Tieng Viet lovers club

[Buikia]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Bernie, let us know what u sms to the gal before she reply the below????

My interpretation could be "You are very good leh"

"Anh hay lam nha"
According to my living viet dict, you are right!

[jackbl]

Yes, thats their culture....

my gf use tao/may to talk to her younger sis, but called her elder sis CHI and herself as EM....

Originally Posted by KangTuo

Tao/May means she is trying to distant herself from you yet they use it with very good friend.

I see one gal chat with her very close friend and she use Tao/May.
I asked her, she say she use Tao/May to those very close friend

I encountered a gal (fromHM) using 'Minh/Toi/Ban' who try to distant away from me after some argument

[Honey Boon]

agreed as I withnessed before. But when tao/may used by your em in her sms or conversation, most likely she is angry because money not enuf

Originally Posted by jackbl

Yes, thats their culture....

my gf use tao/may to talk to her younger sis, but called her elder sis CHI and herself as EM....

[jackbl]

The thread is again very quiet... let me inject some life into it

I get to know 1 sentence saying something like 白头谐老.... but I cant confirmed. Anyone can help to translate it into vietnamese words with sign and its meaning????

HAI DUA YEU NHAU CHUNG HAI MAI DAU.

[jackbl]

Vietnam ranks fifth in happiness index
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Compiled by Minh Phat
A global survey of “happiness” has placed Vietnam fifth out of 143 nations.

The “The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why Good Lives Don’t Have to Cost the Earth,” released Saturday by the New Economics Foundation, also placed Vietnam at the top of the list of Asian nations.

The New Economics Foundation said the survey results don’t show how “happy” a country’s people are. Instead the survey “shows the relative efficiency with which nations convert the planet’s natural resources into long and happy lives for their citizens.”

The foundation weighed the life expectancy and people's perceived happiness against their environmental impact in the 143 countries that are home to 99 percent of the world’s population.

In the latest “sustainable well-being” survey, the Central American nation of Costa Rica topped the index, followed by the Caribbean island nations of the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.

Guatemala in Central America was fourth on the list.

The New Economics Foundation said people living in the number five country on the index, Vietnam, had a life expectancy of 73.7 years. The survey also found 65 percent of Vietnamese people said they were happy and satisfied with their lives.

In the number one country, Costa Rica, people had an average life expectancy of 78.5 years and 85 percent of those surveyed said they were happy.

Developed nations performed poorly in the index, largely because of environmental factors.

Italy ranked 69th, France 71st, Britain 74th, Japan 75th, Canada 89th, Australia 102nd, Russia 108th and the U.S. 114th.

Zimbabwe was last at number 143.

However, sociologist Andrea Fonseca cautioned happiness could not be calculated just by looking at life expectancy and environmental practices.

Fonseca said Vietnam’s high happiness rating "has a lot to do with social imagination." Costa Rica has a peaceful reputation as it does not have an army and its national slogan is "pure life," she said.

Nic Marks, founder of the New Economics Foundation’s center for well-being, urged nations to make a collective global change before "our high-consuming lifestyles plunge us into the chaos of irreversible climate change."

Last year, global market research firm Nielsen announced Vietnam had the highest level of happiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

[jackbl]

For gals who didnt have Credit card in VN to buy tickets

Jetstar launches new online payment service
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Compiled by Hong Nguyen

Tickets on Jetstar Pacific flights can now be booked and paid for online using debit and automated teller machine (ATM) cards.

The budget airline told Saigon Times the new payment method became available on July 5. Passengers with ATM Connection 24 cards issued by the Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) can now pay for their tickets online at Cheap flights - Jetstar Airways, the newspaper reported.

Customers need to register with Vietcombank for an online payment code before booking on the Jetstar website.

Vietcombank has issued more than three million ATM cards, with about 300,000 cards registered for online payments, according to the air carrier.

Jetstar customers have been able to pay for tickets online with Visa, MasterCard, JCB and AMEX since 2007 and online bookings currently account for one-fifth of the airline’s ticket sales.

Customers can also pay for Jetstar tickets at Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) branches.

Jetstar Pacific Chief Commercial Officer Nguyen Thi Thuy Binh said the airline was working with its other banks to enable more ATM cards to be used to pay for tickets online.

The budget carrier is offering one-way domestic tickets from VND250,000 (US$14) until 12 p.m. on July 10 for customers booking online with ATM and credit cards, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Jetstar Pacific, the second largest carrier in Vietnam, carried 28 percent more passengers in the first half of this year, year-on-year.

The carrier currently operates some 42 flights a day to domestic destinations, including Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, the central cities of Danang and Nha Trang and northern Hai Phong City.

