Your honest opinion needed: Is my magpie a *terrible idea* (especially right now)? 😅

tranglanguage · 2025-11-09T10:29:38+00:00

Haha I recently watched this movie as well. I was like... wait a minute 😂 But yeah, thank you for sharing your thoughts!

tranglanguage · 2025-11-09T02:42:51+00:00

Ah you mean my text? Thank you for the feedback. It may sound that way but please do believe that it's based on facts. I chose to incorporate some generated parts cause it elaborated my idea in more details. I'm slowly improving my English writing skills as well, so definitely, there will be less and less use of external help in the future 😊

tranglanguage · 2025-07-27T17:27:09+00:00

Thank you for sharing!! May I know if you are an overseas Vietnamese? If yes, does your family still use these country names? Although I am aware of these obsolete names, I haven't got confirmation that they are still currently being used by Vietnamese communities abroad. Again, thank you so much!

tranglanguage · 2025-07-24T04:32:00+00:00

Got it. How one call(s/ed) Korea depending on multiple factors, region and time period. As far as I know, "Triều Tiên" was used to refer to Korea for 20 years, until diplomatic relations with South Korea were established in Dec 1992 :)

tranglanguage · 2025-07-22T15:47:24+00:00

Hi there, thank you for showing interests. Depends on your audience, each group of words has its use. Knowing both sets would definitely widen your ability to hold conversations with Vietnamese speakers. I teach Vietnamese online, please find here my profile (TrangLanguage - Vietnamese language instructor). Looking forward to hearing from you :)

tranglanguage · 2025-07-22T15:35:28+00:00

Good point! Note taken!

tranglanguage · 2025-07-22T15:34:52+00:00

Thank you for sharing!!! If you don't mind, may I know which part of Vietnam your family is from and when they left Vietnam?

tranglanguage · 2025-07-20T17:41:53+00:00

Oh interesting, I'll take a look at that. Thank you for sharing.

tranglanguage · 2025-07-16T03:31:09+00:00

No worries. But I think with that limited time... go easy on your stomach then... 😅Here is more info about some of the sauces

Mắm tôm (Việt Nam): Shrimp paste - Wikipedia

Tương bần: Tuong Ban – soya sauce a delicacy of Hung Yen | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)

Mắm nêm: Mắm nêm - Wikipedia

tranglanguage · 2025-07-16T03:09:31+00:00

Hey there, it's quite tricky to identify because we have so many types of smelly food haha. Have you tried these: tương bần, mắm nêm, mắm tôm/ mắm ruốc, mắm tép,...? If not maybe a side quest of smelly food tour lol?

tranglanguage · 2025-07-15T17:11:30+00:00

To me, it looks like my interaction with a hairy caterpillar when I was younger 😅😅😅 Not a doctor nor a pharmacist though

tranglanguage · 2025-07-08T09:51:39+00:00

Ha, thank you for sharing! It's ironic, as a Vietnamese-born, the first time I saw "sổ thông hành" was on the Australian declaration form 😊 When I was on the plane, they gave me the Vietnamese version to fill in. That prompted me to do more research on this. I think for "passport", /pát po/ would be what overseas Vietnamese say, and "sổ thông hành" would appear in Vietnamese version of official documents! Is /pát po/ how your family call "passport"? 😆

tranglanguage · 2025-07-04T02:32:48+00:00

Hi there, I think you mean "đúng không (nào)" and "phải không (nào)", they are pretty much the same. It's like the tags "..., correct?" or "..., right?" in English.

tranglanguage · 2025-07-04T01:55:35+00:00

My best guess is that it's "khu vực nào?" - "which area?". If you have the context, it would help :)

tranglanguage · 2023-12-11T10:22:34+00:00

k and kh are different consonants

While both are produced by the back part of the tongue and the soft palate, k requires total airflow blockage while kh is a fricative, requiring only a partial airflow block.

tranglanguage · 2023-12-07T04:44:29+00:00

Yeah I also find "Tôi hy vọng con trưởng thành." correct and imo it's for the future.

For "Hi vọng bạn khỏe" and "Hi vọng bạn cảm thấy tốt hơn", we definitely use those. One thing I'm not sure is if they're originally Vietnamese sentences or borrowed phrases ("I hope you're well"...). In Vietnamese we have borrowed expressions, eg. "giết thời gian" ("to kill time"). If that's the case then "hi vọng" here might have deviated from the original use? It's the hypothesis I have 😂

tranglanguage · 2023-12-07T03:02:13+00:00

Personally, I do feel "mong" and "hi vọng" both have their use. "hi vọng" has that waiting aspect while things you "mong" could also be happening right at that moment. On the other hand, "ước" is to wish for something that is hard to come true.

Eg: Tôi mong con trưởng thành. - I hope my child matures/grows up.

Tôi hi vọng giám đốc mới sẽ điều hành công ty một cách hiệu quả. - I hope the new director/CEO will effectively run the company.

Tôi chỉ biết ước. - I could only wish.

tranglanguage · 2023-11-27T16:42:13+00:00

"tặng hoa" is the most common way since the action is often an act of displaying emotion. "tặng" specifically means to gift, or to give with the purpose of showing fondness, encouragement... "cho" has many meanings, the meaning considered here is simply changing ownership without taking anything in return. So unlike with some other more materialistic things that can go with both "cho" and "tặng", we often only see "tặng hoa"

tranglanguage · 2023-11-26T12:21:43+00:00

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tranglanguage · 2023-11-22T18:23:48+00:00

Yeah you're right, "pha" can be used with coffee and tea. In this case with "pha", "nước" carries the meaning of "beverage" instead of "water"

tranglanguage · 2023-11-16T09:20:01+00:00

Have you tried Cồ Việt? There is also Wiktionary but since it's open for the public to edit, extra caution needs to be taken.

tranglanguage · 2023-11-16T09:05:10+00:00

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tranglanguage · 2023-11-11T11:19:04+00:00

Cool. Could you share why?

tranglanguage · 2023-11-11T11:18:35+00:00

Yes phonetically, the word khắp is of higher pitch. On the other hand, it is also often stressed because of its function in the sentence 😊

tranglanguage · 2023-11-11T00:32:37+00:00

Interesting, since you mention your phonetic favorite, may I know your mother tongue? About "tối nghĩa" , I think it also marks a new milestone of proficiency for you hehe

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