Explain all the " I "
Explain all the " I "

I speak a southern Vietnamese language.
1)And I use tôi when talking to strangers. And if I don't use tôi...I use " don't know/không biết
. don't understand/không hiểu.
2) I use "ta" to be bit aggressive to someone. I used it once and I hope NOT to use it again.
3) I used learned "mình."

khi nào tôi sử dụng & tại sao tôi sử dụng:
tôi,
ta,
tao,
tớ
mình

Question

Explain all the " I  "
Explain all the " I "

I speak a southern Vietnamese language.
1)And I use tôi when talking to strangers. And if I don't use tôi...I use " don't know/không biết
. don't understand/không hiểu.
2) I use "ta" to be bit aggressive to someone. I used it once and I hope NOT to use it again.
3) I used learned "mình."

khi nào tôi sử dụng & tại sao tôi sử dụng:
tôi,
ta,
tao,
tớ
mình

Answer

- We use 'tôi', 'tớ','mình' when talking to strangers who seem to be at about our age, and we call them 'bạn','cậu'. 'Tớ', 'mình' are more informal.
-'Tôi' is also used when you give your opinion, presentation in a meeting, at class... and especially in writing.
-we can use 'ta' in 2 ways: 
1. 'Ta' is the same meaning as 'we'. In this case, 'ta' is short form of 'chúng ta' and often used in writing, in speech 'chúng ta','chúng mình', 'bọn mình' are used more popular.
2. As you've mentioned, 'ta' is a bit aggresive. It equals to 'tao' and in this case we call the person we talk to 'mi', 'mày'. But nowadays, we not only use it when we scold or threat someone. It is widely use when we talk to our close friends and 'tao(I) - mày(you)' is more popular

Answer

The book you're learning from should explain them all. It's a very long explanation and needs considerable study.

Answer

* Formal:
- Ta : Chúng ta (you and me) đang học ngôn ngữ trên italki. Ta có thể giúp đỡ nhau học tập. (We are learning other languages on iItalki. We can learn together ). If you do not like to repeat "chúng ta" in following senteces, you use "ta" to replace.
-Tôi: Chúng ta đang học ngôn ngữ trên italki. Tôi (only I)có thể giúp bạn học tiếng Việt. (We are learning other languages on italki. I would like help you to learn Vietnamese). 
* informal
- tao: tao ghét mày. (I hate you) this word is impolite in almost situations.
- tớ , mình: tớ thích bạn.(I like you) . this word is used for friendship (same age)

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TÔI: almost used.  TA: inadvisable (always used by an upper person to a lower one; in poems and writings,... e.g. King to his subordinates,...). TỚ: funnily used among (closed) friends. MÌNH: nicely and kindly used among friends.

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I just learned minh

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