Learn how to ask for particular things at a hotel
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Southern Vietnamese Survival Phrases brought to you by VietnamesePod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Southern Vietnam. You’ll be surprised at how far a little Vietnamese will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by VietnamesePod101.com. There, you’ll find the accompanying PDF lesson notes and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Southern Vietnamese Survival Phrases lesson 36 - Hotel in Southern Vietnam 2 - More... Please. |
| In today’s lesson, we’ll introduce some more useful phrases for hotels and accommodations. The first phrase is "What time is checkout?" in Vietnamese is Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| Let’s break this down by syllable: Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| Let’s hear it again, Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| The first words mấy giờ, mấy giờ mean "what time." |
| Let’s break it down: mấy giờ. |
| mấy giờ |
| Mấy is said in the rising tone and giờ falls gradually. |
| mấy giờ |
| mấy giờ |
| This is followed by trả phòng, trả phòng, which is the basic equivalent of "check out." |
| trả phòng |
| Both words are said in the falling tone, trả phòng. |
| trả phòng |
| So all together we have, Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| Literally, this means "What time is checkout?" |
| There will always be times when you need more of certain things. Let’s try towels. |
| In Vietnamese, you can ask for more towels by saying Cho tôi thêm khăn mặt. |
| Cho tôi thêm khăn mặt. |
| The only thing that changes is the thing that you are looking for. In this case it's khăn mặt, which means "towel." |
| Let’s break down this word again: khăn mặt. |
| khăn mặt |
| So, to ask if there’s a “toothbrush” bàn chải răng, bàn chải răng; you would say - Cho tôi thêm. |
| So to ask for another toothbrush, you would say - Cho tôi một bàn chải đánh răng, cho tôi một bàn chải đánh răng. |
| “Toothpaste” in Vietnamese is kem đánh răng. |
| kem đánh răng |
| Cho tôi thêm kem đánh răng. |
| Cho tôi thêm kem đánh răng. |
| “Soap” xà bông. |
| xà bông |
| xà bông |
| Cho tôi thêm xà bông. |
| xà bông |
| Cho tôi thêm xà bông. |
| Cho tôi thêm xà bông. |
| You can use this phrase, mấy giờ to ask various questions. For example: “What time does the movie start?” |
| To ask for more of certain things, Cho tôi thêm. |
| Cho tôi thêm |
| You can use this phrase not only in hotels, but also in restaurants. For example, if you wanted more rice, you can say - Cho tôi thêm cơm. |
| Cho tôi thêm cơm. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so chúc may mắn, this means “good luck” in Vietnamese. |
| Okay, here we go! |
| “What time is checkout?” - Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| Mấy giờ trả phòng? |
| “Can I have some more towels?” - Cho tôi thêm khăn mặt? |
| Cho tôi thêm khăn mặt? |
| Cho tôi thêm khăn mặt? |
| “Can I have some more soap?” - Cho tôi thêm xà bông? |
| Cho tôi thêm xà bông? |
| Cho tôi thêm xà bông? |
| All right, that's going to do it for this lesson. Remember to stop by VietnamesePod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF lesson notes. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Bye! |
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