Vietnamese language class for travellers - Part 1
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Learning a few words of Vietnamese can bring loads of fun to travel in the country. The Vietnamese people are very receptive to foreigners who try to learn a few words of their language. In this, the first in a series of language classes for travellers, we cover some basic vocabulary and some of the challenges the language presents.
Vietnamese is my mother tongue but i can't help but be mesmerized by the way you speak...your speech is incredibly eloquent. I have a lot of respect for your interest to learn and share our the language. Please keep the videos coming...i watch all of them! Great work
I served in the Army in the Vietnam war and learned words that a medic would learn in order to treat the people, but i have forgotten them all, but i loved your teaching and the way you pronounce the words, you speak well. I love Vietnam and the people there.
Thanks E.G.
I'm Vietnamese and I have to say that your Vietnamese is excellent. Hardly do I see a foreigner speaks Vietnamese natually like you. Even Vietnamese people make lots of mistakes when speaking. For those who made negative comments, what is "standard Vietnamese"? I don't think there is an accent that you guys suppose it's standard. That's just so stupid and ignorant!
I'm a Vietnamese live in US, and I love to learn my native language but The accent are so hard.
Hello Annabelle Le Vietnamese is a tonal language. For people who just start to learn Vietnamese, it's normal to say that it's so hard to pronounce exactly some words. Two words with different tone marks would have different meanings. For example, có which means have/get and cò which means the stork. Keep trying to learn Vietnamese and I hope you could speak it fluently one day!
thanks, it would be embarrassed when I come home to Vietnam and couldn't speak The language properly. what will My family says then? Is it mất gốc? I will be go back to my mother birthplace next year for the first time, and I'm worried.
I grow up in Vietnam and have been so critical about speaking/using Vietnamese. But I have to say your Vietnamese is adorably awesome :D I'm so happy to see a foreigner who is so passionate about our language. Please keep up the great work, and all the best :)
I want to bring this up many times when I heard a foreigner say "xin chao" and consider it as a way of greeting in Vietnamese. It's true that it means Hello, but honestly, it is really hardly used in reality when Vietnamese greet each other. 'Xin chao' can be used as a way of greeting but bear in mind that it is only common for foreigners to say to natives not among natives, so I often name this phrase as UNNATURAL Vietnamese. In reality, in formal situation, it can be summed up in a formula like "Subject 1 CHÀO Subject 2 (S1 is the one who greet" The use of S1 and S2 is very complicated in terms of the fact that you have to consider the age and the gender of the person you want to greet. For example, if that person is female and younger, you say "chào em" (S1 is omitted here because S1 is older so there is no need to address him/herself). But if that person is female and older, you'll say "em chào chị", etc. In informal situation, among friends or people who are at the same age, or when the S1 is older than the S2, it is often said that: "Đi đâu đấy?" means "where are you going?" This is considered as a common way of greeting, I say this to my friends the whole time, but remember that this one doesn't require any answer like "I go to ...blah..blahh". You don't have to go into details with this, just reply by "Ừ, ra đây tý" (means: I go to this place) (this is used among people who are at the same age as yours; To people who is older, when they greet you with this question, you can reply "Dạ, cháu ra đây tý ạ" means "yes, I go to this place for a while". Well, it is quite difficult and complicated, I know but if you want to sound natural, you should be aware of this.
Chào em. Em giỏi lắm. Thanks so much for teaching our language. Even Vietnamese children who were born abroad could learn from you. I am impressed.
Thanks! You'll know how much mileage you can get from just a few words. Glad you enjoyed it. Stand by for more.
You are amazing with a perfect Vietnamese accent. Our kids (born in Canada) wanted to learn Vietnamese and we started with your lesson. Many thanks: you are a great teacher:).
+Pham Lan Thanks Lan! Appreciate your comments very much. Chuc Mung Nam Moi!!
+Mark Bowyer I just joined the Vietnamese Student Association at my university so that I might pick up the language, but I think your lessons will help me in a big way, too. Thanks!
Wow, I am very impressed! The fact that you've put so much effort into learning our language is great. Keep working at it, not bad at all.
