tui

Meaning

1. I (casual)

   pronoun

   I, me

   Saigon's casual tôi: with friends, people your age or younger, and in easy everyday talk, not to someone much older. In Hà Nội: tôi, or mình among friends.

   • Tui là người Mỹ.

     I'm American.

   • Tui không biết.

     I don't know.

   Said everywhere: mình.

   In Hà Nội you say tớ.

   Saigon onlycasualfamiliarGrammar: Casual I and you between friends: tui – ông / bà, tao – mày, tớ – cậu