New Vietnamese Help Thread

[tteeetime]

LOL, this is exciting. A vietnamese thread. it's like learning viet all over again

[Guest shinhdeplol]

I agree, something along the lines of jerk, bubble gum, etc.

To really make it an insult, it would be more like cà chớn chó

i never use such words but i know they're supposed to be chó cà chớn hahaha

Chao cac ban, em cung la nguoi viet.

noi co gi sai thi chỉnh giùm

em cung muon hoc lai chính ta..

haha.

lol why are you using such formal language? :blush:

[ncly]

From what I've been taught.

dì = aunts from your mother's side OR close older females who are the same age as your aunts

cô = aunts from your father's side OR females who are the same age as your parents

dượng = man married to your aunt (but my family doesn't use this often because it sounds similar to vượng=monkey)

mợ = female married to your uncle

chú = same age/younger than your father

bác/bác gái = older than your father, but not as old as your grandparents

ông/bà - same age as your grandparents or older

Since I don't know many from my dad's side of the family, something might be missing.

I hope it's helpful

wow i never notice there's a thread for vietnamese help too haha.

anyways, i and my dad were just talking about how to call related people in our family, cuz i always use "co" and "chu" and "bac" for aunts and uncles from both mom and dad sides haha. so we were talking about it and i got so confused that i refused to listen to his explanations lol.

[Guest mango-iee]

^

the thread seems to be dying...

so that explains why not that many people know...

>______<

[mickeylovers24]

du ma mai an cuc cho

i'd rather just say that instead lol. jk jk don't really say that.

I totally LOL at that one when I read it! xDD

It's like my favorite sentence in viet ahaha

[Guest shinhdeplol]

du ma mai an cuc cho

oh no that's a foul language

well , your spelling the wrong words, but i dont wanna correct it hahaha. i dont feel like typing such words lol.

[Guest mikeyynguyen]

oh no that's a foul language

well , your spelling the wrong words, but i dont wanna correct it hahaha. i dont feel like typing such words lol.

I hope you know that you spelled "xinh" wrong, but I'm guessing you already know.

[country_pumpkin]

I hope you know that you spelled "xinh" wrong, but I'm guessing you already know.

haha! Such spellings are now considered Vietnamese slang

[Guest plumplum]

Where can I find a list of popular names for babies in Vietnam? Preferably a Vietnamese site. It would be more accurate than those baby naming sites (which list 'Chim' as a name for a boy... chim should NOT be a name given it's double meaning o_o).

Please PM me.

[Guest `Niiie]

in vietnam, informal of you is may but what about I?

formal: tao [?] informal: tao

[Guest XangelXtranX]

in vietnam, informal of you is may but what about I?

formal: tao [?] informal: tao

Formal of I : Mi`nh , To', To^i

Informal of I : Tao, Tui.

[Guest Stolen_waters]

How do you pronounce the name Huy?

I kind of don't want to rely on the sites that show up on google.

[Guest ohhlalakelly]

^Like... Hweey? LOL. I think.

This is cool. I took Vietnamese for 2 years in HS (just to make my dad happy) and I really didn't learn a lot. My teacher was too easy. I can understand Vietnamese a lot better than I can speak.

[Guest shinhdeplol]

I hope you know that you spelled "xinh" wrong, but I'm guessing you already know.

i did it on purpose ^^ it's a common slang.

[Guest rosegold]

I realised while ago, that when someone asks to learn vietnamese

the most common phrase they would learn is a swear word

like "du ma may" its pretty funn

because I taught my friends the bad words before I actually taught them how to count

im blabing here xD

but one more thing. i just realised this year... family members is more complicated than just di, co bac, chu

it depends if you from the south, middle, north, and if it is the dad's or mum's side.

I am viet, but I am still confused about which one to use. XD

[linh5000]

this thread is funny. like a little saigon in soompi!

[seafood]

can someone translated this for me

"em oi em da thuc day di lam chua" gosh it take me forever to read it & i still don't get what it trying to say lol

& this "em co con nho anh kg ne `" mean "do you still love me?" rright?

[kathy]

The first one is "did you wake up and go to work yet?" (addressed to a younger person, usually a girl).

The second one literally means "do you still remember me?" (from older guy to girl)

[Guest mineforkeeps.]

can anyone help me with the 'tones' that are supposed to be on top of letters? I have an address/place, but it's written without the tones..

address: To 4 Ap Tan Hoa

city: Tan An Tan Chau

Thanks!

[Guest FraZZLE]

can someone translated this for me

"em oi em da thuc day di lam chua" gosh it take me forever to read it & i still don't get what it trying to say lol

& this "em co con nho anh kg ne `" mean "do you still love me?" rright?

"Em ơi em đã thức dậy đi làm chưa" = Honey, have you woken up to go to work yet?

"Em còn nhớ anh không nè" = Do you still remember me?