I'm Hmong, teach me Vietnamese! LIK RITE NAOOO!, Xin CHAO! Options

[KX95]

First of all, don't bash!

I don't want crap like "Oh, guess you didn't know, Vietnamese hates Hmong people." OR any other similar to that.

As you know, online sites don't do me any good. Nor does Google Translator.

SO! I'm asking the very fluent/smart ones to teach me what/how to say. I'll give you info~

***INFO: I'm a teenager. And my Viet friend is also a teenager. And he's a boy.

Here are the things I've got down forever : (PLEASE, correct me if I'm wrong in any way!!!)
•Du Ma - Mother F - er / YO' MOM!
•Du Ma May - SOMETHING REALLY BAD
•Xin nChao / nChao - Hi / Hello
•Cam Un - Thank(s)
•Di di! - Go, go! / Go away!
•Im di! - SHUT UP!
•Anh Guk - EAT POO!
• Yaa - Yes
• Kum - No
• Koh Tey - Maybe

So here are the things I'm requesting :
•I don't know? - ?
•Nevermind! - ?
•"Ohh, nothing." - ?
•What are you doing - ?
•How are you - ?
•"WOW! " - ?
• No problem - ?
• My name is _____ - ?
• I'm __ years old - ?
• I like you a lot - ?
• "Ohh WHATEVER! D:" - ?
*• any other small sayings that are important +
*• any un-hurtful PLAYFUL??? words or insults? xD

I just want to talk like crazy in Vietnamese to all of my Viet friends.
CAM UNG~!

[FieryOFTheEast]

First of all, don't bash!

I don't want crap like "Oh, guess you didn't know, Vietnamese hates Hmong people." OR any other similar to that.

As you know, online sites don't do me any good. Nor does Google Translator.

SO! I'm asking the very fluent/smart ones to teach me what/how to say. I'll give you info~

***INFO: I'm a teenager. And my Viet friend is also a teenager. And he's a boy.

Here are the things I've got down forever : (PLEASE, correct me if I'm wrong in any way!!!)
•Du Ma - Mother F - er / YO' MOM!
•Du Ma May - SOMETHING REALLY BAD
•Xin nChao / nChao - Hi / Hello
•Cam Un - Thank(s)
•Di di! - Go, go! / Go away!
•Im di! - SHUT UP!
•Anh Guk - EAT POO!
• Yaa - Yes
• Kum - No
• Koh Tey - Maybe

So here are the things I'm requesting :
•I don't know? - toi khong biet
•Nevermind! - ?
•"Ohh, nothing." - ?
•What are you doing - ?
•How are you - ban(don't really need just formal) khoe khong
•"WOW! " - ? TROI OI/ OH MY GAW (insert viet accent)
• No problem - ? khong co gi? LOLOL i not too sure bout that one
• My name is _____ - ? ten toi la ___
• I'm __ years old - ?
• I like you a lot - ? toi muon lam tinh voi may <--- that is for jokes
• "Ohh WHATEVER! D:" - ?
*• any other small sayings that are important +
*• any un-hurtful PLAYFUL??? words or insults? xD

I just want to talk like crazy in Vietnamese to all of my Viet friends.
CAM UNG~!

DI DI MAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO/MAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I DUNNO

I could fill in more, but i dunno how to spell that well LOL

This post has been edited by FieryOFTheEast: Sep 25 2010, 02:24 PM

[asean.asia]

Who the heck do you think you are? Master giving order?

I'm Hmong, teach me Vietnamese!

[KX95]

Who the heck do you think you are? Master giving order?

I just stated that I was Hmong. Seriously.
And all I wanted was for someone nice enough or one who has time to teach me. Seriously.
...Seriously.

[XigonCongchua]

WTH. You spell most of them wrong. Your friends must have a pretty bad Viet accent then.

***INFO: I'm a teenager. And my Viet friend is also a teenager. And he's a boy.

Here are the things I've got down forever : (PLEASE, correct me if I'm wrong in any way!!!)
•Du Ma - Mother F - er / YO' MOM!
•Du Ma May - SOMETHING REALLY BAD
•Xin nChao / nChao - Hi / Hello It's Xin chào. Where do you get the n before chào and make it nchao???
•Cam Un - Thank(s) The correct way to spell it is "Cảm ơn". Ơ is pronounced like the "e" in "mother"
•Di di! - Go, go! / Go away!
•Im di! - SHUT UP!
•Anh Guk - EAT POO! You mean "ăn cứt". Well I guess your spelling does sound like the Southern accent then
• Yaa - Yes Correct spelling is "dạ". It's pronounced "Za" in Northern Viet and "Ya" in Southern Viet
• Kum - No It's Không, not Kum. The ending is -ng, not -m. I don't hear anybody say it as "kum"
• Koh Tey - Maybe The correct spelling is Có Thế

So here are the things I'm requesting :
•I don't know? - ? Tôi không biết
•Nevermind! - ? Không có chi
•"Ohh, nothing." - ? Không có gì
•What are you doing - ? Bạn đang làm gì thế?
•How are you - ? Bạn khỏe không?
•"WOW! " - ?
• No problem - ? Không có chi
• My name is _____ - ? Tôi tên là ___________
• I'm __ years old - ? Tôi _____ tuổi
• I like you a lot - ? This depends on the situation. A friendly phrase would be "Tôi mến bạn lắm"
• "Ohh WHATEVER! D:" - ? Sao cũng được
*• any other small sayings that are important +
*• any un-hurtful PLAYFUL??? words or insults? xD Why would I tell you?

