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HideHello and welcome back! Do you face problems ordering at a restaurant?
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Hi Steve,
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Giang
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Hi Daniel,
Yes, it is more polite to add "Excuse me" (which is "Làm ơn cho hỏi" or "Xin hỏi") and it does make sense.
Anyway, most Vietnamese people don't add this, and they just call the waiter/waitress like: "Anh ơi" (for waiter) and "Chị ơi" (for waitress)
You can choose either way to ask them.
Cheers,
Giang
Team VietnamesePod101.com
Hello Giang,
Would it be more polite if I combined "Excuse me" with "waiter/waitress"? I am not sure if that sentence would make sense.
Thank you,
Daniel Hong
Hi Weng Fook,
Thank you very much for your comment.
"Thanh toán" literally means "to pay". Therefore, if the speaker wants to express that he/she pays for something, he/she can say "Tôi thanh toán tiền ăn". (Literally, I pay for the meal). This verb focuses on the action of "paying"
"Tính tiền" literally means "to calculate the money", so it means that you have to ask someone to "calculate the amount of money" you have spent first, then you'll pay. Therefore, it is frequently used when you ask for a check (because usually the waiter/waitress/seller will first tell you the amount then you pay).
That is the basic difference in meaning of these two words. But in daily conversation, "thanh toán" and "tính tiền" are used interchangeably when you want to ask for a check. In fact, Vietnamese people are not very strict in distinguishing these two words, so you can use them both and still be well understood. In addition, "tính tiền" is more informal.
Please let me know if this explanation does not sound clear to you.
Cheers,
Giang
Team VietnamesePod101.com
thanh toán
I was introduced to the following phrase
Tinh tien
Please provide some comment on the use of the above 2 phrases
Rgds
WF
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