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My name's Cathy, from 123vietnamese.com
Welcome to lesson 2: How to order a coffee
Tony, would you like something to drink?
sure
Let's go to the coffee
Bạn muốn cái gì
Tôi muốn cafe. Do you want coffee, Tony?
No, I will have a cup of tea
Anh ấy không muốn cafe. Anh ấy muốn trà
Vâng
OK that was difficult. What did you say?
That is 'bạn muốn cái gì?"
Ah, "bạn" means "you"
"muốn" means "want"
"cái gì" means "what"
and the sentence "bạn muốn cái gì?" means she is asking "you want what?"
This also means "what do you want?"
so what did you order?
A coffee. Coffee in Vietnamese is "Cà phê"
Hold your voice normal and stable "Cà phê"
And I said "Tôi muốn cà phê" means "I want coffee"
and what did you say for my order?
The girl says that "Anh ấy muốn cà phê?"
"Anh ấy" means "He"
So she just says "Does he want a coffee?"
First I answer "Anh ấy không muốn cà phê"
the new word here is "không muốn"
"không" means "not". "Muốn" means "want"
"không muốn" means "not want"
So I say "anh ấy không muốn cà phê"
It means "he not want coffee"
This also means "He doesn't want coffee"
The verb here is very simple ."muốn" means "want"
"không muốn" means "not want"
For example: "tôi muốn" - I want
"bạn muốn" - you want
"anh ấy muốn" - he wants
Ah, that's new for me
what do you say then?
I say "anh ấy muốn trà"
"trà" in Vietnamese means "tea"
so "anh ấy muốn trà" means "he wants a tea"
Ah, I understand. How do I say in the case "I want that one"
you will say "tôi muốn cái kia"
"cái kia" means "that one"
so if you don't know what something is called
you can point to it and say "tôi muốn cái kia"
which means "I want that one"
Ahh... tôi muốn cái kia
Vâng
when she says "vâng", it means "sure" or "ok"
when you want "this one" you can say "cái này"
so saying "tôi muốn cái này"
would mean "I want this one"
so "cái kia" for "that one"
and "cái này" for "this one"
yes, that is
so how do I say "my tea is very good"
trà của tôi rất ngon
as you know, "trà" means "tea", "của tôi" means "my"
"trà của tôi" means "my tea"
"rất" means "very". "ngon" means "good"
so "trà của tôi rất ngon" means "my tea is very good"
yes, good