my daddy wants an education. He came here from vietnam a long time ago. Even then, he wanted to enroll, but afraid he won't catch up with all those people speaking english and all that. Even so, he's been busy with me and my sister. Now I want to help him back. Can you help me?

Hi there (: I'm trying to translate a script that my friend wrote into Vietnamese because I wanted to share it with some of the friends I made when I went to Vietnam for vacation. I'm almost done, but I'm stuck on the sentence, "Some friends you guys are.. it's disappointing, how fickle you can be." LOL. How do you say that in Vietnamese?

Thank you in advance ;D
Thank you so much!!

there is this pho place i always go to has probably the best pho in town, but no one really speaks english there so i can never really get little extra things that i want sometimes. mainly the important one i want to know how to ask for is just extra noodles.
if you could spell it for me and then phonetically spell it, i would appreciate it very much.

I am going to visit many Asian countries. Below are the countries I wanted to visit. I wanted to know are any of these countries unsafe and have lots of crime?

Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Japan
Thailand
Laos
Philippines
Cambodia
Singapore
Vietnam
Papua New Guinea
Bangladesh

Also, before I go, I wanted to be able to speak some of the languages. Which language do these countries speak or do they all speak different languages? Is there 1 language which many of these countries speak?

I have a friend in Saigon that I have never met in person. She is in college. We chat online a lot and recently she gave me her address. I was asking her awhile ago about sending her a gift. At first she made it seem as if it may be inappropriate according to some of their beliefs. But when I explained how we do things in America, she felt so bothered by hurting me that she said she would never refuse again if I offered. So we exchanged addresses.

Vietnamese girls in their home country seem to talk a lot about real chocolate. Supposedly it is expensive there. I was thinking of sending her some. I like her very very much.

Does anyone have any good ideas of what would be good to send and maybe something clever to make an impression?

Africans or African Americans. Some of the Asians are 4th and 5th Generations and they do not speak Chinese, Japanese Korean, Vietnamese, Thai or any of the other languages from Asia. But you refuse to give people of African descent the same level of respect. Why is that? Are you Racist or what?
FYI, Many Chinese Families have been here since the 1870s when the Railroads were being built.

ni hao, before you rant how different Vietnamese and Chinese are different; they are tonal languages and Vietnamese borrows heavily from Chinese. Vietnamese and Chinese share similar culture.

I am learning Chinese but on and off-time I am learning Vietnamese for pleasure.
Norwegian and Swedish are European languages not Asian--you moron!

I am a mixed raced woman (Choctaw, IRish and Swede) and I look 100% White.... I have been the victim of "reverse racism" multiple times. I get called cracker, honkey, gringa, etc. I go to mexican car lot and they won't speak to me in English and talk s**@ about me in Spanish (I speak fluently), won't acknowledge me in ethnic stores... however if I were to do that I would be flagged as a racist? Catch 22. Also I get my nails done, and I do speak vietnamese fluently, and they gossip about me too... interesting...
I bring this up because as these people are screaming racism-- they are doing it themselves....

which the former Soviet Union fostered and believed in....and indeed.....if the USA in Vietnam actually hastened the end of a communist Soviet Union...whose nuclear missiles were always aimed at Washington DC...and the American heartland....then does this not speak highly of the legacy of our troops in Vietnam who sacrificed life and limb?

chao anh, alex!
Anh co khoe khong?
Anh dung co gang lam nhieu qua phai chu y toi suc khoe nua do.
Em da doc email cua anh, em nghi rang do chung ta bat dong ngon ngu nen da co chut hieu lam,em rat muon den Nauy voi anh alex a!, khi em den do anh se khong con co don nua vi anh con co em, em se mai mai o ben canh anh, chung ta se rat hanh phuc.
Nhung gi anh noi em hieu nhung em noi khong duoc.anh khong hieu nen da hieu lam.khi anh den Vietnam em se nghi hoc neu em khong phai thi hay lam bai kiem tra, em se di voi anh den nhung cho anh muon den ,viec hoc quan trong nhung anh con quan trong hon nua , anh la tat ca cua em.
Em muon biet thoi gian chinh xac la khi nao anh den Vietnam va den trong bao lau de em chuan bi.
Cuoi cung, anh phai nho rang anh khong co don boi vi anh con co em, em luc nao cung o ben canh anh.
Cho em goi loi chuc suc khoe toi ba me anh,cac em cua anh va nhung nguoi than cua anh
Em yeu anh.

