Archive for April, 2011

I have to do a project on a French-speaking country and i was given Vietnam. I couldn't find anything online about Vietnam that i could relate to French Class. ( no history please )

Need help in Vietnamese language?

How can I politely say these English sentences in Vietnamese?

You’re the only one I love.
You’re a good talker.
I will always be here for you.
I love you from the bottom of my heart.
It’s nice to see you again.
I want to know more about you.
Remember me?

What do vietnamese girls like?

Hi, what kind of man do vietnamese girls usually fall for, and I don't mean vietnamese girls in europe or the U.S, I'm talking about vietnamese girls in vietnam. It seems like all they want is a guy that can tease them?

John Slattery was drafted when he was only 20 years old. He is currently 64 years old, living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has been teaching the English language to children and adults for most of his life in many different countries and all through out the United States. John was stationed in Chu Lai, Vietnam when in combat.

When the U.S. went to war with Vietnam, they wanted to stop the spread of communism. The domino theory was taking over parts of Europe and Asia. John commented, “It was feared that if North Vietnam were to win, then the communist government that came to power there would use overt and covert means to make other, neighboring countries in Southeast Asia communist-led, as well.” In 1963, John was drafted and entered the Vietnam War. In the beginning, he thought people in Washington state were confident with what they were doing, but after a brief time in Vietnam, he understood that the Vietnamese were strongly opposed to the intrusion. “I started thinking that, after all, they had the right to decide their own form of government and that we really had no business being there.” America did not belong in Vietnam. Many soldiers, like John, were impacted by the war in both good and bad ways for many years. The war did not just affect our soldiers in a physical way, but mentally. What those brave people saw at war “scared” them for life. John quoted, “I drank heavily for a long time afterward and bummed around with no direction and no ambition for about five years, and I had what I guess would be called a "nervous breakdown." The healing process took quite awhile, but eventually some good came out of it. Thanks to what I'd done there and what happened to me afterwards, I gradually realized that we're all a part of one another, that when we hurt someone else, we hurt ourselves as well, and when we help another, we are helped, too.” The Vietnam War changed John’s life in a positive way too. “It changed the way I look at the world and at my fellow humans, and I think it made me a better person.”

The most abrupt effect of the Vietnam War on the U.S. was the death toll of Americans. The war took about 58,000 American lives and left tens of thousands wounded. The war also killed hundreds of thousands of the innocent Vietnamese. John stated, “I think it may have been the end of innocence for many of us.” Prior to the war, the majority of people trusted the U.S. government and fully supported the information they were given. After the tragic war, several people were uneasy and questioned the actions and views of those in power. John is not so sure whether the Vietnam War had a great impact on the world. “Who can say how the world might be different today if what happened to them had never taken place? Chaos theory helps explain why answering this is impossible. Everything’s connected-the beating of a butterfly’s wings in the Brazilian rain forest can cause a hurricane in Florida. There are simply way too many variables involved to let anyone say how the world was affected.” John believes the U.S. should be neither praised nor condemned. He feels that we should not have gone to war. Policymakers truly believed they were right, when they were really not doing the right thing. Too many people died and there was not much accomplished for the greater good. America was “defeated” because of the unusual strategy the Vietnamese used which was called Guerrilla warfare. Guerilla warfare is an alternative method of war which small groups of soldiers try to use surprise tactics (ambushes, raids) to conquer an enemy.

After interviewing John Slattery, it seems that America did not belong in Vietnam. There were no winners, only losers. Many soldiers and civilians lost their lives or were wounded in combat. Some soldiers were emotionally depressed from what they saw in combat. America got into the war to prevent the spread of communism but was not ready or equipped to take on their upcoming challenges. America was not prepared for battle. As communism spread like a disease, people started to panic about who to trust. The official government strategy was questioned, and doubted, while some worried about communist thoughts and sympathies. In the end, communism spread to South Vietnam, uniting the North and South as one sovereign country.

It's kind of a weird question but what is the best way to learn to hear the trung dialect? My significant other is this dialect but i cannot understand it, it's really embarrassing! What can i do, do you think there's classes or videos i can rent to get use to listening to that dialect?

Please tell me every word she said if you fluently speak Vietnamese and tell me what foods they are in English. Thanks.

Suppose if we travel to Vietnam and get lost somewhere out there, do most of Vietnamese can speak English fluently?

Vietnamese Translation please?

mu*a to wa', nga^.p ca? nha`

where is Tay Nguyen... is t in the western high lands?

Vietnamese Accent Trouble ?

