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Saturday, April 01, 2006

Happy birthday to me

I can't believe I am 42 years old already. I still remmember the days when I first came to U.S. I was only about 13 years old but now I'm already 42! Oh boy, how time flies. Looking back I still see myself as the same old me. Nothing change except looking a lot more older. Nhớ lúc còn nhỏ đi học cô giáo có dạy cho bài thơ gì đó mà bây giờ quên mất tiêu. "Thời giờ như thể chim bay, ..." Tuổi trẻ con ở Việt Nam bây giờ nhớ lại sao thấy thèm qúa trời. Mổi buổi trưa trốn ngũ đi tắm sông với đám bạn. Đôi lúc bị bà gìa bất được, đánh cho một trận đã đời. So với đám con cũa mình bên Mỹ, tụi nó dầu sao cũng không quậy hơn mình hồi nhỏ. Chúng nó bây giờ chỉ biết "quậy" với TV và video game. Thôi dỉ vãng đã xa, cho nó qua một bên. Let's concentrate on tasks at hand. I still have quite a few years ahead of me. I better finish the Updated Quick English Vietnamese phrases for you before I became too old and too lazy. Please reply to me on the articles with your opinion and will try to my best. I know some of you want me to put more word in "Quick English Vietnamese Phrases" and that is what I'm going to do. Happy birthday to me, la la la la lá la.

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  • Happy Birthday to you!

    Can you please tell me what phrase would be appropriate to express this in vietnamese?

    F.G.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/05/2006  

  • A very dear friend of mine is Vientamese, and I'm Argentinean. We communicate through this third party language ;)

    She said something that she didn't translated into English... would you help me figure it out what did she say?
    - em cũng rất nhớ anh
    - chúc anh ngủ ngon

    Thanks friend. My name is Agustin ;)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/06/2006  

  • "Happy Birthday to you!" in generic Vietnamese is "Chúc mừng sinh nhật." To make it more personal you can use "Chúc em sinh nhật vui vẽ". Remmember to change "em" to match with whom you speak to. The above phrase should be approriate for a man wishing Happy Birthday to a woman. by the way "vui vẽ" mean happy. Let me know if you want an audio for that too.

    By Blogger VietCali, at 4/07/2006  

  • "Em cũng nhớ anh" mean "I miss you too". and "Chúc anh ngủ ngon" is a pretty romantic way of saying "Good night". If you would translate it word for word it would sound a bit too fancy: "I wish for you a goodnight sleep"
    In a romance situattion, remmember the "anh" here is important. Usually it shows more intimate and personal when a Vietnamese woman just calls you by "anh". Otherwise they would prefer to add your name in.
    Anyway I hope you to hear that. Man I should start a dating service website.

    By Blogger VietCali, at 4/07/2006  

  • Thank you very much! I work for a nursing home, and we have a Vietnamese lady who speaks very little english. Your blog has been a great assistance for communicating with her.
    F.G.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/14/2006  

  • Thank you very much! I work for a nursing home, and we have a Vietnamese lady who speaks very little english. Your blog has been a great assistance for communicating with her.
    F.G.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/14/2006  

  • hi, i have a question to ask you.. could we communicate through email? my email is kedomingo@gmail.com. if you are willing to spare some time for me, kindly send a message to the above email. Thanks! Happy Birthday even though it's late! :D

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/17/2006  

  • I mean, my question is not "Could we communicate though email." hahaha!! after thinking for a while, i thought that could be misinterpreted. i will ask my question in email so no other people can see.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4/17/2006  

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