i have no idea what all this means... got it from my girlfriend.. she is vietnamese.. but we speak english together... thanks

I'm interested(pretty much in love) with this Vietnamese girl. She seems to come from a strong vietnamese background even though she has been in america for quite some time. We have went on a date, and it was with her and her siblings. According to things I have read on the internet, that is a natural process in dating a vietnamese girl(being family oriented). We don't talk on the phone at all unless it is to make plans or break plans. I am shy around her but not a shy person in general and I believe she is shy with me. I feel that she is interested due to the fact that she accepted the date. I don't know how she feels after our date due to the fact that we were supposed to hang out the next day to play pool with her and her siblings and when I called to see what was going on that night, she cancelled because of a family party she had to go to. She said she would call me though. I would totally go through the traditional courting if it meant being with this girl. Looking for advice.
I'm 29 and she is 21.

She works @ her uncles nail salon 7 days a week. She can't hang out during the week and only is available to come hang out on the weekend.

I met her brother, sister, and family friend father. I was on my best behavior being polite. I made some basic physical contact with her by placing my arm against hers and making sure to stand beside her at all times. We haven't kissed or hugged or anything yet.

She told me that she would call me, but I would like to talk to her on the phone and find out more about her traditions and culture and what I should expect as far as me being allowed to date her.

I'm not trying to just get laid, I am hoping for a serious and happy relationship.
On our date, I payed for her and her siblings without thinking twice or looking at her as if i expected something from her. I also made sure to get along with her siblings and being cool with them like giving them high fives when they did well when bowling.

since we were only at the bowling alley and there wasn't alot there, i tried to be sweet by getting her a ring from the .25 machine and also a stuffed animal keychain which she said was really cute and she seemed to like it. She also like the ring and put it on immediately and said she wanted a real one in which i chuckled.

there's this asian girl in my school, I really thought she was Japanese because she has Japanese features but I found out she's vietnamese after speaking fluent Vietnamese to her dad !

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obvisiously, most white people can't tell the difference between Asians.

that is why I only wanted to ask Asian people specifically Vietnamese.

Obviously there are white people living in these countries. But are there any white people who are actual citizens of these countries? Any whites who speak an Asian language as their first language and are culturally identical to the Asians in that country.

Correct me if I am wrong because I am partially viet,But isnt it Cao be?

I know its silly but you kind of forget things when you dont speak it over the years,I used google translate but I know that google translate sucks.

I haven't spoken to my girlfriend in a week and I miss the living life outta her :I She's in Vietnam and has no access to internet/phone!

What's the longest for you? Does it make you miss them more (In a hurtful or good way)?

They can be legendary or folktale based. Beside Hai Ba Trung. I'm writing a paper about how vietnamese women were view and how important to society they were. Thanks. Anything helps

I know Spanish is "mi novia guapa" and French is "ma amie belle"... What are some others?

Tagalog, Swedish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Vietnamese, Chinese, whatever you speak, lemme know!

I'm looking specifically for if a woman is addressing her younger sister. It would be very helpful to have a phonetic rendering for pronunciation, too.

Thanks!

When I mean Vietnamese I don't mean american born or raise vietnamese or mix Vietnamese because I knew some are very nice and also I'm friends with some of them. The ones I'm talking about are the more like the ones from vietnam. I never went to Vietnam so I don't know but so far all the ones I met are so rude. Also the Vietnamese men I encounter in the past are such pervert and talk shit about their gf to other girls. I felt sorry for this one girl who got pregnant with a Vietnamese man and got treat like trash by her bf and his friends. Also I have a Vietnamese landlord and when I first move in he told me and my bf we can find a roommate to pay for the other room we weren't using but about one week after moving in he rented the room out to a middle age Vietnamese couple with out our consent. We were nice to the new roommates at first and also didn't even mind that they took our stuff out of some cabinets and replace it with theirs since we guess they need some space. But once moved in they have been constantly order us around and been stealing our stuff. Also when I was cooking the vietnamese wife turn off my fire and move my pot right in front of me and start cooking. What a rude bitch. I never met anyone so rude in my whole life. Even after we made it clear we don't want to talk to them they still trying to tell us what to do. What is wrong with these people. The husband also told my bf to clean the kitchen after they used it and my bf told them to fuck off and they said they will call the police. Man I actually lol because it was just so stupid. I know English is not their first language but come on they should know that was stupid to say. So far my experiences with vietnamese fobs haven't been good but still I hope not all of them are like the ones I met.

