Learn how to introduce yourself
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Vietnamese Season 1, Lesson 1 - Self Introduction. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to introduce yourself in Vietnamese. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the formal way to say "Hello, my name is Giang." in Vietnamese. |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Xin chào, tôi tên là Giang. |
| Eric: First is an expression meaning "Hello” or “Hi" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Xin chào [Slow] Xin chào |
| Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning "I" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] tôi [Slow] tôi |
| Eric: Next is the noun meaning "name" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] tên [Slow] tên |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to be" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] là [Slow] là |
| Eric: Last is a person’s name. |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Giang [Slow] Giang |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "Hello, my name is Giang." |
| Hoang Anh: [Slow] Xin chào, tôi tên là Giang. [Normal] Xin chào, tôi tên là Giang. |
| Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the informal way to say "Hi, I'm Giang." |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Chào, tôi là Giang. |
| Eric: First is an expression meaning "Hi" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Chào [Slow] Chào |
| Eric: Next is the pronoun meaning "I" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] tôi [Slow] tôi |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "am" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] là [Slow] là |
| Eric: Last is a person’s name. |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Giang [Slow] Giang |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning "Hi, I'm Giang." |
| Hoang Anh: [Slow] Chào, tôi là Giang. [Normal] Chào, tôi là Giang. |
| Eric: Up next is the informal way to say "Nice to meet you." |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Rất vui được gặp bạn. |
| Eric: First is a phrase meaning "very happy" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] rất vui [Slow] rất vui |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to be able" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] được [Slow] được |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to meet" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] gặp [Slow] gặp |
| Eric: Last is the pronoun meaning "you" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] bạn [Slow] bạn |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning "Nice to meet you." |
| Hoang Anh: [Slow] Rất vui được gặp bạn. [Normal] Rất vui được gặp bạn. |
| Eric: And finally, here is a formal way to say "Nice to meet you." |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] Rất hân hạnh được làm quen với bạn. |
| Eric: First is a phrase meaning "my great pleasure" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] rất hân hạnh [Slow] rất hân hạnh |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to be able" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] được [Slow] được |
| Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to get acquainted" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] làm quen [Slow] làm quen |
| Eric: Next is the preposition meaning "with" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] với [Slow] với |
| Eric: Last is the pronoun meaning "you" |
| Hoang Anh: [Normal] bạn [Slow] bạn |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning "Nice to meet you." |
| Hoang Anh: [Slow] Rất hân hạnh được làm quen với bạn. [Normal] Rất hân hạnh được làm quen với bạn. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Hoang Anh: Vietnamese people aren’t used to touching when meeting each other... so I don’t recommend kissing or hugging. BUT business people and male friends do shake hands. When meeting a Vietnamese person for the first time, just introducing yourself with a smile is the best way to go. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Hoang Anh: Tạm biệt. |
17 Comments
HideCan you introduce yourself in Vietnamese?
Xin chào Random Duck,
We are sorry to hear that. What is it exactly that you find confusing about it? Maybe we can help. :)
Kind regards,
Levente
Team VietnamesePod101.com
It's really confusing for me 😭😭
Hi Mao,
Nice to meet you.
Thanks for your post. We hope that you'll enjoy the lesson.
Cheers,
Chi
Team VietnamesePod101.com
Hi Becky,
Most probably there are three dots in the corner and if you click on that, you'll have the Download option popping up, although this might differ by browser and device type and browser settings. If you still don't find it, please reach out to us at contactus@VietnamesePod101.com with a screenshot showing the problem.
Kind regards,
Levente
Team VietnamesePod101.com
Hi. I have a question about downloading the audios for listening later. I choose download, but it just plays the audio and does not download it. Can you help me?
Hi Dom,
Well done. It's a very good sentence.
However, I believe that diacritics are very important in Vietnamese. So here is the way to set up the Vietnamese keyboard on your PC.
For Window users, you just need to open Language settings, under Preferred languages you can add Vietnamese. Then you can switch between different languages when using.
For Mac users: From the Apple menu > select System Preferences > Click on International > In the International window, click on the Input Menu tab > In the Input Menu tab, select Vietnamese UniKey > Underneath Vietnamese UniKey, select the input method you want to use.
Hope that it could help.
Cheers,
Chi
Team VietnamesePod101.com
Xin chao, rat vui duoc gap ban, ten toi Dom.
I'm on laptop so I'm not able to do the symbols/accents
Xin chào Dreamson,
The answer on how to type on a keyboard differs whether you are a Windows or a Mac user but generally speaking, you have two main options. One is to set up a virtual keyboard on your computer. For example on Windows, you can easily do this by opening your Language settings, and under Preferred languages adding the language(s) you want to type in. After that, your keyboard can be switched between the layouts of your home country and that of the language you are learning. This is an easy and convenient solution, however its main disadvantage is that you will need to memorize where the different characters are located.
The second option is to use an on-screen keyboard. This is a bit harder, since you will need to click on the buttons one by one using your computer mouse. These on-screen keyboards come in two main forms: either as an app that you can download on your computer, or as a website.
Hope I could be of help! If you need further technical assistance, please send us an email to contactus@VietnamesePod101.com so that our technical team can help you out!
Kind regards,
Levente
Team VietnamesePod101.com
Sorry I don't know how to use the viet keyboard but.
Xin Chao, Toi ten la Dreamson.
tôi tên là Mao