Lesson 1: How to say Thank You, Thank You Very Much, You’re Welcome, and No Problem
Thank You is pronounced Cám Ơn
Thank You Very Much = Cám Ơn Rất Nhiều
You’re Welcome = Không Có Chi
No Problem = Không Sao
Scenario 1: At The Grocery Store
Cashier: Your total is ten dollars = Tất cả là mười đồng
Customer: Here is ten dollars = Đây là mười đồng
Cashier: Thank you = Cám ơn
Customer: You’re welcome = Không có chi
Scenario 2: In The Streets
Person 1: Do you know where this place is? = Có biết chổ này ở đâu không?
Person 2: It is right over there = Ở bên kia
Person 1: Thank you very much = Cám ơn rất nhiều
Person 2: No problem = Không sao
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I have the utmost respect for what you guys are doing for the viet youth community. I bet all our parents are going to love you so much for this
All my best goes out to ya! Wish you nothing but success,
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Looks like a good start
What’s your twitter page? mine is @CarlinTran
Scenario 3: Online
Loc: “Cam on” for this bomb ass website. This will teach my non-vietnamese-speaking boyfriend how to behave in Vietnam and around the parents.
Everydayviet.com: “Khong co chi”
This is great! But could you also add the phonetics or english words that sound like them…? for us on the slower end of the learning curve, this would be so helpful! Thanks and many props!
awesome! my viet is horrible and i don’t have the time to take a class but I want to get better. This is a grea resource with really pretty actresses! I have more problems with the phonetics as well and I have no idea what the alphabet is.
For the phonetics, a closeup of the mouth/lips/tongue is helpful. I’m learning a some Mandarin and if I didn’t look at my tutor’s mouth I would never be able to pronounce it…
Keep up the great work!
This is very great! Thank very much for your help!
For the phonetics, i’ve heard about differences between nothern and southern vietnamese pronunciation. Which one do you use in this video?
This actually is a really good site!!! I like how the backgrounds in the scenarios are so “real”
You guys are doing a REALLY good job!
As a foreigner working in Vietnam, this is EXACTLY the kind of website I’ve been looking for. A great introduction and helpful review. I hope future lessons will be as clear and instructive. Chuc mung!!
hahaha, LOVE IT guys! cant wait for the next ones!
Nice work. Unfortunately you have it completely wrong.
Your Welcome = không có gì…… no chi
it would be helpful if it was correct.
Can you guys do a video on the alphabet and the accent marks? I really want to learn the Vietnamese language, and it would help to know the very basics. Also, is this the southern vietnamese that you are teaching? Keep up the good work!
Stephanie – This is southern Vietnamese pronunciation.
Tam – “You’re welcome” can also be be “Khong co chi.” I’ve heard both.
Keep up the good work guys! =)
I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I’ll be grateful if you will.
For “no problem” in this context, wouldn’t it be, “Khong co chi?” Or can you use it either way? I always thought that if someone bumps into you or something and they say sorry in Vietnamese then you could respond with “Khong Sao.”
I like the videos! They’re cute and useful for those who aren’t very familiar with Vietnamese.
It’s a nice idea to learn Tiếng Việt online but
there was an mistake in the sentence:
“không có chi” it has to be “không có gì”.
Maybe it occurred because of using South Vietnamese Dialect
I have to say that Không co gì and không có chi are the same, just different dialects from North to South
khong co chi = generally heard by people from middle part of vn, ie hue etc…
khong co gi = generally heard by people from southern part of vn, ie saigon etc…
the context is the same, the distinction is not great, for beginners, it doesnt matter which way u choose to speak.
This is really nice. But how about first encounter greetings like “Hello”, “Good morning”, “How are you?”
There’s a wealth of information here. I’ll be back again.
Are you a professional journalist? You write very well.
I think its great to finally have a proper website to teach everyone vietnamese even if you are not native vietnamese … good work
I love this websit!
ui used to know viet very very well when i lived with my grandparents then i moved. now i know just a few words the ssiple oneslike the ones in lession 1&2. Now i will be able to actually understand and talk to my family back home!
can’t wait for the next lessions!
Very useful! I have a Vietnamese friend who struggles with his english, so now we can laugh at each other pronouciations! More please!!
Thanks so much for the effort. It’s really a good start for people who are new to Vietnamese. I’m half Viet but I know zero Vietnamese…such a shame xD I’ll check back often from now on! <3
I agree that this site is awesome! But I’d also like to see a lesson on phonetics and tones. I’m looking forward to learning Vietnamese.
I’m encouraging my Chinese boyfriend to use this site, much better pronunciation than the stuff on iTunes. Thanks!
I like how people are trying to correct this site. Khong co chi and Khong co gi are one and the same.
And the woman uses a neutral tone, slightly on the Southern side (definitely not Northern tone). This is more useful for everyday use in the US anyways. If you’re planning to ever go to Northern Vietnam, your accent will stand out no matter what, but they’ll understand you.
Hay su dung tieng Mien Bac de huong dan
Hi my name is ty james and i am going there for a trip on oct and would like to leanr new phrases would you beable to email them to this address tyjames987@hotmail.com thank you for what you have said above aswell
btw ver nice site thank you
Cam on Everydayviet.com for allowing me to begin my journey of Vietnamese. A Few of us plan to visit Veitnam in about a year, so this has helped me hear the inflection and meter of the language!
I’ve been looking for something like this forever! I immigrated here with my family when I was three, now I’m 34. I’ve lost so much of my Vietnamese from lack of use, since I don’t live with my parents and am married to a non-Vietnamese person. I want to freshen up on my Vietnamese so that I can teach my son! KUDOS to you guys for what you are doing…it is very much appreciated!
I am very interested in learning Vietnamese. My fiance and his family are from southern vietnam and I want to talk to them. hahaha
thanks for the site
The site gives detailed and good learning experience. I like it. Thank you very much!
This is amazing. It is one of the most innovative approaches I have ever seen to language teaching and I am very much enjoying it. I have only been through the first video so far, and, I intend to review it several more times until the phrases stick in my memory.
However, it felt very rushed the first time through. I’d like to suggest you slow down the cadence of introducing new phrases just a little and perhaps provide some more details on the tonality of syllables in at least some of the early lessons. I think that would be helpful as I begin my journey learning Vietnamese.
I have very little experience with tonal languages. A few words in Thai and Mandarin is about it.
Cám ơn rất nhiều
Great Lesson. I hope you could go slow in everyday scenario conversation at least once, so I would have enough time to follow and repeat after you, Donna. Thankssss
this is very helpful, but in the scenarios you speak so fast that i am unable to figure out the pronounciation of some words.
I find your article and the video so helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for these fabulous lessons. My Swedish husband is starting to learn Vietnamese using these tutorials, it’s a great start for him. Really helpful with the text appearing alongside the audio. Thanks muchly!
Thank you so much, Donna!
Really love your videos!
And you, too!
You guys are awesome, I respect you. :3 By watching the video’s I have learned how to say numbers 1-10, Thank You, Thank You Very Much, You’re Welcome, and No Problem. I will be learning more vietnamese. I dated a guy who is part vietnamese and I have a daughter I had with him so she is quarter vietnamese and so beautiful. He doesn’t know vietnamese so I have to learn on my own, I will glady show him and my daughter these video’s so they can learn with me.
Thank you so much!
Great website, my vietnamese parents will be thriiled next time wr visit them in Vietnam! Thanks a lot!