Okay, I'm not Vietnamese, but my best friend is and she's been teaching me Vietnamese. I really enjoy it, but she says that I don't have the right accent. I try speaking Vietnamese to her family and they can kind of understand me, but I want to get better. When she pronounces it the right way, it sounds the same as my way.. But I don't get it ? Mine and her sound very much alike ! Is there anyway I can improve my accent on Vietnamese ? Or is it just something you're naturally born with ? (Btw, my friend was born in Vietname) No rude or stupid answers please. (:
I do ask my friend what's wrong, but she just says "Ugh ! You're just not saying ikt right ! I don't know how but you're just not saying it right." So I'm like, "Uhmm.. Okay ?" So yeah, she's not being the biggest help in the world. I ask her "Yeah, but WHAT am I saying wrong ?" And she says "I don't know ? You're just saying it wrong." And I didn't mean to put the 'e' at the end of Viet Nam. I was in a hurry. Sorry.

This just be my opinion, but I'm a Cantonese speaker and people say that Vietnamese sounds like Cantonese (vice versa) all the time because of the "Ng" sound in a lot of words.

I can understand and speak Mandarin to a certain extent but I've been listening to people speak Korean lately (in dramas) and it sounds kind of like Mandarin.

Is it just me or do you think so too?

My teacher require to me write a text long about 250 ->300 word by english, to talk about my parents's word and affair their do everyday . can you help me ? my father is a farmer and he keep chickens to provide you with eggs . my mother is a housewifery .

Help with vietnamese?

Hey, would anyone who speaks vietnamese be willing to answer a few questions via email?

John was drafted when he was only 20 years old. De is currently now 64 years old living in Santa Fe , New Mexico . He has been teaching the English language to children and adults for most of his life in many different countries and states in the U.S. John was stationed in Chu Lai, Vietnam when in combat. When the U.S. got into the war with Vietnam , they wanted to stop the spread of communism. John commented that there were other reasons too.

“It was feared that if North Vietnam were to win, then the communist government that came to power there would use overt and covert means to make other, neighboring countries in Southeast Asia ( Cambodia , Laos ) communist-led, as well.” In 1963, John was drafted and entered the Vietnam War. In the beginning, he thought the populace in Washington state was confident with what they were doing, but after a brief time in Vietnam , he understood that the Vietnamese were strongly opposed to the intrusion.
“I started thinking that, after all, they had the right to decide their own form of government and that we really had no business being there.” Many soldiers, like John, were affected by the war in both good and bad ways for many years. What these brave people saw at war “scared” them for life. John quoted, “I drank heavily for a long time afterward and bummed around with no direction and no ambition for about five years, and I had what I guess would be called a "nervous breakdown." The healing process took quite awhile, but eventually some good came out of it. Thanks to what I'd done there and what happened to me afterwards, I gradually realized that we're all a part of one another, that when we hurt someone else, we hurt ourselves as well, and when we help another, we are helped, too.” The Vietnam War changed John’s life in a positive way too. “It changed the way I look at the world and at my fellow humans, and I think it made me a better person.”

The most abrupt effect of the Vietnam War on the U.S. was the death toll of Americans. The war took about 58,000 lives and left tens of thousands wounded. The war also killed hundreds of thousands of the innocent Vietnamese. John stated, “I think it may have been the end of innocence for many of us.” Prior to the war, the majority of people trusted the U.S. government and fully supported the information they were given. After the tragic war, several people were uneasy and questioned the actions and views of those in power. John is not so sure whether the Vietnam War had a great impact on the world. “Who can say how the world might be different today if what happened to them had never taken place? Chaos theory helps explain why answering this is impossible. Everything’s connected-the beating of a butterfly’s wings in the Brazilian rain forest can cause a hurricane in Florida. There are simply way too many variables involved to let anyone say how the world was affected.” John believes the U.S. should not be praised nor condemned. He feels that we should not have gone to war. Policymakers really thought they were right, when they were really not doing the right thing. Too many people died and there was not much accomplished for the greater good.

After interviewing John Slattery, it seems that American did not belong in Vietnam . There were no winners, just losers. Many soldiers and civilians lost their lives and were left wounded in combat. Some soldiers were emotionally depressed form what they saw. America got into the war to prevent the spread of communism but was not ready to take on their upcoming challenges. The Vietnamese used an alternative strategy called the guerrilla warfare. American was not prepared for this type of battle. As communism spread like a disease, people started to panic about who to trust. The government became questioned and doubted whether there were communists within. In the end, communism spread to South Vietnam , uniting the North and South as one.

So I'm Vietnamese,my ancestors came from China, and it's really a shame that I can't speak Chinese. That's why I decided to take Mandarin Chinese in school next year. But I just wondering,will it be easy for me to learn Chinese more than people who are foreigners?

Help me learning to speak English?

how different betweent 2 words "to talk to.." and "to talk with.."
If I have something to tell my friend can i say: "I have something to talk with you"?
I come from VietNam.and i am learning to speak your language.Thanks alot!

Vietnamese translation please! viet speakers!?