Thank you so much! As someone who has been struggling to learn this language for years, I find your videos really comforting and make the language seem easily accessible
Mate this is perfect, exactly the amount of depth I've got time to go into! Great idea to do videos in this style
Wow! i just can't help but leave a comment! Two thumbs up sir! Great job. I just realized that i need to learn Vietnamese language while I'm here in Vietnam. I'm a Filipino. You inspired me to keep going. You're a good teacher! Looking forward to learn more from your videos :)
Started this series today, so much info in just the first video. Can't wait for the next. Several of my coworkers are from Vietnam. Love seeing their faces light up when I greet them in their native tongue. They've been teaching me bits as well. Thanks for the videos!
Hi Mark! Thank you for your Vietnamese lessons. I have started to learn this language with your UA-cam lessons which I find very useful and interesting. Greetings from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿!
Thank you so much for this video, it really helped a lot for my trip to Vietnam! It is the best video to learn vietnames I've watched on UA-cam.
OMG I think Im in love. Your accent is so cute and your pronunciation is so clear. Please keep doing this. Viet people really like foreigners who can speak Vietnamese.
Thanks for a great introduction into the Vietnamese language. This is a an exceptionally helpful video!
Thank you Mark for taking the time to sharing the Vietnamese language for all. I was born in Vietnam, but do not speak very much of it since I left. Keep up with the videos, I will watch it!
Going to Vietnam in June, this was the easiest language class on UA-cam, love being able to go to a foreign country and speak a few words, I think it shows respect for the people and country your in, thanks Mark for a really helpful vid, cant wait to get over their and give it a whirl.
Thank you very much for your lessons. I’m going to Vietnam in two months, and as you say, trying to learn at least some common sentence is a measure of appreciation and respect.
Sound silly when there's Vietnamese people like me still watching it! Love your video and your very clear, accurate pronunciation. Your video gives me some basic idea of how to teach Vietnamese for a foreigner, which will be my mission in the next few days.
I really appreciate that you're enjoying learning our language :) Your understanding and accent are EXCELLENT!!!
Hello Mark,
I loved the way you teach Vietnamese language, very clear to understand and fun to watch.
Thanks,
Hung Ho
OMG you rocked man. i'm currently studying French by myself and sometimes I think that I may make some videos teaching people to learn my language. And you did! Great job. ^_^
I am so impressed with your Vietnamese. Thanks so much for teaching my language to English speakers. Great job, sir.
Mark thank you for this great video. I have practiced these words , ready for my trip soon . Really excited.
Need to learn Vietnam Language for job purpose , I saw so many VDO's but your one is the best one, well done Mr. Mark Bowyer. Thanks for your kind effort.
What a great little lesson, well articulated and most useful. Thanks mate, good job.
Incredible Mark ơi......I keep saying to my foreign friends, that the moment they are most adorable to me is when they speak Vietnamese. Most of them try and some even take a class to learn my language. I was looking for some clips teaching online and just found yours. Speechless, your accent is perfect. Love it so much ! keep up the great job !
Awesome video! some excellent tips. Presented really simply. Thanks!!
Thank you Mark. I just discovered you and am eager to learn more.
Big thumbs ups!
Wow, wow, wow! I’m very impressed. I’m looking for a good video for my son, who is learning Vietnamese then crossed your channel. Good job and thank you for sharing.
I am from Australia, absolutely loved your video Mark, it helped me so much with addressing people in Vietnam, also so easy to follow your teaching in all aspects.........I am going to Vietnam in August and I would love to watch more of your videos and learn from them.....well done!
You are so amazingly good at speaking Vietnamese! I'm a native speaker but there's no way I can teach someone to speak Vietnamese as well as you do. I'll share your video to anyone who wants to learn Vietnamese. I'm amazed that you do accents from different parts of Vietnam really well as well!!
Wow, I don't know how I stumbled across your videos but they are great. I was born in Vietnam but have lived in Minnesota since I was a year and a half. I would love to visit Vietnam one day but need to make sure my Vietnamese is better. I am so impressed by your enthusiasm and love for traveling. Your Vietnamese is also amazing. I love watching and hearing your interaction with the Vietnamese-so sincere and sweet ;) - Thao
This is very informative and neat, my Vietnamese friends are from Saigon and the lady that does my nails will be thrilled to hear me speak as I have wanted to learn the language. You rock.
