Meet Your Partner’s Parents
a first visit to a partner’s family home
Southern Vietnamese
Meet Your Partner’s Parents Phrases
Practical Southern Vietnamese phrases for meet your partner’s parents.
Quick answer
In one sentence
Con chào cô chú.
- a first visit to a partner’s family home
- Start with: Con chào cô chú., Dạ, con tên là Alex..
Mini lesson
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a first visit to a partner’s family home
Real situations
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Con chào cô chú.
Hello, auntie and uncle.
Start with this line in a first visit to a partner’s family home.
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ConconlevelKeep the final n short.chàochaofallingLet the voice fall gently.côcolevelKeep the voice steady and level.chúchurisingLift the voice upward.
Vietnamese spelling
Con→cờ on con
chào→chờ ao chao huyền chào
cô→cờ ô cô
chú→chờ u chu sắc chú
Dạ, con tên là Alex.
Yes, my name is Alex.
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DạdaheavyDrop the voice low and short.conconlevelKeep the final n short.têntenlevelKeep the final n short.làlafallingLet the voice fall gently.AlexalexlevelKeep the voice steady and level.
Vietnamese spelling
Dạ→dờ a da nặng Dạ
con→cờ on con
tên→tờ ên tên
là→lờ a la huyền là
Alex→alex
Con làm việc ở thành phố.
I work in the city.
Use this to keep the meet your partner’s parents exchange moving.
Say it
Listen first, then use these tone cues.
ConconlevelKeep the final n short.làmlamfallingLet the voice fall gently.việcviecheavyDrop the voice low and short.ởodippingDip slightly, then recover.thànhthanhfallingLet the voice fall gently.phốphorisingLift the voice upward.
Vietnamese spelling
Con→cờ on con
làm→lờ am lam huyền làm
việc→vờ iêc viêc nặng việc
ở→ơ hỏi ở
thành→thờ anh thanh huyền thành
phố→phờ ô phô sắc phố
Để con giúp một tay.
Let me help.
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Say it
Listen first, then use these tone cues.
ĐểdedippingĐ starts like English d; do not say z.conconlevelKeep the final n short.giúpgiuprisingLift the voice upward.mộtmotheavyDrop the voice low and short.taytaylevelKeep the voice steady and level.
Vietnamese spelling
Để→đờ ê đê hỏi Để
con→cờ on con
giúp→giờ up giup sắc giúp
một→mờ ôt môt nặng một
tay→tờ ay tay
Cảm ơn cô chú đã mời con.
Thank you for inviting me.
Use this to keep the meet your partner’s parents exchange moving.
Say it
Listen first, then use these tone cues.
CảmcamdippingDip slightly, then recover.ơnonlevelKeep the final n short.côcolevelKeep the voice steady and level.chúchurisingLift the voice upward.đãdabrokenĐ starts like English d; do not say z.mờimoifallingLet the voice fall gently.conconlevelKeep the final n short.
Vietnamese spelling
Cảm→cờ am cam hỏi Cảm
ơn→ơn
cô→cờ ô cô
chú→chờ u chu sắc chú
đã→đờ a đa ngã đã
mời→mờ ơi mơi huyền mời
con→cờ on con
Practice ladder
- 1Listen once at normal speed.
- 2Shadow each line at slow speed.
- 3Complete the situation without reading.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate a long English sentence word by word.
- Keep the relationship pronoun or politeness marker used in the model line.
Cultural notes
- Use standard nationwide vocabulary with a natural Southern rhythm in a first visit to a partner’s family home.
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