Hi Alan Burton,

Thank you for your comment! Judging from the information you provided (context, relationship and age gap between you and the lady), "bạn có khỏe không?" is generally polite. Some people would think a man calling a woman by "em" if he doesn't really know her a bit inappropriate. In this situation, "cô" would be the best choice to address the lady as "cô" is used to address a female which is not close to you- relationship wise. "Cô" in this context means "you" in a polite and distant way.

Hope this helps and let me know if you have any further questions!

Sincerely,

Khanh

Team VietnamesePod101.com

I tried to ask a lady who works where I live, "bạn có khỏe không?" My pronunciation was obviously terrible because she looked puzzled but eventually got it and corrected me. She is younger than I am (by about 15 years), so I apologised for using "bạn". I asked if I should have said "em khỏe...?" and a much younger women who was listening, chipped in and said yes, but it would be polite if I used the term "cô" - when i looked it up, ít was lísted as "she" and "madam" but also as "aunt" - can you advise me on this, please?

Hi Ali,

Thanks a lot for your comment and you did very well! Let us know if you have any questions while studying.

Cheers,

Khanh.

Team VietnamesePod101.com

Ban co khoe khong

Xin chao, Toi ten la Ali. Ban ten la gi?

Rat vui duoc gap ban :)

Toi den tu Ai Cap. Toi la nguoi Ai Cap.

Ban tu dao den?

Toi song o Dubai. Ban song o dau?

Toi la ky su phan mem.

Ban lam ghe gi?

Toi co ba chi gai

Ban co anh em trai hay chi em gai nao khong?

Hi Garcia Yang,

Thank you for your comment! We're working on it and will update the lesson accordingly. If you have any questions please let me know.

Cheers,

Khanh

Team VietnamesePod101.com

Dialogue:

the 3rd sentence --- Tôi cũng vậy vậy. --- It seems to be wrong spelling.

Vocabulary:

cũng vẫn vậy--- It is correct.

Hi Oiver,

Thank you for your feedback. We have checked and found 2 errors with the 2nd and 3rd words in the vocabulary lits. We will get it fixed asap.

Thanks again and please let us know if we can help you with anything!

Have a good day,

Khanh.

Team VietnamesePod101.com

HI Shunji,

Have you tried to download Unikey for iOS keyboard? Unikey is a popular Vietnamese keyboard app and it's very easy to navigate. Hope this works for you!

Cheers,

Khanh.

Team VietnamesePod101.com

Hi,

The vietnamese keyboard of iOS built-in doesn’t allow me to input

khỏe

by telex method.

k-h-o-e-r

is turned to

khoẻ

How do I have to do?