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Hi, I am Nga from Vietnam. I love food, travelling and learning forein languages. I've learned Chinese for a while, wishing I would travel to China one day. Nice to meet u ^_^
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  • Answered
    Can you explain more about the meaning of that sentence? ""spring, summer, fall, or winter will all" I dont understand its meaning, so I not sure how to help you. Sorry >"< I think mùa lạnh is quite weird. For more elegent translation, I suggest dropping "mùa", just say Xuân, Hạ, Thu, Đông.
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    May 26, 2014
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  • Answered
    Actually, Chinese is a monosyllabic language, one syllable is often considered as one word. So no "word boundaries".
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    April 14, 2014
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    Sentences 6

    I'm not to sure of some of these sentences...I will leave ----- for any words I do not know or am unsure of

    1. what colour are your new shoes?
    giày mới của bạn màu là gì?   no "là" here

    2. they're black with white laces
    nó là Giày màu đen, với còn dây cột giày màu trắng

    3. are you married?
    bạn kết hôn không? chưa?

    4. is your wife a doctor too?
    Vợ của anh cũng là băc sĩ bác sĩ phải không?

    5. no she is a banker 
    không vợ tôi là chủ ngân hàng. Does "a banker" mean "the owner of a bank"? because "chủ ngân hàng" is "a back owner"

    6. Where did you grow up?
    bạn lơn lớn lên ở đâu?

    7. Are you thirsty? - yes I am
    bạn có khát không? Ử tôi khát Có. You should answer a question with the word "có"  by repeat it "có", unnecessary to say "tôi khát"

    8. Is it cold today? -- no, it is very mild
    hôm nay trời lạnh không -- không, hôm nay hơi nhẹ trời khá ấm

    9. Are your hands cold? - no, they aren't
    tay (của) bạn có lạnh không? không, (tay không lạnh) . Again, as I said in sentence 7, in spoken speech, you dont need to repeat the information after the answer yes and no.

    10. is it dark yet? -- yes, it is already 9PM
    Trời tối chưa? --- --vang, rồi, bây giờ 9pm rồi. The answer for the question with "chưa" should be "rồi" (yes) or "chưa" (no).

    11. I'm working, I'm not watching tv
    tôi đang làm việc, không xem tivi

    12. Susan is reading yesterdays newspaper
    Susan đang đọc bào báo hôm qua

    13. She isn't eating
    em ấy không ăn

    14. The phone is ringing
    điện thoải thoại đang kêu kìa. or another way: có điện thoại kìa (literally, you have a phone call now)

    15. we're having dinner right now
    chúng tôi đang ăn tới tối.

    16. you're not listening to me
    em không nghe anh nói.  "Em không nghe anh" sounds like "you didn't follow my instructions" or "I will not follow your instructions", depending on who "em" is, who "anh" is. You know, it is the problem of Vietnamese personal pronouns.

    17. the children are doing their homework
    trẻ con bọn trẻđang làm bài tập (??) Trẻ con means children in general, bọn trẻ refers to children in a specific circumstance.

    18. Please be quiet, I'm working
    làm ơn yên lặng đi nào ---, anh đang làm viẹc việc.

    "Làm ơn" totally sounda unnatural.  Quiet = yên lặng, trật tự, đừng làm ồn

    19. The weather is nice, it has stopped raining
    trời đệp, nó đã --- mưa trời đẹp đấy, tạnh mưa rồi. Stop = ngừng, dừng, You also can say ngừng/dừng mưa rồi. But "tạnh" sounds more natural, and we only use "tạnh" when talking about rain. It is a kind of idiom. 


    20. We're having lunch now, can I call you later?
    chúng ta đang ăn trua, anh có thể gọi bạn sau đó được không?

    Chúng tôi đang ăn trưa, lát nữa tôi gọi lại cho bạn nhé?

    chúng ta = we, including the speakers and the listeners

    chúng tôi = we, incuding only the speakers

    later = lát nữa

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    April 13, 2014
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  • Corrected

    (cont)


    14. Thats my seat
    đây đó là chổ chỗ ngồi của tôi. That = đó, this = đây 

    15. no its not, I didn't see you here
    Không đúng, không ngối đâu, tôi không/đâu có nhin nhìn thấy bạn ngối ngồi ở đây. 

    spelling mistakes

    "đâu có" sounds more natural than "không" in this situation


    16. Where is the camera?
    máy ảnh ở đâu ạ/ rồi? more natural and more polite.

    17. It is in your bag
    nó ở bao của em

    Nó ở trong túi của em. U missed the preposition "trong" again. See sentence 3. 

    18. Am I late for the meeting?
    tôi bị muộn cho cuộc họp chưa? No "cho", we don't use preposition after "muộn", just "muộn + something"

    For more natural expression, drop "cuộc" => Tôi bị muộn họp chưa?

    19. yes you are, it started 20 minutes ago
    anh bị muộn rồi, (cuộc) họp bắt đầu được hai mươi phút rồi. trược  No "trước" here.

    But: anh bị muộn rồi, (cuộc) họp bắt đầu từ hai mươi phút trước rồi. See the difference?


    Grammatically, "họp" is a verb, "cuộc họp" is a noun. Thus, only "cuộc họp" can be the subject of the sentence, but people often shorten it to "họp" in informal conversations. For formal speech, you must say its full form "cuộc họp".