...apart from SOAS.

And if an east Asian knows no white peroson language except the names of places and people, what do they think the languages sound like? Please no answers from Mainland China, North Korea, laos, or Vietnam because those countries are totalitarianist.

Ok so my dad knows a vietnamese man who can speak chinese very well. But he is not a Wah Kiu (Chinese person with Vietnamese nationality). Anyways he told us that 31 years ago, he came to America by boat from Thailand. Do vietnamese people still come by boat today, and why does he had to go to Thailand to take a boat to America?

I will be at Saigon to visit my relative in this summer and would like to volunteer in my free time. I want to find places that offer suitable time for volunteers to come in their own time...

Also I will travel to Nhatrang and wonder if there is any places to volunteer ( in one week) or visit poor child also...

And places that have people speaks English..

Thank you very much.

I'm 13 and I wanna learn Japanese as a third language. I can already speak English and Vietnamese and learning French in school. I bought a book and some audiobooks to help me. How difficult would it be for me to learn. How long would it take?(give me a rough estimate)

I already know how to greet people, count from 1-20 and understand how Japanese is read and written

A friend of mine is getting married at the end of the month to a wonderful Vietnamese woman. I would like to send a greeting card with wedding blessings in it in both English and Vietnamese. Does anyone know a few Vietnamese wedding blessings, or blessings for life in general? Something to bring favor, longevity, health,abundance, all-around-well-being and perpetual love to their union...or something like that : ) Thank you so much!

During the late 60s and early 70s, talk of withdrawal and anti-war protests gave a huge morale boost to the North Vietnamese.

Former North Vietnamese military commanders are on record as saying so!

Will an Obama victory mean the same thing in the Middle East? Will an Obama win -- and his anti-war talk and his cut-and-run plans -- give the terrorists a morale boost just at a time when we are in the process of beating them?
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I'm Vietnamese, I want to speak English fluently, but I won't go to the language school. The language school have expensive school fees and I'm very shy. So, can you give me a word of advice? Thank you very much ^^

I think Unknown Warrior would be really cool now heres the question if i did get this would it be chiến sĩ on one arm and vô danh on the other cuz i want to get it done on my forearm so would this be right?

John was drafted when he was just 20 years old. He 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 convert means to make other neighboring countries in Southeast Asia communist led, as well as the domino theory.” 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.” John was affected by the war in both good and bad ways for many years. “I drank heavily for a long time afterward and I was bummed around with no direction and no ambition for about five years. I guess that could be called a “nervous breakdown. The healing process took quite awhile, but eventually some good came out of it. Thanks to what Id done there and what happened to me afterwards, I gradually realized that we’re all a part of one another. 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 several 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.

I was born vietnamese and i speak it very well. But as i got older i only used it at home and around vietnamese relatives. I don't know the complicated words. Now, I am more fluent in English than in vietnamese. But i have a vietnamese tongue.

Should I learn:
French
or
Japanese?
I am in 8th grade and will take it until 11th grade.
Please explain why. Do you have any experience?
My sister's friend is japanese. None of my friends speak french. My parents know a little french.

I had come to US for about 6 months. But till now I cant improve my speaking in English. I use to silent during the time at school. No speaking, no talking. I also was like that in my old country. I don't know what to talk about with my classmates, my friends at school. And that's the reason I dont have much foreign friends to improve in Speaking English. What can I do to make friends and improve my English? Actually I just have friends who are from Vietnam, my old country too. but they dont like to speak English and I wanted to separate the Vietnamese group. but before that I need to have foreign friends. They are so hard to close, they were refuse to keep talking with me when I didnt understand. hic plz help me?