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PhillyKrnMonday 28th of June 2004 10:29:29 AM
Need to learn Vietnamese - Hey everyone, I have been goin out with my girlfriend for 1 year and 5 monthes now and I have to meet her parents in a few weeks and I need to learn Vietnamese as fast as possible just the basic words and sentences so please somebody give me a crash course in Vietnamese. Thank you
vyWednesday 30th of June 2004 10:48:06 PM
- Do you have Vietkey program to type Vietnamese on your computer? Please download a product called www.vietkey.com
choose Vni and Unicode.

Beside basic words and sentences. You distinguish the pronoun "you".

Vietnamese pronouns vary depending on age, sex, social position, level if intimacy, and close or distant relationships. For example, there are many terms in Vietnamese that refer to the pronoun "you" in English:

ông you (grandfather, Mr - formal)
bà you (grandmother, Mrs - formal)
anh you (older brother, Mr - friendly)
chị you (older sister, Mrs - friendly)
cô you (aunt, female teacher, unmarried woman)
em you (younger sibling, either male or female)

Singular----- Plural
1st Person
I tôi we chúng tôi
we all chúng ta
2nd Person
you ông you các ông
you bà you các bà
you anh you các anh you chị you các chị
you cô you các cô
you em you các em
ladies and quí vị
gentlemen
3rd Person
he ông ấy they các ông ấy
she bà ấy they các bà ấy
he anh ấy they các anh ấy
she chị ấy they các chị ấy
she cô ấy they các cô ấy
he/she em ấy they các em ấy
they,general họ
it-young child or an animal nó they,plural of nó chúng nó






jonidontcryThursday 24th of February 2005 02:58:16 PM
- Yeah vy is right :)
You should consider it :) be very careful when choosing a word.