bà
you or I · grandmother · you (friends)
Typed without accents: ba
Meanings
Highlighted words are what Saigon and Hà Nội say differently.
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you or I
pronounA woman your grandparents' age: you call her bà and yourself con (in Hà Nội cháu), and she calls herself bà.
Before a name, bà is also Mrs. or Ms.: bà Lan.
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Hello. (to a woman your grandmother's age)
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I'll cook you some rice. (a grandmother to a child)
A1Grammar: You and I are family words: anh, chị, em, cô, chú, ba / mẹ and con, thầy / cô and em
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grandmother
nounYour father's mother is bà nội, your mother's mother bà ngoại.
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you (friends)
pronounyou
Saigon friends of the same age say tui for I, bà to a woman and ông to a man. Familiar, but not rude.
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Where are you off to? (to a female friend)
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Where did you buy this top? (to a female friend)
In Hà Nội you say cậu.
Also: ông.
A1Saigon onlycasualfamiliarto recognizeGrammar: Casual I and you between friends: tui – ông / bà, tao – mày, tớ – cậu
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