"Everyday is a the best day when i'm with you"

please and thanks =)

Any good ideas for a Vietnamese Folktale?

For my english assignment, my group is suppose to write a folktale. My group chose to do one of the Vietnamese culture. Vietnamese folktales normally involve nature or animals in some way. But does not necessarily have to be. Does anyone have any good suggestions for one?

My teacher require to me write a text long about 80 word by english, to talk about my parents's word and affair their do everyday . can you help me ?

Help translate Vietnamese question?

Hello, can anyone who speaks Vietnamese translate this question to English: "hai hai cộng năm bằng bao nhiêu (trả lời bằng số)"

And can you also please give the answer (in english is ok)

Thanks in advance

I've asked a guy to hang and have breakfast together. He took me to a place where he had many friends. But it was really boring cause his friends could not speak English and i could not speak Vietnamese... Do you think it is a good idea to ask him to go play bowling or something like that or not? Is it bad if i always have to ask to hang out? Because he won't ask me... he's really shy actually. What do you think?

And explain the relationship between these languages ,such as korean,Japanese,Mandarin,Cantonese,Shanghai dialect,Vietnamese language ,tibet langue.
As for pronunciation, Since I know a little Japanese, I find Japanese is very similar to Shanghai dialect, and Cantonese is similar to vietnam language. Tibet language is very simlar to north Chinese.while korean is very different, i haven't find a similarity, in fact it quiet different from all other lanages, there are all monosyllabic.
all these are my senses, are there a professional to answer the question?

70 %-To avoid a humiliating U.S. defeat...; 20 %-To keep [South Vietnam] (and the adjacent) territory from Chinese hands; 10 %-To permit the people of [South Vietnam] to enjoy a better, freer way of life; ALSO-To emerge from the crisis without unacceptable taint from methods used; NOT-To 'help a friend

what unacceptable methods are they speaking about?

Im curious as to why these foreigners that speak not a word of english turn up everyday in nice cars. They seem fairly young and always turn up in ridiculously expensive cars. They never stay for long and try to avoid making conversation.

They look like fishermen but wear 40K watches like its nothing.

how can i be like them?

My father is Vietnamese he would like to learn english, i think Rosetta Stone is a program that teaches a certain person about a language correct? Can this program be in Vietnamese and teach my father English? Thanks in advance.

How do I write my name in Korean?

My name is quite hard. It's Thao Phuong Doan. That's my full name, but I want to learn how to write my Full name and just my name so Thao Phuong Doan and Thao Doan. My name is Vietnamese so I doubt you can write it in Korean. .-. Thanks anyway.
Its pronounced. Tao Dwon.

4 year old can't speak english?

My baby brother can't speak english.
He understands well but he can't speak full sentences besides the only one I heard from him "You hurt me". He can understand english well and knows certain commands like close the door. Is there any way i can speed up the process of his english learning? Our family is Vietnamese speaking so I think he's confused between languages. Answers will be appreciated. Thanks!
My baby brother can't speak english.
He understands well but he can't speak full sentences besides the only one I heard from him "You hurt me". He can understand english well and knows certain commands like close the door. Is there any way i can speed up the process of his english learning? Our family is Vietnamese speaking so I think he's confused between languages. Answers will be appreciated. Thanks!

Plus, he already tried playing with kids at a daycare. They say hi to him and he says hi back but that's all it is. Then he just plays by himself.

halp. need answer tonite

I want to learn Vietnamese, but I'm not sure about the best way to do it. Should I hire a tutor? Get a DVD/CD? What's a good way to go about learning Vietnamese?

Question about Vietnam/Iraq?

Pleae watch this youtube clip (It is only 3min. of your life) of MLK speaking against Vietnam.

Questions for you:
1. Do you think that MLK would have supported the War in Iraq?

2. If MLK were to make these same types of speeches today do you think that he would have been considered anti-American.

3. How do you think the press would spin his statements of "God Breaking the Backbone of American Power and give it to a lesser nation, b/c we have become to arrogant"?
Mr. Krinkle

You really need to elevate your level of conversation. You think I hate America b/c I raise questions about this war that are killing our best and brightest and draining or economy??? Are also suggesting that patriotism means to be "slow, gullible or easily persuaded."
Obama the Racist

NO NO NO, MLK made America live up to the true meaning of democracy from words/documents to actions and legislation. If MLK were a COMMUNIST during his era he would have supported STATE SANCTIONED SEGREGATION!

Vietnamese invitation wording?

I am having an intercultural wedding, and a good majority of the guest list is English speaking. However, there is a good chunk from his side that speaks/reads only Vietnamese, and we want to print invitations in Vietnamese for them. Any suggestions on how to get the right wording? Websites/referrals help! Thanks.

what is the method to improve pronunciation? for your infomation i am vietnamese but i learned English with American acent