    20. no, it will start in 5 minutes.  
    chưa, cuộc họp sẽ bắt đầu trong (vòng) lúc năm phút nữa.

     

    Again, the preposition "in" is "trong". I add "vòng" to make it more natural.

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    April 10, 2014
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  • Corrected

    Sentences 4
    1. He is the boss
    Ông ấy là ông chủ/ sếp. same meaning, but "sếp" sounds more naturally spoken.

    2. Where is your friend?
    bạn của em ở đâu? It sounds more natural.

    3. She's in the bathroom
    chị ấy ở trong nhà vệ sinh. U missed the preposition "trong". (It means in, inside)

    4. How is your father?
    ba của cháu như thề nào? vẫn khỏe chứ? It literally means Your father's still in the good health, isn't he? People often say like that. Though you can say "Ba cháu dạo này thế nào?", literally How is your father recently, I prefer the first sentence.

    5. He's doing great
    Ba cháu rất vẫn khỏe ạ. "ạ" is one of the Vietnamese honorifics, used when a younger person speaks to older people.

    6. are you tired?
    bạn có mệt không? bị mệt phải không? just making it sound more natural.

    7. Yes, I am a little tired
    Ử, tôi hơi mệtCó, tôi hơi mệt một chút. more natural

    8. are you hungry?
    anh đói không?

    9. actually I just ate, but I am thirsty
    thực ra là tôi vừa ăn rồi, nhưng mà tôi đang khát. more natural

    10. Is your friend Vietnamese?
    bạn của anh là người Việt à? phải không? more natural. In spoken Vietnamese, we often say "à" at the end of yes-no question rather than "phải không". We also often drop "của".

    11. yes he is
    phải, anh ấy là người việt . It is ok but I prefer Ừ/ Ừm/ Đúng thế/ Phải. The words in the right side sound less natural than in the left side. No need to repeat "anh ấy là người việt".

    12. Are these your keys?
    đây là chìa khóa chỉa khòa của em à? phải không? See "à" in the sentence 10.

    13. yes they are, I was looking for them
    vang, em đã tim cho nó.
    Vâng ạ, em đang tìm nó.

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    April 10, 2014
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    April 7, 2014
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  • Answered
    You can see a very clear answer by QueLam, I just want to add some more details. 1. I want to try Vietnamese food: Tôi muốn thử "đồ ăn/món ăn" Việt Nam. I - Tôi, want - muốn, to try - thử, Vietnamese - Việt Nam, food - đồ ăn, món ăn, thức ăn, etc. U also can say: Tôi muốn thử "thức ăn" Việt Nam, but..., how to say, it kind of doesn't sound natural. 2. I tried to cook: Tôi đã "cố gắng" nấu ăn. I - tôi try - cố gắng => tried - đã cố gắng to cook - nấu ăn As u see, this "try" is different from the "try" which means "thử" in above example. Cố gắng: attempt to do, make an effort to do Thử: test or experiment something. When you "thử" something, you do it in order to find out what will happen if you do it. 3. Actually, the pronoun "I" isn't translated into "tôi" for everytime. The usage of Vietnamese personal pronouns is quite different in comparison to English. The way one person refers to himself/ herself when talking to another depends on the gender, the relationship, the age or even the attitude of the speaker toward the listener. Thus you should be careful to choose the right word. Although "tôi" is the simplest and safest term for beginners, I suggest you some others: I: tôi, tớ, mình, em, anh, chị, cháu, etc. Tôi (formal, neutral, often used when talking to people at the same age) Tớ/mình (familiar, used when talking to friends at the same age) Em (used when the speaker is younger than the listener but they are in the same generation) Anh (used by a man when talking to a younger person in the same generation) Chị (used by a woman when talking to a younger person in the same generation) Cháu (used when talking to people who are at least one generation older) Ya, I think it is enough for everyday conversation.
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    March 27, 2014
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  • Answered
    当然了
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    March 24, 2014
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  • Posted
    我今天小小的故事 今天早上, 我五点就起床了, 因为我有一个英文问答的考试, 我很担心, 整晚都睡不着。 从小到现在, 每次要考试,我都这样的无法入眠。 等到七点半, 早饭吃完了,我去巴士中心。考试到九点半才开始,但是我家离考试的地方不太近,又要换巴士车两次又要走20分钟, 所以我离家这么早。 我学英文也好久了,还以为我会考试考得很好, 可是到检查的房子中, 看道那位老师, 脸色真恐怖啊,全部的情深和勇气都飞去了。我被吓坏了, 他说什么我都不懂, 一直向他问来问去 :对不起,你说什么,你可以再说一遍吗。这次的考试, 我真的完了, 呜呜呜。 P.S: 其实这个考试是 IELTS Speaking Test, 但我不知道用中文怎么叫,所以才使用英文问答的考试那个。。。
    March 19, 2014
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  • Commented

    你好,你是中国人啊?我是越南的,我在学中文啊,我们可以帮助对方哦,嘿嘿。

    我的Skype:hoang.tv.nga

    我的QQ:2902159824

    记得加了我哦。谢谢你啊。

     

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    July 25, 2013
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