Learn Vietnamese In 5 Minutes!

[Green Gaia]

At the risk of being smacked by Anders and other serious linguistics scholars....

LEARN VIETNAMESE IN 5 MINUTES
To gain the greatest effect, you should read them out loud!!

1) That's not right . . . . . . Sum Ting Wong
2) Are you harbouring a fugitive? . . . . . . Hu Yu Hai Ding?
3) See me ASAP . . . . . . Kum Hia
4) Stupid Man . . . . . . Dum Gai
5) Small Horse . . . . . . Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? . . . . . . Wai Yu So Tan?
7) I bumped into a coffee table . . . . . . Ai Bang Mai Ni
8) I think you need a face lift . . . . . . Chin Tu Fat
9) It's very dark in here . . . . . . Wai So Dim?
10) I thought you were on a diet . . . . . . Wai Yu Mun Ching?
11) This is a tow away zone . . . . . . No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week . . . . . . Wai Yu Kum Nao?
13) Staying out of sight . . . . . . Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile . . . . . . Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odour is offensive . . . . . . Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great! . . . . . . Fa Kin Su Pah

[Pah]

Originally Posted by Maize

At the risk of being smacked by Anders and other serious linguistics scholars....

LEARN VIETNAMESE IN 5 MINUTES
To gain the greatest effect, you should read them out loud!!

...
11) This is a tow away zone . . . . . . No Pah King
...
16) Great! . . . . . . Fa Kin Su Pah

Maize, she takes away - she gives

I lost my throne and gained a superlative - Thanks, I think

[michel]

Originally Posted by Maize

At the risk of being smacked by Anders and other serious linguistics scholars....

LEARN VIETNAMESE IN 5 MINUTES
To gain the greatest effect, you should read them out loud!!

1) That's not right . . . . . . Sum Ting Wong
2) Are you harbouring a fugitive? . . . . . . Hu Yu Hai Ding?
3) See me ASAP . . . . . . Kum Hia
4) Stupid Man . . . . . . Dum Gai
5) Small Horse . . . . . . Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? . . . . . . Wai Yu So Tan?
7) I bumped into a coffee table . . . . . . Ai Bang Mai Ni
8) I think you need a face lift . . . . . . Chin Tu Fat
9) It's very dark in here . . . . . . Wai So Dim?
10) I thought you were on a diet . . . . . . Wai Yu Mun Ching?
11) This is a tow away zone . . . . . . No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week . . . . . . Wai Yu Kum Nao?
13) Staying out of sight . . . . . . Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile . . . . . . Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odour is offensive . . . . . . Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great! . . . . . . Fa Kin Su Pah

This reminds me of the one about how to teach someone the vietnamese National Anthem; during which time the learner is concentrating to hard on making the correct sounds that he doesn't think of the first line which is 'owa tana Siam'

[No*s]

Originally Posted by Maize

At the risk of being smacked by Anders and other serious linguistics scholars....

LEARN VIETNAMESE IN 5 MINUTES
To gain the greatest effect, you should read them out loud!!

1) That's not right . . . . . . Sum Ting Wong
2) Are you harbouring a fugitive? . . . . . . Hu Yu Hai Ding?
3) See me ASAP . . . . . . Kum Hia
4) Stupid Man . . . . . . Dum Gai
5) Small Horse . . . . . . Tai Ni Po Ni
6) Did you go to the beach? . . . . . . Wai Yu So Tan?
7) I bumped into a coffee table . . . . . . Ai Bang Mai Ni
8) I think you need a face lift . . . . . . Chin Tu Fat
9) It's very dark in here . . . . . . Wai So Dim?
10) I thought you were on a diet . . . . . . Wai Yu Mun Ching?
11) This is a tow away zone . . . . . . No Pah King
12) Our meeting is scheduled for next week . . . . . . Wai Yu Kum Nao?
13) Staying out of sight . . . . . . Lei Ying Lo
14) He's cleaning his automobile . . . . . . Wa Shing Ka
15) Your body odour is offensive . . . . . . Yu Stin Ki Pu
16) Great! . . . . . . Fa Kin Su Pah

Oh, that was so funny lol. I'm not a linguistic scholar, but some of it was so painful *smack smack*, but it was so funny

[Circle_One]

Ohhh, that was TOO good!! Gave me and extreme gigglefit

[Master Vigil]

Being surrounded by korean speaking individuals for the past 10 years, I always wondered if there were similarities. Thanks maize.

[Snowbear]

Thanks, Maize - I've seen this before, but it still makes me chuckle

In my various travels, I've learned that being able to say, "Thank you" in the native tongue is usually appreciated. Here's a couple.....

German: Donkey sh*t

Spanish: Moochass Grassyass

[anders]

Originally Posted by Maize

At the risk of being smacked by Anders and other serious linguistics scholars....

Not to worry, Maize, I don't smack or assault physically in other ways.

Besides, I've got a collection of my own, but in "Chinese". (Un)fortunately, those things don't translate well, so you-all are spared. Besides, I got some of them from my father the sea-captain, so those should be stored away from children.

[Seyorni]

Vietnamese is a tone language. Intonation is as important as pronunciation. A half-dozen words, with identical pronunciation, can mean six entirely different things, and be entirely different parts of speech.

Imitated Vietnamese in the Latin alphabet, must have diacritical marks indicating tone.