First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Xin chào. Tên tôi là Celeste. Em học tiêng viẹt ơ trương đay học Smith.
(sorry! I'm a little rusty)
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First notebook entry: Introducing myself
Xin chào. Tên tôi là Celeste.(sorry! I'm a little rusty)
Haha! U r absolutely not rusty! :">
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Xin chào. Tên tôi là Celeste. Em Tôi học tiếng Việt ở trường đại học Smith.
- Your subject of choice is "Tôi", so it's best to keep it consistent throughout the sentences, don't switch to "Em".
- Also "Em" is more used to address yourself when talking to someone of higher rank/age/status/etc.
"Tôi" is mostly used in formal situations, and thus sounds overly serious and distant. On places like this, most Vietnamese would use "mình" as it sounds much more friendly.
- "Tên tôi là Celeste": Well we don't really introduce ourselves by saying "My name is..."; such way of saying has more literary use than everyday or informal conversations'. Most people would say "I am...".
So instead of "Tên tôi là Celeste", I'd say "Tôi là Celeste", or preferably "Mình là Celeste".
In conclusion:
Xin chào, mình là Celeste. Mình đang học tiếng Việt ở đại học Smith.
And the diacritics are all missing :(
- Your subject of choice is "Tôi", so it's best to keep it consistent throughout the sentences, don't switch to "Em".
- Also "Em" is more used to address yourself when talking to someone of higher rank/age/status/etc.
"Tôi" is mostly used in formal situations, and thus sounds overly serious and distant. On places like this, most Vietnamese would use "mình" as it sounds much more friendly.
- "Tên tôi là Celeste": Well we don't really introduce ourselves by saying "My name is..."; such way of saying has more literary use than everyday or informal conversations'. Most people would say "I am...".
So instead of "Tên tôi là Celeste", I'd say "Tôi là Celeste", or preferably "Mình là Celeste".
In conclusion:
Xin chào, mình là Celeste. Mình đang học tiếng Việt ở đại học Smith.
And the diacritics are all missing :(
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Honorific terms are hard I know. Just practice more and you will be the master of them.
"Tôi" and "Em" have the same meaning as "I" here. So if you use "Tôi" , you need to use "Tôi" in the whole story. People can still understand if you switch to "Em", but it may create a confusion if there're many characters in the story.
My advice is don't try to learn many of them as a same time. It will confuse you. Learn them one by one.
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