...?
ở đâu tôi có thể đón buýt số...?
3. loai bus nao di toi... ?
loại buýt nào đi tới...?
4. co phai bus nay di toi..;?
có phải búyt này đi tới...?
5. ban dang di dau ?
bạn đang đi đâu ?

[jackbl]

Anh Hien can be a name of someone, can be a gal or even guy.

Anh Hien can also be interpret as Brother Hien.

Why not u call the number and listen whether the person is a man or woman?

Originally Posted by LoveThai

Bros,
need some help again, saw on my gf hp a contact name "Anh Hien", my gf told me is just a friend. Anh Hien = Mr Hien? please enlighten me.

[jackbl]

Extracted from YouTube:

Vietnamese: anh yeu em?
English: i love u
switch your gender if you are a girl, use
em yeu anh.

Vietnamese: em muon di choi khong?
English: do u want to go out?

Vietnamese: em diep qua
English: your beautiful

Vietnamese: em co the lai anh khong?
English: will u marry me?

Vietnamese: anh co the nam tay em khong?
English: may i hold your hand? or can i hold your hand?

Vietnamese: anh co the hon em khong?
English: many i kiss u? or can i kiss u

Vietnamese: anh co the om em khong?
English: may i hug u? or can i hug u?

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by LoveThai

need some help again, saw on my gf hp a contact name "Anh Hien", my gf told me is just a friend. Anh Hien = Mr Hien? please enlighten me.

Yo dun worry, my ger's mobile is full of A XXX. Just like thai, Pii XXX

[AdGuy]

Originally Posted by naemlo

Yo dun worry, my ger's mobile is full of A XXX. Just like thai, Pii XXX

Your mobile is also full of BX XXX

[Hurricane88]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Anh Hien can be a name of someone, can be a gal or even guy.

Anh Hien can also be interpret as Brother Hien.

Why not u call the number and listen whether the person is a man or woman?

Also can be elder sister Hien...

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by AdGuy

Your mobile is also full of BX XXX

This quite true.... I had a good fight with a Viet ger because of this.

[naemlo]

Originally Posted by Hurricane88

Also can be elder sister Hien...

Normally they addess older woman as "chi", older man as "anh", younger ger or boy as "em".

[jackbl]

Extract from Youtube comments:

Addressing brother/sister in the family:

1st born: (anh hai) for girl (chi hai)
sec born: (anh ba) for girl (chi ba)
3rd born: (anh thu) for girl (chi thu)
4th born: (anh nam) for girl (chi nam)

The south also use "con út" for the youngest, but I heard most people use "con lớn" for the oldest. For example: con trai lớn của tôi (my oldest son).

They also use "con đầu lòng" (first born child), con trai đầu lòng, con gái đầu lòng.

**The north name the child order like this: anh cả, anh hai, anh ba, anh tư etc.

[SING_IN_HCMC]

Dear bros.
I am currently working in HCMC. Chanced upon this wonderful thread. Very interesting and informative. Best wisjes to all bros....

Cam on rat nhieu!!