❤️ Basic Vietnamese Phrases You Must Know When Dating A Vietnamese Woman... Part 1

❤️ Basic Vietnamese Phrases You Must Know When Dating A Vietnamese Woman... Part 1

In this video of a multi-part video series, I want to share a few common phrases you should know when dating a mature Vietnamese woman.

My purpose in these videos is not to make you fluent in Vietnamese. It’s to help familiarize with common phrases so that your lady will see you’re making an honest effort to learn her language and customs, which will endear you to her.

In these video series want to introduce a special guest speaker whom I think is a better fit than me to share with you these common phrases. His name is Alex Nghiem and he is my Vietnamese boyfriend. Please welcome my special guest...

Hi, my name is Alex, and I want to share basic Vietnamese phrases you may want to learn when first meeting a mature Vietnamese woman.

Before I share these phrases with you, I need to clarify some key ideas you need to be aware so that what I am about to share with you even makes sense.

Like many Asian languages, the Vietnamsee language is very formal when it comes to addressing another person especially when you’re speaking to your lady or somebody who’s older, even if that person is unrelated to your or your lady. Doing this wrong can be considered rude and insulting to the other party, and we want to avoid that right?

So let’s start with a simple hello. In Vietnamese, we don’t just say “Hello” or “Hi”. It’s “Hello, Uncle.” or “Hello, Auntie.” or “Hello, Dear.” I’m assuming you’re going to be greeting her dad and her mom, which is why I didn’t use “Hello Dad” and “Hello Mom.” You cannot leave off the word after Hello because the sentence is literally incomplete.

In the early days of dating, it’s best you address her as by her name vs. Dear since that’s a little too intimate. For this example, let’s say her name is Linh. To greet her, you would say, “Hello Linh”. Let me say that again, “Chao Linh”.

The first word is pronounced more like “Jow” with a J sound vs. “Chow” like in English. Let me say it again: “Chao”. Notice how it has a “J” sound?

The other thing to know is that a word in Vietnamse can be pronounced at 5 different pitches, which then changes the word’s meaning. If you listen closely, the first word, “Chao” is spoken at a slightly lower pitch than the 2nd word. If you say the first word without lowering the pitch, you would be saying “Chao”, and that word doesn’t exist.

As the two of you become closer, you can use “Em” which means “Dear.” This word sounds like “Eh” that many Canadian use except it’s with an “M” sound. So the phrase would be, “Chao Em”.

I know it’s confusing but trust me - it’s very hard for a Vietnamese speaker to understand the idea of past tense, present tense and future tense when we learn English. :)

So let’s try again: you would say, “Chao Linh”, which means “Hello Linh” when you’re first dating her. As you become closer, you can then use “Chao Em” which means “Hello Dear.”

Now, let me share how to address her parents. As I said, you cannot leave off the word after “Hello” when you’re addressing an older person, and this is especially true when you’re addressing her parents.

Even though it’s likely she won’t introduce you to her parents for a while, I’m sharing in case she lives with them, and you accidentally meet them while picking her up.

To make this simple, I’ll share the gender neutral version of the greeting when greeting an older person. To greet her Mom or Dad, you would say, “Chao Bac.” Again, that’s “Chao Bac.” Loosely translated, it means “Hello Elder.”

One thing I must emphasize: if you’re dating a younger woman and you’re about the same age as her parents, in their eyes, you’re their daughter’s age so you still have to address them as an older generation.

Remember when I said earlier that Vietnamese can be spoken in different pitches. The 2nd word, “Bac” is spoken at the highest pitch to be properly pronounced. Let me say it again: “Bac”. If you want a visual, think of the high pitch sound that a bird makes like “Awwwk”.

So again, to greet either of her parents, say “Chao Bac.”

I know this is a lot of materials to cover to learn 2 simple phrases, but I had to explain different customs in addition to the phrases. It will get easier I promise. :)

Even if you don’t get the pronunciation exactly right and even if she speaks fluent English, she will very much appreciate your attempt at learning her language. That communicates to her that you’re in this for the long term vs. a fling.

In future videos, I’ll share some more phrases that you may want to learn.

I hope you have found this video valuable, and I’d love to hear your feedback so please share your comments below.

You could have been anywhere, but you chose to be here so I appreciate that.

My name is Vanessa, and I look forward to sharing more videos with you.

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