❤️ Basic Vietnamese Phrases You Must Know When Dating A Vietnamese Woman... Part 1
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- ❤️ Basic Vietnamese Phrases You Must Know When Dating A Vietnamese Woman... Part 1
In this video of a multi-part video series, I want to share a few common phrases you should know when dating a mature Vietnamese woman.
My purpose in these videos is not to make you fluent in Vietnamese. It’s to help familiarize with common phrases so that your lady will see you’re making an honest effort to learn her language and customs, which will endear you to her.
In these video series want to introduce a special guest speaker whom I think is a better fit than me to share with you these common phrases. His name is Alex Nghiem and he is my Vietnamese boyfriend. Please welcome my special guest...
Hi, my name is Alex, and I want to share basic Vietnamese phrases you may want to learn when first meeting a mature Vietnamese woman.
Before I share these phrases with you, I need to clarify some key ideas you need to be aware so that what I am about to share with you even makes sense.
Like many Asian languages, the Vietnamsee language is very formal when it comes to addressing another person especially when you’re speaking to your lady or somebody who’s older, even if that person is unrelated to your or your lady. Doing this wrong can be considered rude and insulting to the other party, and we want to avoid that right?
So let’s start with a simple hello. In Vietnamese, we don’t just say “Hello” or “Hi”. It’s “Hello, Uncle.” or “Hello, Auntie.” or “Hello, Dear.” I’m assuming you’re going to be greeting her dad and her mom, which is why I didn’t use “Hello Dad” and “Hello Mom.” You cannot leave off the word after Hello because the sentence is literally incomplete.
In the early days of dating, it’s best you address her as by her name vs. Dear since that’s a little too intimate. For this example, let’s say her name is Linh. To greet her, you would say, “Hello Linh”. Let me say that again, “Chao Linh”.
The first word is pronounced more like “Jow” with a J sound vs. “Chow” like in English. Let me say it again: “Chao”. Notice how it has a “J” sound?
The other thing to know is that a word in Vietnamse can be pronounced at 5 different pitches, which then changes the word’s meaning. If you listen closely, the first word, “Chao” is spoken at a slightly lower pitch than the 2nd word. If you say the first word without lowering the pitch, you would be saying “Chao”, and that word doesn’t exist.
As the two of you become closer, you can use “Em” which means “Dear.” This word sounds like “Eh” that many Canadian use except it’s with an “M” sound. So the phrase would be, “Chao Em”.
I know it’s confusing but trust me - it’s very hard for a Vietnamese speaker to understand the idea of past tense, present tense and future tense when we learn English. :)
So let’s try again: you would say, “Chao Linh”, which means “Hello Linh” when you’re first dating her. As you become closer, you can then use “Chao Em” which means “Hello Dear.”
Now, let me share how to address her parents. As I said, you cannot leave off the word after “Hello” when you’re addressing an older person, and this is especially true when you’re addressing her parents.
Even though it’s likely she won’t introduce you to her parents for a while, I’m sharing in case she lives with them, and you accidentally meet them while picking her up.
To make this simple, I’ll share the gender neutral version of the greeting when greeting an older person. To greet her Mom or Dad, you would say, “Chao Bac.” Again, that’s “Chao Bac.” Loosely translated, it means “Hello Elder.”
One thing I must emphasize: if you’re dating a younger woman and you’re about the same age as her parents, in their eyes, you’re their daughter’s age so you still have to address them as an older generation.
Remember when I said earlier that Vietnamese can be spoken in different pitches. The 2nd word, “Bac” is spoken at the highest pitch to be properly pronounced. Let me say it again: “Bac”. If you want a visual, think of the high pitch sound that a bird makes like “Awwwk”.
So again, to greet either of her parents, say “Chao Bac.”
