Learn to ask about smoking or non-smoking tables at a restaurant
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Southern Vietnamese Survival Phrases brought to you by VietnamesePod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Southern Vietnam. You’ll be surprised at how far a little Vietnamese will go. Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by VietnamesePod101.com. There, you’ll find the accompanying PDF lesson notes and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Southern Vietnamese Survival Phrases lesson 12 - Restaurant 2 - Non-smoking or Smoking in Southern Vietnamese |
| In Vietnam, smoking in restaurants and cafes is still acceptable. There are occasions where you can ask for a non-smoking seat or perhaps would like a smoking seat. Either way, let’s cover both phrases. |
| Now remember, when you enter a restaurant, you'll hear Tất cả là mấy người. After answering, you can also include one of the following phrases. |
| In Vietnamese "non-smoking" is không hút thuốc. |
| không hút thuốc |
| Let’s break this down by syllable: không hút thuốc. |
| không hút thuốc |
| Now, let’s hear it again, không hút thuốc. |
| The first word, không should sound very familiar right now. We heard it in the phrase Không có gì for "You're welcome" and Tôi không hiểu for "I don’t understand." As a reminder, không is said in the flat tone and means "no." |
| không |
| không |
| không |
| This is followed by hút thuốc. |
| hút thuốc |
| Both words are said in the rising tone and literally means "smoke medicine." |
| So again, hút thuốc. |
| hút thuốc |
| Let’s practice the entire phrase again, không hút thuốc. |
| không hút thuốc |
| Literally, this phrase translates to "no smoke medicine" but we will use it as the English equivalent for "non--smoking." |
| To say "smoking" hút thuốc. |
| hút thuốc |
| hút thuốc |
| As you can see, we simply dropped the word không from the previous phrase. |
| hút thuốc |
| hút thuốc |
| Recently, I was in Vietnam and did not notice any specific areas in restaurants or cafes that were designated for non-smoking. The only places that I saw non-smoking signs were in places like the airport. My recent trip was mostly spent in a smaller city, so if you spend time in Vietnam in one of the bigger cities, I love to hear what you have experienced regarding this issue. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today’s lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it out loud. You’ll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so, chúc may mắn, this means “good luck” in Vietnamese. |
| Okay, here we go! |
| “non-smoking” - không hút thuốc |
| không hút thuốc |
| không hút thuốc |
| “smoking” - hút thuốc |
| hút thuốc |
| hút thuốc |
| All right, that's going to do it for this lesson. Remember to stop by VietnamesePod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF lesson notes. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Bye! |
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