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Can you teach us different variations of how to ‘chuc tet’ to a boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/or wife’s parents? I think we’d all appreciate how to make a good impression!
hi, it is great to know that you have such a wonderful website to teach Vietnamese and to provide useful information and resources on Vietnamese culture to Vietnamese community. I personally highly appreciate your work. I just once looked at the topic about “thank you, you’re welcome and no problem” on your site and I would like to say a few words about this. Well, actually, Vietnamese language is not difficult to learn the basics but to master it is not easy, especially grasping the every subtle senses of its meanings and apply exactly them in daily uses. We all know that after someone (in VN) says ” cam on- thank you ” , you can say ” khong co chi- you’re welcome”. That is, when you help or do something good to them, someone wants to say ” thank you” to you to express their gratitude to you. And you, in these cases, say ” khong co chi” to express your humble work or just a small thing, not worth getting gratitude from them and you really don not want them to mention it. In the video, when you buy something, paying money for it and the salegirl says “thank you”. ‘thank you’ in this case is only colloquial expression and in Vnmese culture, you should not respond by saying “khong co chi” because you actually don’t help her something to the degree that you don’t want her to remember or mention it. She says ‘thank you’ and that means she shows a little gratitude to you for buying at her shop and that also means ” good bye”. So all you need to say in this case is :da, mong gap lai chi – see you again or a friendly smile is just ok.
I recently visited Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh, and Pleiku with my wife…whom is Vietnamese. She is learning better English…while I am trying to learn Vietnamese. I came across this site on YouTube and I hope to see more videos.//thank you so much!!
heyyyy. Chao all. I have my family living in Ho Chi Minh City. Unfortunately, I am not Vietnamese nor my family. I am Korean and grew up in the States, Bay Area, and spent few years in London and Sydney. I pretty much visit Vietnam every summer and winter break. Some of my family members can speak Vietnamese. Since I visit here pretty often, I thought it would be good for me to practice and learn Vietnamese. I’m lucky that I found Donna on YouTube after Brown. I feel that the Donna can be a great help in my Vietnamese study. I will try to leave a comment after each lesson session. Cheers!!!~