[lovesprout]

In this conversation, we were talking about karaoke in Vietnam

Anh: o do (over there) co gai (female) phu vu (serve) khach (guest) kg?
Em: ko co dau (It doesn’t have). neu (if) hat (sing) trong (inside) phong (room) thi minh toan (all of us) quyen doi voi phong do
Em: em rat thich (I like it very much) nen hau nhu ranh la (就) di hat (go singing)

My question 1: What is “quyen doi voi phong do”?
My question 2: What is “nen hau nhu ranh”?

[casannova03]

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my interpretation :

MAY CHO MA MAY DI BYE= You go give your mother...bye!!
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Have anyone thought that it could mean what i have translated as above??

Just my translation.....may be wrong....

Anyway, I have read in a book somewhere that the use of "may" is usually associated with an angry person or used in an angry situation.

I.E....(normal situation)

What do you want to do?
Em/Anh muon lam cai gi?

I.E...(angry situation)

What do you want to do?
May muon lam cai gi?

Example in our context.

What do you want to do? (normal situation)
你要做什么吗？

What do you want to do? (angry situation)
你现在到底要做什么？

I could be wrong here....just another view point......

[bernie]

Originally Posted by jackbl

Bernie, let us know what u sms to the gal before she reply the below????

My interpretation could be "You are very good leh"

thanks bro jackbl. u r correct.

[jackbl]

After reading the initial vietnamese phrase, I think that your translation also could be correct......."You think your $200 very big. You go give your mother..... Bye!!!"

[QUOTE=casannova03;3902117]

Originally Posted by jackbl

my interpretation :

MAY CHO MA MAY DI BYE= You go give your mother...bye!!
QUOTE]

Have anyone thought that it could mean what i have translated as above??

Just my translation.....may be wrong....

[jackbl]

My guess only.......

My question 1: What is “quyen doi voi phong do”?
Stick with that room

My question 2: What is “nen hau nhu ranh”?
so ALMOST free

Originally Posted by lovesprout

Anh: o do (over there) co gai (female) phu vu (serve) khach (guest) kg?
Em: ko co dau (It doesn’t have). neu (if) hat (sing) trong (inside) phong (room) thi minh toan (all of us) quyen doi voi phong do
Em: em rat thich (I like it very much) nen hau nhu ranh la (就) di hat (go singing)

[lovesprout]

Originally Posted by jackbl

My guess only.......

My question 1: What is “quyen doi voi phong do”?
Stick with that room

My question 2: What is “nen hau nhu ranh”?
so ALMOST free

Thanks! I think your translation for the second one is correct. hau nhu = almost. The first one I am not so sure.

[lovesprout]

Come to share some of my SMS which are still hot. If I made any mistakes in my translation, please let me know. I appreciate those bros who upped my points. Thanks!

Em: Chao anh buoi chieu, anh co khoe kg? anh da di lam viet chua? May hom nay anh kg nhan tin cho em, em buon qua.

Good afternoon. Are you all right? Have you gone to work? Many days you didn’t sms me, I am very sad.

Chieu = afternoon
May hom nay = several days
Nhan tin (or nt) = sms

Anh: Anh khoe lam. Vi em kg nt cho anh nen anh kg nt cho em. Gan day em co nhieu khach kg? Dung buon nhe.

I am very good. Because you didn’t sms me, so I didn’t sms you. Recently do you have a lot of customers? Don’t be sad.

Gan day = recently
Khach = customer

Em: Thinh thoang anh lai tham e la vui roi. A nha, dao nay khach kg nhieu.

Once in a while you come to visit me and I am happy. This period of time, there are not many customers.

Thinh thoang = once in a while, occasionally
Dao nay = This period of time; now

Anh: Nhu vay, em co tien tra tien nha kg? Dung quen em con thieu anh lam tinh mot lan nhe! Khi nao em dinh tra lai anh ha em?

Like that, do you have Money to pay for rent? Don’t forget you still owe me make love one time ah! When do you plan to return it to me?

Tien nha = rent for house
Thieu= owe
Mot lan= one time
Dinh = plan
Tra lai = return

Em: Tien nha thi 1 ngay 10 dong em co the tra duoc nhung em kg co tien goi ve nha em cung buon! No cua anh em nho ma em se tra cho anh.

My rent is only 10 dollar per day. I can pay for it, but I don’t have money to send back home, I am also sad. Your “1 shot” I still remember ma. I will return it you.

Goi ve= send back

[jackbl]

Thanks for sharing......Its almost PERFECT!!! CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by lovesprout

Come to share some of my SMS which are still hot. If I made any mistakes in my translation, please let me know. I appreciate those bros who upped my points. Thanks!

[Hurricane88]

Lovesprout, thank you for sharing...another great tieng viet expert...pls keep posting to share...