I just want to talk like crazy in Vietnamese to all of my Viet friends.
CAM UNG~! Again, it's cảm ơn.

[KX95]

WTH. You spell most of them wrong. Your friends must have a pretty bad Viet accent then.

Ohh, I only spelled them wrong because it helps me remember the stuff. I've just recently learned the alphabet.
But thanks a lot.

Cảm ơn

[XigonCongchua]

Ohh, I only spelled them wrong because it helps me remember the stuff. I've just recently learned the alphabet.
But thanks a lot.

Cảm ơn

You want me to make an official Teaching Vietnamese thread for you and all others?

[KX95]

WTH. You spell most of them wrong. Your friends must have a pretty bad Viet accent then.

You should tell me because he keeps on teasing me. xD NAWW.

Di di is good enough. xD

[KX95]

You want me to make an official Teaching Vietnamese thread for you and all others?

OMG. Would you!? YA~

Cảm ơn! Cảm ơn! xD

Thank you very much, umm, is it like.. xin cam on or something?

[XigonCongchua]

You should tell me because he keeps on teasing me. xD NAWW.

Di di is good enough. xD

Do you know what's a worse way to tell somebody to go away than "đi đi"? It's "Cút đi" (pronounced "Koot di") and "xéo đi" (pronounced "seo di")

[KX95]

Do you know what's a worse way to tell somebody to go away than "đi đi"? It's "Cút đi" (pronounced "Koot di") and "xéo đi" (pronounced "seo di")

OH! Hahaha. Thanks.

[FieryOFTheEast]

If you like him say you want to lam tinh with him... means have sex

[KX95]

If you like him say you want to lam tinh with him... means have sex

woooot! xD

[hitmonxiong]

hen gap lai = go suck on your mom's

[FieryOFTheEast]

hen gap lai = go suck on your mom's

it means let's meet again/ make a date to meet again

This post has been edited by FieryOFTheEast: Sep 26 2010, 12:22 AM

[daxas24]

kum - no
LMAO
You just made our language sound dirty

[daxas24]

This will help you better with pronunciation. It's really hard to teach someone vietnamese by just typing it
http://www.youtube.com/user/learnvietnamese

Good luck

[KX95]

@hitmonxiong: you're from asiantown...
@FieryOFTheEast:
@daxas24: well HEY! that's what michael said to me. i'm like, "no is.. khong." and then he's like, "no, it's kum, KUM." i seriously tried not to laugh and go with it. ohh, and that site, i've already watched it. i think i watched all the viet teaching vids already too on youtube...

i'm in the process of learning more words and speaking it swiftly.
i'm also learning this song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDQGArcIUo

[daxas24]

So here are the things I'm requesting :
•I don't know? - ?
•Nevermind! - ?
•"Ohh, nothing." - ?
•What are you doing - ?
•How are you - ?
•"WOW! " - ?
• No problem - ?
• My name is _____ - ?
• I'm __ years old - ?
• I like you a lot - ?
• "Ohh WHATEVER! D:" - ?

One of the most important aspect of Vietnamese is knowing how to address yourself and others. You might come across as rude if you don't get this right. In most cases, this only applies for vietnamese. For foreigners, it doesn't matter that much. You're trying to learn vietnamese, that's the most important thing.

What xigon wrote above was a little too formal though. I personally don't use "Tôi" to address myself at all.
It depends on who's you're tallking to. Here are some basic examples:

Male version:
If you're older, you address yourself as "anh"
If you're younger, you address yourself as "em"

Female versioin:
If you're younger, you address yourself as "em"
If you're older, you address yourself as "chị"

If you're just friends, you can use "tao" "mày"

OK, I'll do a female version for the ones above
•I don't know? - em không biết
•Nevermind! - ? There's really no direct translation but "Không có chi" or "Không có gì" would work
• I like you a lot - ? Em thích anh (this only applies between female and male)

The word "thích" means "like" in sexual relationship. You can't use "thích" when you say "I like you" as friends.

Everything else is pretty much similar to xigon. You can replace "tôi" by "em" "anh" "chị" depending on the situation

You might find some of these helpful

I don't understand - Em không hiểu
I'm studying Vietnamese - Em đang học tiếng việt

[KX95]

@daxas24: OMG. soo helpful. this is what i was looking for.
i was going to say "i don't wanna sound formal. i want to sound VIETNAMESE!" and like know what i'm doing, saying.
but thanks a lot.

ermm, i'll have to re-write all my viet charts now... T^T

xD