I know this is a lot of materials to cover to learn 2 simple phrases, but I had to explain different customs in addition to the phrases. It will get easier I promise. :)
Even if you don’t get the pronunciation exactly right and even if she speaks fluent English, she will very much appreciate your attempt at learning her language. That communicates to her that you’re in this for the long term vs. a fling.
In future videos, I’ll share some more phrases that you may want to learn.
I hope you have found this video valuable, and I’d love to hear your feedback so please share your comments below.
You could have been anywhere, but you chose to be here so I appreciate that.
My name is Vanessa, and I look forward to sharing more videos with you.
Do you have any questions you want answers about dating or marrying a Vietnamese woman? Please feel free to ask them in the comments below...❤️
Could you suggest any apps, programs or books for beginners please? I have duolingo but it is not well made for Vietnamese.
I met a Beautiful Vietnamese woman in Vinh Long Vietnam 3 years ago. She does not speak English, so I began to study and learn the Viet language 3 years ago. I am far from fluent yet, but I barely use Google Translate anymore. I have been to Viet Nam 5 times in three years, and even when I am in America , I speak Vietnamese with her every day. I Love Viet Nam....
Mitch, glad to hear. My father was born in Tra Vinh, Vinh Long. Did you find the language difficult or easy to learn? Would love to hear your feedback on this video. Thanks.
His way of explaining Vietnamese words and phrases is very very helpful, thank you.
That's fantastic! I'm in the exact same boat! We've dated long distance for 3 years with me visiting multiple times and studying the language the entire time. I finally asked her to marry me and now I'm moving to Da Nang in less than two weeks
I love your content a lot. Do you have plans for the future to do videos for people around my generation? I was born in 1988
Sean, I'm not qualified to make videos for women born in the 80s and 90s since my friends are in their late 30s - early 50s.
Alex - Thank you for describing both the word and its correct context. Im looking forward to meeting some Vietnamese people and saying hello + name tonally. One of them is a young man in his 20s or 30s named Hoa. Is that Chin Hoa? Again, thanks
The first word would "Chao" not "Chin", as Alex mentioned in the video.
However, his name is trickier since Hoa can be pronounced 3 different ways, depending on what accent is above the name. It's hard to spell Vietnamese words properly on an English keyboard unfortunately.
I like your teaching style. Thank you.
Super insightful video... thank you!!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Great Job!
Joel, glad you enjoyed this. Are you learning Vietnamese now? :)
I want to learn vietnamese
Truly a valuable video.
Thanks for this informative content.
Thanks for watching and sharing your feedback. Please feel free to share with your friends. 😊
Congrats Alex..You are the Man! You have Vanessa as you your girl.. I'll listen to anything you say on how to be a gentleman and meet a Vietnamese lady..
Sir you explain well
Thanks.
Thx a Ton for the Post
So good
This is very helpful. Yes, learning a tonal language is tricky but thankfully I have a musical background and a good ear for language so it is worth the effort. I believe it is important for westerners to assimilate with the Vietnamese culture as much as possible so thanks Alex for explaining WHY basic greetings differ depending on who you are addressing. I am just beginning to learn Vietnamese and look forward to visiting Vietnam soon
I like this, video was very informative! but i have a question
i started trying to learn a few things because I met a really pretty and sweet girl at the gym who has only been in america 3 years...she speaks english but i wanted to kind of show that I have sincere interest in getting to know her.
Xin Chao is what i found for hello but now i'll definitely make sure to CLOSE THE SENTENCE with her name.
is there a difference in meaning if it's just Chow (jow) Taylor or Xin Chao (seen Jow) Taylor
and is one NOT appropriate for meeting Parents or Older people ?
I want to learn vietnamese sir, what to do, please guid me
Please watch this and the other videos in the same playlist.
Alex. I'm in Southern California. Are you near there Sir?
Women get better with age. Especially asian women. And the mindset makes life much easier.
Exllnce meet
Very useful, but you are talking too much. The video is almost 14 minutes long but we learn only 2 phrases!