
Vietnamese Podcast For Beginners · Episode 3
CHỊ LÀ NGƯỜI NƯỚC NÀO?
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

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Welcome to Vietnamese podcast for beginners created by SVFF, tiếng Việt giọng miền nam cho người nước ngoài. Podcast number 3, topic, where are you from? Chị là người nước nào? Chào bạn, mình tên là Phi. I will be your host today. Before we start, I just want to explain more about the title. The title, where are you from? Literally, it means chị từ đâu đến, you're from where. But normally, when they ask about where you're from, they mention the nationality. So the title here in Vietnamese, we said, chị là người nước nào? What is your nationality? And that's also our topic today. In this lesson, you will learn how to talk, how to ask about nationality, how to use the question word, phải không? It's similar to right when you put at the end of a sentence. And also, we will learn some demonstrative adjectives. Here, there, đây, đó. As usual, before we start, we will listen to a conversation. But the difference here is in this podcast, you will listen to up to two conversations. Now, let's listen to the first conversation. You will hear a conversation between Nam, who is a shipper, and he is talking to Miss Kim. Listen to the first conversation. So let me help you explain in the first conversation. Kim nói Nói mean talk or say. Kim nói Chào em Hi you So we can see that Kim is a bit older than Nam, who is a shipper. Chào em Nam answer Chào chị So he said hi back Nam continues Cho hỏi Chị tên là Kim, phải không? Cho hỏi Chị tên là Kim, phải không? Cho hỏi Can I ask you a question? Cho hỏi Chị tên là Kim, phải không? Chị tên là Kim You are Kim, phải không? Phải không? You put at the end of a statement to form a question like write in English. So the whole sentence Chị tên là Kim, phải không? You are Kim, right? Or your name is Kim, right? Cho hỏi Chị tên là Kim, phải không? To say yes to this question, you will say Phải Phải To answer no to phải không question word, you will say Không phải Không phải Now let's continue Kim answer Phải Chị tên là Kim Phải Chị tên là Kim Yes, my name is Kim Now I'm continue Chị có phải là người Hàn Quốc không? Chị có phải là người Hàn Quốc không? Hàn Quốc Korea Hàn Quốc Hàn Quốc Người A person Or people Người Người Hàn Quốc Therefore means Korean Người Hàn Quốc Let's listen to the whole sentence again Chị có phải là người Hàn Quốc không? Chị có phải là người Hàn Quốc không? In this sentence Instead of put phải không at the end like this Chị là người Hàn Quốc phải không? The speaker changed phải and put it after the pronoun and also have the word có before it So literally this sentence has the same meaning but it looks different Chị có phải là người Hàn Quốc không? It's the same as Chị là người Hàn Quốc phải không? Listen to the sentence one more time Chị có phải là người Hàn Quốc không? Chị là người Hàn Quốc phải không? Kim answer Không Chị là người Việt Nam So to say no to this question You can say Không phải And also Không only Không Chị là người Việt Nam No I am Vietnamese So this is how you want to tell people your nationality Put the word người before the country Việt Nam is Vietnam Người Việt Nam Vietnamese Hàn Quốc Korea Người Hàn Quốc Korean Now let's listen to this conversation one more time Now let's listen to the second conversation You will hear a conversation among three people, Nam, Kim and David. Nam met Kim and David for the first time. Now listen to the conversation. Who is it? This is David. He is a person. Hi, David. It's very nice to meet you. Hi, I'm very happy to meet you. Ok, now let me help you explain the whole conversation of these three people. First, Kim say hi to Nam. Chào anh. Nam say back. Em chào chị. Em chào chị. Do you notice that Kim call Nam, anh. That means he is considered a bit older than Kim. But then when Nam talks to Kim, Nam say em chào chị. Which means that Nam see Kim is a bit older than him. Why is that? In business or in formal situations, you address someone and see them a bit older than you is considered as politeness. So when you call him or her, anh or chị, even though that person is maybe