In Vietnamese language, can you ever use the pronoun "Minh" referring to the person you are talking to?
Monday, June 28th, 2010 at
7:20 pm
I saw a conversation where the person speaking was referring to the other person as "minh" as in "you". I've seen people use "minh" to refer to themselves, but never to refer to another person.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_pronouns
Basically, "mình" is an intimate term meaning "we" or "us". It includes the person you’re talking to. A slightly more formal way of saying it would be "chúng mình", but the term still remains quite intimate.
I think minh can also refer to "we or us" like a group so when person a and person b use it in a conversation, it could be that A and B are talking about their families. Or Person A and B could both be in a family and talk and still use minh.
The first two answers are right as mình means we or us but they miss one definition. Mình can also be used when a spouse intimately (or familiarly) calls another. This term is used solely by the Northerners. There is a song named "Mình ơi" sung by Ý Lan or Minh Vy.