Your pronunciation is close to perfect , I'm so impressed.
There are very few foreigners could pronounce this good although I have met a couple of them .
Remarkable!, I am most impressed by your knowledge and teaching of the Vietnamese language - Excellent pronunciation!. Anh Mark rat goi, Chu anh may man, khoe manh va thanh cong.
Yeaah! I loved that! Just flirting with my journey in learning tiếng Việt and you inspire me!
Just watching and laughing out loud with gleeful excitement about my upcoming trip to Vietnam!
Really enjoying your tips for my trip to Hoi an in the end of March 👌🏼👌🏼
you sound very fluent! I'm impress! You're a great teacher for the beginner! :)
I'm from southern vietnam and ur pronunciation is amazing!! :D
I learned vietnamese for 2 years,and it was bud that got me started.now im back at it 3 years later, ive forgot quite a bit...thanks guys!
Very insightful. Nice delivery by the way.
Simple and effective ..really useful !
Also smile and laugh when learning a foreign language is a must 😊
You do a good job of making it fun to learn a complicated language.
Thank you for what you are doing Mark. Love all your video blogs. You make the World smiles.
Thanks Lucien - very kind of you.
I am so glad you made this video, thank you thank you I hope everything is still well with you.
Brilliant set of videos, thanks for taking the time to do all this. I'm going shortly and this has been invaluable. I've wanted to visit Vietnam since I was a kid.
tooley58
Mark BowyerThanks Tooley. Appreciate the feedback!
good job!! I think your Vietnamese is really good. Thank you for learning our language :)
Thank you for the lesson; I cannot wait to learn more.
this is great mark, thanks for posting!
THANK YOU..5 TAKING YOUR TIME TO TEACH PEOPLE..GRACIAS
Dude, you classes are absolutely teaching me. Most palpable vietnamese lesson I've found yet
Great news! Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for replying. I think I'll study some tonight.
I'm about to embrak of teaching myself the language and want to approach it as seriously as I can to really progess.
I intend to hire a teacher online whom I can video chat with to learn. I think that living connection will really help.
If you made a video breaking down how you would suggest someone learn from scratch, what to understand, what's important, what is less important, your favorite resources and ways to trouble shoot the learning process. I'd be so appreciative.
Amazing job, Mark! I am so surprised with your incredible video! I dont know how long have you been learning Vietnamese but your accent is perfectly good! Keep it up and I am looking forward seeing more of your video!
I need to be fluent. Here in Houston Texas we have a large Vietnamese population.
wow! you are very good with pronouncing with those words! i am Vietnamese and i understood you very clearly! good job!
Hi Mr. Mark.
I really like your way to talk
this is amazing, great job! Always find it super interesting watching it - up to ten times now :))), even to a Vietnamese like me (always laugh with joy and interest =))). I didnt realise lots of things about our language until you told about them :))))... Also exciting to know about our language through a foreigner's perspectives :D. This is great video that I showed my foreign friends for them to have an idea about Vietnamese, haha. Thanks alot! Please keep working and adding more :D. By the way, your Vietnamese accent and tonation are incredible (you can even pronounce the Northern and Southern accent which I can't) :D.
From your voice I can tell you know the northern Vietnamese which is very formal and a lot harder to listen to and understand for the foreign people. But you seem to have very deep knowledge of the language. Bravo!!!! Thanks for sharing Vietnamese to the world!
Very useful and informative video. Your Vietnamese pronunciation is excellent.
It's time to revisit these great videos!
Very Helpful. Your pronunciation is helpful to this native NY'er USA.
Thank you.
Y're a great guy, Mark. I enjoy your 'informal' teaching but it's really cool and funny and easy to absorb. I am learning Vietnamese with ASSIMIL, a method from France that is called 'la méthode intuitive.' I have learnt quite a few languages with it, including Chinese and Japanese. I am looking forward to my trip to HCMC and my Vietnamese lessons. The pronunciation is really hard in the beginning … thanks so much for your course!
You are adorable! Thank you for the lesson!
You really are good at teaching. Hope you pick this up again.
