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INTRODUCTION
Becky: Hi everyone, and welcome back to VietnamesePod101.com. This is Beginner Season 1 Lesson 11 - Is this Coupon Valid in this Vietnamese Store? Becky here.
Huyen: Xin Chào. I'm Huyen.
Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the verb...
Huyen: áp dụng
Becky: which means “to apply.” The conversation takes place at an electronics store.
Huyen: It's between Bình and Lâm.
Becky: The speakers are strangers, so they’ll be using formal Vietnamese. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

Announcement at the store: Chương trình khuyến mại "Ngày chủ nhật vui vẻ" xin dành tặng phiếu giảm giá 50% (năm mươi phần trăm) cho 100 (một trăm) khách hàng mua hàng đầu tiên trong ngày hôm nay"
Bình: Anh cho hỏi, phiếu giảm giá 50% (năm mươi phần trăm) áp dụng cho những sản phẩm nào ạ?
Lâm: Tất cả các sản phẩm dưới 6 (sáu) triệu chị ạ.
Bình: Phiếu đó khi nào thì hết hạn?
Lâm: Thứ bảy tuần sau chị nhé.
Bình: Hiện còn bao nhiêu phiếu anh nhỉ?
Lâm: Vẫn còn 30 (ba mươi) phiếu ạ.
Becky: Listen to the conversation one time slowly.
Announcement at the store: Chương trình khuyến mại "Ngày chủ nhật vui vẻ" xin dành tặng phiếu giảm giá 50% (năm mươi phần trăm) cho 100 (một trăm) khách hàng mua hàng đầu tiên trong ngày hôm nay"
Bình: Anh cho hỏi, phiếu giảm giá 50% (năm mươi phần trăm) áp dụng cho những sản phẩm nào ạ?
Lâm: Tất cả các sản phẩm dưới 6 (sáu) triệu chị ạ.
Bình: Phiếu đó khi nào thì hết hạn?
Lâm: Thứ bảy tuần sau chị nhé.
Bình: Hiện còn bao nhiêu phiếu anh nhỉ?
Lâm: Vẫn còn 30 (ba mươi) phiếu ạ.
Becky: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Announcement: The promotional campaign "Happy Sunday" presents 50% off coupons for the first 100 customers who buy at our store today.
Bình: Excuse me, to which products can the 50% off coupons be applied?
Lâm: All products under six million, madame.
Bình: When will those coupons expire?
Lâm: Next Saturday, madame.
Bình: How many coupons are left now?
Lâm: There are still thirty of them.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Becky: Huyen, do Vietnamese people like shopping?
Huyen: Yes. Very much. Even while travelling to other countries, Vietnamese tourists love going to shopping centers, malls, or anywhere that sells things.
Becky: That’s true. I heard that for many Vietnamese, it’s okay not to visit all the famous tourist spots, but they can’t skip a shopping mall.
Huyen: (laughs) That sounds about right. If they can’t buy something to bring home, they will feel bad about their trip.
Becky: By the way, what products do Vietnamese people usually buy during a trip?
Huyen: Well, electronic goods and household appliances are popular, especially those imported from foreign countries such as America, Japan, Korea and Australia.
Becky: I see. Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Becky: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is..
Huyen: tặng [natural native speed]
Becky: to present
Huyen: tặng [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: tặng [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: phiếu giảm giá [natural native speed]
Becky: coupon
Huyen: phiếu giảm giá [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: phiếu giảm giá [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: đầu tiên [natural native speed]
Becky: first
Huyen: đầu tiên [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: đầu tiên [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: khách hàng [natural native speed]
Becky: client, customer
Huyen: khách hàng [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: khách hàng [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: áp dụng [natural native speed]
Becky: to apply
Huyen: áp dụng [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: áp dụng [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: tất cả [natural native speed]
Becky: all, entire, whole
Huyen: tất cả [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: tất cả [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: sản phẩm [natural native speed]
Becky: product
Huyen: sản phẩm [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: sản phẩm [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: hết hạn [natural native speed]
Becky: to expire
Huyen: hết hạn [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: hết hạn [natural native speed]
Becky: Next we have..
Huyen: hiện [natural native speed]
Becky: now, currently
Huyen: hiện [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: hiện [natural native speed]
Becky: And last..
Huyen: bao nhiêu [natural native speed]
Becky: how many, how much
Huyen: bao nhiêu [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Huyen: bao nhiêu [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Becky: Let's have a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word is..
Huyen: tặng
Becky: which means “to present.” You can use this verb with your friends, or someone younger than you.
Huyen: Right. When we give a gift to an older person or a distinguished person, we use the verb biếu instead of tặng. Biếu is more polite.
Becky: Huyen, how can we say “to present someone something” in Vietnamese? Is the order the same as in English?
Huyen: Yes, it is. First say tặng, the verb meaning “to present.” Then add the person’s name and the object.
Becky: Can you give us an example using the pattern?
Huyen: Sure. If An presents me with a bag of mangoes, I can say.. An tặng tôi một túi xoài. First, we have the subject, An, then the verb tặng. It’s followed by the person who is receiving the item, in this sentence, tôi, “me.”
Becky: Then we have the object, “a bag of mangoes.”
Huyen: That’s right. So altogether, we have An tặng tôi một túi xoài.
Becky: “An presents me with a bag of mangoes.” What about in a formal situation?
Huyen: In a formal situation, you can use the verb biếu and say.. An biếu bác Minh một túi xoài.
Becky: “An presents Uncle Minh with a bag of mangoes.” Okay, what's the next word?
Huyen: hết hạn
Becky: which means “to expire.”
Huyen: hết hạn is made up of two words, hết, meaning “to end” and hạn, meaning “limit, term.”
Becky: You can use this verb after a noun to indicate that a document has come to the end of its validity or a food item is past its expiration date.
Huyen: We often use this verb with the adverbs đã or rồi, which both mean “already.”
Becky: Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the verb meaning “to apply.”
Huyen: The word is áp dụng. áp dụng is often used in the passive form to mean “to be applied,” or in past tense or present perfect tense. For example...đã được áp dụng
Becky: which means “to be applied.” And you can use it with the simple sentence pattern.
Huyen: That’s right. First say the subject, then the verb áp dụng. Then you need to add the prepositions cho or với meaning “to” and “with,” respectively, and a noun for a person or thing.
Becky: So, altogether, it will mean “to be applied to someone or something.”
Huyen: That’s right. If something was applied to a specific place, just replace the prepositions cho or với with trong or vào meaning “in” and then add a noun indicating field or place.
Becky: I see. Before we get into more sentences, it seems we need to learn some words we can use together. What are they?
Huyen: First, luật
Becky: “law”
Huyen: quy định
Becky: “regulation”
Huyen: thuế
Becky: “tax”
Huyen: lý thuyết
Becky: “theory”
Huyen: công nghệ, kỹ thuật
Becky: “technology, technique.”
Huyen: These are the nouns that usually work with the phrase áp dụng meaning “to apply.”
Becky: Okay. Can you give us some examples?
Huyen: Sure. Công nghệ này đã được áp dụng vào sản xuất nông nghiệp.
Becky: “This technology has been applied in agricultural production.”
Huyen: First, we have Công nghệ này, “this technology,” and the verb đã được áp dụng
Becky: meaning “to be applied” in the passive form. And the rest is for “in agricultural production”, right?
Huyen: That’s right. vào sản xuất nông nghiệp. All together, we have Công nghệ này đã được áp dụng vào sản xuất nông nghiệp.
Becky: “This technology has been applied in agricultural production.”

Outro

Becky: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Huyen: Cảm ơn các bạn.

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