as young as you or a bit younger than you, that means you want to be polite and respectful to them. Usually this happens in business or when you meet someone for the first time. Let's repeat that sentence. Nam said. Em chào chị. Em chào chị. Nam continued. Chị là người nước nào. Nước. Country. Now is a question word. Which. Nước nào. Which country. Người nước nào. Literally it means you are a person belongs to which country. In other words, that means your nationality. Chị là người nước nào. What is your nationality? Chị là người nước nào. So this is how you ask a person nationality. Nước nào. Người nước nào. To answer the question, simply replace the question word by the country. So Kim answer. Tôi là người Hàn Quốc. Tôi là người Hàn Quốc. Why she said tôi instead of mình? Tôi sounds formal. Native Vietnamese rarely say tôi in daily conversation. Maybe Kim is Korean and she doesn't know much about Vietnamese culture so that's acceptable. But my suggestion for you is you should stick to mình. When you talk to someone at your age. Tôi là người Hàn Quốc. I am Korean. Kim continues. Tôi tên là Kim Hy. My name is Kim Hy. My name is Kim Hy. She also continues. Còn anh. Anh tên gì? Còn anh. Anh tên gì? Còn anh. Anh tên gì? How about you? What's your name? Nam answer. Em tên là Nam. Em tên là Nam. Em tên là Nam. My name is Nam. Nam continues. Mà cho hỏi. Mà cho hỏi. Mà cho hỏi. Mà in this sentence means by the way. Mà cho hỏi. By the way may I ask a question. Nam continues. Đây là ai? Đây là ai? Đây means this. Ai is a question word for who. Đây là ai? Who is this? So we learn another new question word. Who? Ai? So far, all of the question words we learn are usually put at the end of the question. Tên gì? Nước nào? Đây là ai? Right? Đây là ai? Who is this? So Nam and Kim is talking to each other and he's wondering who is the third person standing right there. So that's why he asked the questions. Đây là ai? Đây là ai? Again, to answer the question, just simply replace the question word by the answer. So Kim answered. Đây là David. Đây là David. Kim continue. Anh ấy là người Anh. Anh ấy là người Anh. Người Anh. British. Người Anh. Nước Anh would be England. Nước Anh. You might notice that the spelling of Anh, the pronoun, and Anh in Người Anh are the same. Anh ấy là người Anh. He is British. When you want to mention the third person, you put Ây up to the pronoun. Anh ấy. Anh ấy. He. Anh ấy. Anh ấy. So similar to the second pronoun. Depending on the age, the gender of that person, you have different way to call that person. But the difference here is you put Ây after the second person pronoun. So an old guy when you talk to him, Âm. But when you talk about him, Âm ấy. Same thing. An old lady when you talk to her, Bà. When you talk about her, Bà ấy. In the south of Vietnam, especially in speaking, we don't use Ây to address he or she. Instead, we add the question mark tone on the pronoun to mean he or she. Let's look at these examples. So instead of saying Âm ấy. In speaking, we say Âm. Âm. Ông ấy là người Việt Nam. He's changed to. Ông là người Việt Nam. He's Vietnamese. Bà ấy. It's changed to. Bà. Bà ấy tên là Kim. Bà tên là Kim. She's Kim. Similar to the rest. Cô ấy becomes cổ. Anh ấy becomes ảnh. Chị ấy becomes chỉ. Just one exception here. Chú ấy won't change to chủ. And how can you say someone at this age but a guy? In this case, I think you just say chú and plus the name of that person. Why they don't have chú? I don't know. That's just the way it is. So if I want to mention a guy a generation older than me, but I cannot say chú ấy. I would say chú and plus the name of that person. That also work. Okay, let's come back to the conversation. After Kim introduced to Nam David, Nam said to David this sentence. Dạ, chào anh David. Dạ, chào anh David. Hi David. Nam continue. Rất vui được gặp anh. Nice to meet you. Rất vui được gặp anh. In Vietnamese culture and in daily conversation, when you meet someone for the first time, Vietnamese rarely say nice to meet you. But this is a good sentence to remember. Rất vui được gặp anh. You might use this in public speaking or in formal situations like in writing. David answer. Chào anh. Rất vui được gặp