Great video. One helpful tip, to address a man "chu" is for someone who seems to be younger than your father and "Bac" is someone seems to be older than your father. "Chao Chu" or "Chao Bac" = Hello. To address a woman "Co" is for younger than your father and "Bac" is for older than your father. "Chao co" or "Chao Bac" = Hello. Xin chao (formal) chao (informal) = Hello
wonderful video !! Extremely useful ! I love it ! Thank you for making it !
You are amazing! Thank you. I am learning now
This was such a good video, and really fun too!
I'm only in Vietnam for two weeks, but this will help a lot.
You should teach! Thankyou.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEO. YOU'RE SO HUMOROUS!
I love that your pronounce!! it's easy to understand - Thank you.
Hi, your lesson is really helpful to me. It's so much fun when I hear you pronounce " Khỏe không" in different ways. I'm Vietnamese and I watch your video to find the way how to explain Vietnamese to my friends from other countries. Thank you so much, I love your video. ^^ Have a great day, Mr. Mark Bowyer.
Thanks very much Thanh Thuy!
great clip. thanks for doing this.
Im going tommorow and just wanted thank you for your help
Trời ơi! you are so funny. I like your teaching style :)
You are an excellent teacher. Thanks.
Mark, that was very good! Cảm ơn!
great clip and handy for anyone travelling to Vietnam
Thanks for this, Mark!
You need to make more of these!
It's funny how I can hear a bit of English accent in your Vietnamese although your pronunciation is great.
I had a good laugh and learnt some handy phrases, thanks
It's really funny to see you use Vietnamese during the lesson :3 Your lesson is really amusing. I like your pronunciation, it's so fluent and accurate.
You are perfectly amazing. I believe you did it even better than a Vietnamese teach Vietnamese. Your knowledge, pronunciation, accent (north and south) are incredible. Keep making these series, I look forward to them ;)). Very interesting and funny, I cant stand laughing when watching this. Yes, Vietnamese is such a "complicated as hell" language :)))))...
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the easy to learn lessons, and the useful phrases. During my recent 3 week trip there, I definitely found that Vietnamese people responded very well to my ham-fisted attempts at their language, and it definitely opened a few doors.
Cheers
Mike
Perth
I love this! I went to Vietnam in January/December and LOVED it but had to learn whilst in Vietnam, I wish I had seen this before the trip lol.
Good point about learning Vietnamese to add to the travel experience. I'm sure it's true in all countries but it does reveal the culture, particularly in Vietnam. A good point about the northern accent being more dependable too. A great lesson Mark, I look forward to part 2
Love that intro into the complexity of it all . . . whew.
Mani have to say your Vietnamese is absolutely impressive
Congrats anh Mark! it's great, and thank you !!!
You were right I just got a laugh from my local Vietnamese Banh Mi man in Phnom Penh when I tried out the "Comrade"one. Thanks, that was great.
Hello Mark,
I appreciate your videos, especially this one. I am in the basic stages of learning Vietnamese, and it is good to hear it spoken in a male voice. All of the other videos I have found are by women with very high voices and it makes it hard to tell if my tones are correct in the lower octaves.
Keep 'em coming!!!
Thanks, That was a great intro lesson.
Thank you, Cám ơn, awesome lesson!
As a Westerner that has traveled through the Far North of Viet before, thank you! Its not the hardest language to pick up, but I do wish to be stronger before I go back next time. Nothing is better than submersion, but your videos are powerful and will help me! Thank you so much brahhh!
Niko- Reno, NV
you made me confident
great man! good job, Mark
I watched this video literally 20+ times and want to thank you so much it was great to know a few words on my 16 day trip (north and south) from Australia.
some tips for others -- The locals are very used to hello, and thank you (common for a tourist to know these) and whilst you will get by great and enjoy using these two words, I would highly recommend learning the others. the people in the south will respond much better to the southern versions than if you just learn the northern versions so its worth watching this video enough to learn both!
There is nothing better than seeing the smile on the ladies face in market after hearing you say "mac qua"...it literally will pay you hundreds of thousands of dong to learn this :)
Sometimes they will assume you know fluent Vietnamese and start talking to you in Vietnamese, I wish I knew how to say "I don't understand" at that point haha :)
once again, Thanks so much Mark, this video works WAY better than any free App or book !!!
Very good video Mark. Highly recommended
wow! You surprised me with my language! :))) Thanks Mark!