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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Vietnamese Season 1, Lesson 9 - Talking about Nationality. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your nationality in simple sentences in Vietnamese.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to say "I'm British." in Vietnamese.
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Tôi là người Anh.
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Tôi [Slow] Tôi
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to be"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] là [Slow] là
Eric: Next is the noun meaning "person” or “people"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] người [Slow] người
Eric: Last is the country name “the United Kingdom.”
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Anh [Slow] Anh
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I’m British."
Hoang Anh: [Slow] Tôi là người Anh. [Normal] Tôi là người Anh.
Eric: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say "I come from the U.K."
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Tôi đến từ nước Anh.
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "I"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Tôi [Slow] Tôi
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to come"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] đến [Slow] đến
Eric: Next is the preposition meaning "from"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] từ [Slow] từ
Eric: Next is the noun meaning "country"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] nước [Slow] nước
Eric: Last is the country name "the United Kingdom"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Anh [Slow] Anh
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I come from the U.K."
Hoang Anh: [Slow] Tôi đến từ nước Anh. [Normal] Tôi đến từ nước Anh.
Eric: Next up is the way to say "We are American."
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Chúng tôi là người Mỹ.
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "we"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] chúng tôi [Slow] chúng tôi
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to be"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] là [Slow] là
Eric: Next is the noun meaning "person” or “people"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] người [Slow] người
Eric: Last is "America"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Mỹ [Slow] Mỹ
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "We are American."
Hoang Anh: [Slow] Chúng tôi là người Mỹ. [Normal] Chúng tôi là người Mỹ.
Eric: And finally, here is a way to say "He comes from Vietnam."
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Anh ấy đến từ Việt Nam.
Eric: First is a pronoun meaning "he"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] anh ấy [Slow] anh ấy
Eric: Next is the verb meaning "to come"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] đến [Slow] đến
Eric: Next is the preposition meaning "from"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] từ [Slow] từ
Eric: Last is the country name meaning "Vietnam"
Hoang Anh: [Normal] Việt Nam [Slow] Việt Nam
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning "He comes from Vietnam."
Hoang Anh: [Slow] Anh ấy đến từ Việt Nam. [Normal] Anh ấy đến từ Việt Nam.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Hoang Anh: When you are asked about nationality, you’ll also hear… Bạn là người nước nào? It literally means “You are the person of which country?” When native Vietnamese people meet, they also ask about each other's’ hometowns by saying: Bạn quê ở đâu? meaning “Where is your hometown?” This question is one common way to make conversation and get to know each other better.

Outro

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.

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