Hi Neiht,

Thank you very much for your answer in Vietnamese. How long have you been studying Vietnamese? Your Vietnamese is really great.

I could generally understand what you wanted to say without reading the translation in English. Anyway, there are some minor mistakes I would like to mention:

1. You should say: "Tôi cũng không thích ăn khi đi picnic mấy", literally "I also don't like to eat when going on a picnic" and can be understood as "I also don't like to eat at picnic. You wrote "không thích ăn picnic", which turns out to be "don't like to eat picnic".

2. "If I do go on a picnic" should be translated as "Nếu tôi đi pinnic". You wrote "nếu đi ăn pinnic", which means "If I eat a pinnic".

3. "Vài bánh mì" should be corrected as "vài cái bánh mì". Here a noun classifier "cái" is added before the main noun"bánh mì".

4. "bình nước" should be "a jars/jug of water." If you want to say "bottle", it will be "chai". "Chai nước" means "a bottle of water".

5. The last phrase "và một người bạn" was basically grammatically correct because you used the verb "đem theo" (bring) for the "sandwiches, water and a friend." But it would sound more naturally if you say "rủ một người bạn" which means "invite/ask a friend to go with".

Altogether, the whole sentence would be:

Tôi cũng không thích ăn khi đi pinnic mấy. Đi ra ngoài ăn ở một nhà hàng (or simply "đi ăn hàng") thì dễ hơn. Nhưng nếu tôi đi pinic, tôi phải đem theo vài cái bánh mì, vài chai nước và rủ một người bạn.

I hope my explanation was clear enough. Please let me know if you have more questions.

Have fun learning Vietnamese.

Giang

Team VietnamesePod101.com

Tôi cũng không thích ăn picnic mấy... Đi ra ngoài ăn ở một nhà hàng thì dễ hơn. Nhưng mà nếu đi ăn picnic thì phải đem theo vài bánh mì, vài bình nước, và một người bạn!

I don't like to eat at picnics much... Eating out a restaurant is easier. But if I do go on a picnic then I would have to bring some sandwiches, a few bottles of something to drink, and a friend!