Nói "nha" cho dễ thương nghen!

Vietnamese Podcast A1 · Episode 4

Nói "nha" cho dễ thương nghen!

Nha, nghen, hen — the instant-friendliness particles

A1 Giọng miền Nam 25 min Hosted by Vy

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You’ll learn

  • Soften any request or goodbye with nha, nghen, and hen
  • Master the daily gửi xe / lấy xe ritual with the parking chú
  • Apologize the warm way — xin lỗi nha — and forgive with hổng sao
  • Send friends off like a local: Về nghen! Chạy xe cẩn thận nha!

The story

An old chung cư in Quận 10. At the gate, under a faded umbrella, sits Chú Chín the bike-keeper — the person Ben talks to more than anyone in Việt Nam, thirty seconds at a time, twice a day. Today Ben has a new toy: the word nha. Listen to him absolutely refuse to stop using it.

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