anh. Hi. Nice to meet you. Now let's listen to the second conversation one more time. Chào anh. Dạ, em chào chị. Chị là người nước nào? Tôi là người Hàn Quốc. Tôi tên là Kim Hy. Còn anh? Anh. Anh. Tên gì? Tôi tên là Nam. Mà cho hỏi đây là ai vậy? Ờ. Đây là David. Anh ấy là người Anh. Dạ, chào anh David. Rất vui được gặp anh. Chào anh. Rất vui được gặp anh. Rất vui được gặp anh. So, that's all about a conversation. Now let's practice. You will translate these sentences into Vietnamese. Usual language. So that's all about the conversation. Now let's practice. You would translate these sentences into Vietnamese. Useful language. Number one, you are talking to a guy who is a little bit older than you and you want to ask, what's your nationality? How would you say that in Vietnamese? You are talking about an old woman and you want to say she is a Vietnamese. How would you translate that sentence? Bà là người Việt Nam. Or you can say bà ấy là người Việt Nam. Three, you are talking about Miss Tú. She is a little bit older than you and you want to say, this is Miss Tú. How would you say that in Vietnamese? This is Miss Tú. Number four, you are talking about David. David. He is a little bit older than you and you want to say, that is David. How would you say that in Vietnamese? Đó là anh David. Number 5. You're talking to a woman who is a little bit older than you and you want to ask her. You are Korean, right? How would you say that in Vietnamese? Chị là người Hàn Quốc, phải không? Number 6. If you want to answer right, correct. How would you say that in Vietnamese? Number 7. If you want to say no, not correct. How would you say that in Vietnamese? Không phải. Next, let's go to vocabulary. Listen to this vocabulary, which is taken from the dialogue. vocabulary. People. Người. Country. Nước. Which. Nào. This. Đây. Who. Ai. Very. Rất. Happy. Vui. See. Gặp. Korean. Người Hàn Quốc. Người Hàn Quốc. British. Người Anh. Người Anh. Vietnamese. Người Việt Nam. Người Việt Nam. This is the end of the podcast. In this lesson, we have learned how to talk about nationality. How to ask questions using phải không. Ai. Nào. How to use a demonstrative adjective. Đấy. Đó. If you want to review, there's a crossword in the e-book. That helps you to review vocabularies. Also, if you have feedback to us, feel free to send us your suggestion and we would appreciate that. This is the end of podcast number three. I will see you in podcast number four. Ciao. Ciao. Ciao. for you for for for for
Hội thoại
Chào em! Dạ, chào chị! Cháu hỏi, chị tên là Kim phải không? Phải, chị tên là Kim. Chị có phải là người Hàn Quốc không? Không, chị là người Việt Nam. Dạ.
Thực hành
Number 1, you are talking to a guy who is a little bit older than you and you want to ask, what's your nationality? How would you say that in Vietnamese? Anh là người nước nào? Anh là người nước nào? Number 2, you are talking about an old woman and you want to say, she is a Vietnamese. How would you translate that sentence? Bả là người Việt Nam. Bả là người Việt Nam. Or you can say, Bà ấy là người Việt Nam. Bà ấy là người Việt Nam. Number 3, you are talking about Miss Tú. She is a little bit older than you and you want to say, Dizzy Miss Tú. How would you say that in Vietnamese? Đây là người Việt Nam. Đây là chị Tú. Đây là chị Tú. Number 4, you are talking about David. He is a little bit older than you and you want to say, that is David. How would you say that in Vietnamese? How would you say that in Vietnamese? Đó là anh. Đó là anh. Đó là anh, agreed? Number 5, you're talking to a woman who is a little bit older than you, and you want to ask her, you're Korean, right? How would you say that in Vietnamese? Chị là người Hàn Quốc phải không? Chị là người Hàn Quốc phải không? Number 6 If you want to answer right, correct How would you say that in Vietnamese? Đúng rồi Phải Number 7 If you want to say no, not correct How would you say that in Vietnamese? Không phải Không phải Không phải
Từ vựng
People. Người. Country. Nước. Which. Now. This. Day. Who. I. Very. Rất. Happy. Vui. See. Gặp. Korean. Người. Người. Người. British. Người. Người. Vietnamese. Người. Việt Nam.
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