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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Slang Used as Nouns, part 1 |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to VietnamesePod101.com. I'm John. |
| Nguyet: And I'm Nguyet! |
| John: This is Must-Know Vietnamese Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 20. In this lesson, you'll learn slang used as nouns. |
| John: These nouns are used to refer to something other than their real meanings. Learn why and you can soon master them! |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Nguyet: lưới tình |
| Nguyet: chai |
| Nguyet: cá gỗ |
| Nguyet: khoai |
| John: Nguyet, what's our first expression? |
| Nguyet: lưới tình |
| John: literally meaning "the net of love." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "love net." |
| Nguyet: [SLOW] lưới tình [NORMAL] lưới tình |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Nguyet: lưới tình |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you talk about someone who has fallen in love passionately. Mostly in a joking sense. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Chị không biết à? Anh ta lại mới vướng vào lưới tình với một cô gái khác rồi. [SLOW] Chị không biết à? Anh ta lại mới vướng vào lưới tình với một cô gái khác rồi. |
| John: "Haven't you heard about it? He has fallen in love with another girl." |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Chị không biết à? Anh ta lại mới vướng vào lưới tình với một cô gái khác rồi. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Nguyet: chai |
| John: literally meaning "bottle." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "million." |
| Nguyet: [SLOW] chai [NORMAL] chai |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Nguyet: chai |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you talk about Vietnamese money - dong. Do not use it when talking with old people, as they might find it rude. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Đôi giày Gucci này có giá cả chục chai ý nhỉ? [SLOW] Đôi giày Gucci này có giá cả chục chai ý nhỉ? |
| John: "This pair of Gucci shoes must be millions of dong?" |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Đôi giày Gucci này có giá cả chục chai ý nhỉ? |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Nguyet: cá gỗ |
| John: literally meaning "wooden fish." This word comes from a folk story about a poor father who doesn't have money to buy food for his children and instead he buys a wooden fish to place in front of his kids during meals and tells them to think about it as a real fish they are eating with white rice to save money. But nowadays, this word is used in a negative way to describe or criticize someone being stingy. When it's used as a slang expression, it means "stingy, penny-pinching." |
| Nguyet: [SLOW] cá gỗ [NORMAL] cá gỗ |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Nguyet: cá gỗ |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to talk about someone who is very stingy and overly frugal about his or her money. It's a noun but can be used as an adjective in some situations. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Rẻ đến vậy mà anh còn không muốn mua thì anh đúng là một con cá gỗ chính hiệu! [SLOW] Rẻ đến vậy mà anh còn không muốn mua thì anh đúng là một con cá gỗ chính hiệu! |
| John: "It's dirt cheap and if you still don't want to pay for it then you are crazily stingy!" |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Rẻ đến vậy mà anh còn không muốn mua thì anh đúng là một con cá gỗ chính hiệu! |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Nguyet: khoai |
| John: literally meaning "potato." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "difficult." |
| Nguyet: [SLOW] khoai [NORMAL] khoai |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Nguyet: khoai |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to describe something as very difficult to do. Though it's a noun, it's used as an adjective. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Bài toán này khoai quá, tôi đã cố giải cả tối nay mà không xong. [SLOW] Bài toán này khoai quá, tôi đã cố giải cả tối nay mà không xong. |
| John: "This math is so difficult, I have tried to solve it all night and I still haven't been successful." |
| Nguyet: [NORMAL] Bài toán này khoai quá, tôi đã cố giải cả tối nay mà không xong. |
| QUIZ |
| John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| John: You describe a million of something with the word "bottle" in Vietnamese, you say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Nguyet: chai |
| John: "million" |
| John: Your friend fell in love very passionately, just like falling into a... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Nguyet: lưới tình |
| John: "love net" |
| John: This physics problem is as hard as a potato! |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Nguyet: khoai |
| John: "difficult" |
| John: He never tips for any good service. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Nguyet: cá gỗ |
| John: "stingy, penny-pinching" |
Outro |
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| John: There you have it; you have mastered four Vietnamese Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at VietnamesePod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Nguyet: Tạm biệt. |
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