Correct Vietnamese words usage

[Innocent]

[QUOTE=ttw;6313]That's the difficult part



I looked silly asking these

My girlfriend and I converse using Mandarin though she can read little English. She uses the Chinese words "警察", which means police, in all contexts relating government and police. So if I know how to say "chính phủ", I can clarify whether she meaning police or government.

As for "ngân hàng", I asked her whether village folks keep their money in bank. But she couldn't understand the Chinese words for bank therefore I couldn't get the message across.

Anyway, from the way she put it, banks in Vietnam charge a fee for cash withdrawal make from the ATM?[/QUOTE]
FOR NOW, ALMOST NO BANK CHARGE YOU FOR WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM ATM.

[unnamed]

[QUOTE=Innocent;6425]

That's the difficult part



I looked silly asking these

My girlfriend and I converse using Mandarin though she can read little English. She uses the Chinese words "警察", which means police, in all contexts relating government and police. So if I know how to say "chính phủ", I can clarify whether she meaning police or government.

As for "ngân hàng", I asked her whether village folks keep their money in bank. But she couldn't understand the Chinese words for bank therefore I couldn't get the message across.

Anyway, from the way she put it, banks in Vietnam charge a fee for cash withdrawal make from the ATM?[/QUOTE]
FOR NOW, ALMOST NO BANK CHARGE YOU FOR WITHDRAWING MONEY FROM ATM.

The answer for your red question is no and yes due to the complexity of bank rules in VN: For instance, with Habubank, It's free for 5 first times in a month and the free will be charged for later times and the charge fee will increase as the withdrawals increase.

[ttw]

oic, so I guess you folks always spending time queueing up to withdraw cash for lunch

[QUOTE=unnamed;6428]

The answer for your red question is no and yes due to the complexity of bank rules in VN: For instance, with Habubank, It's free for 5 first times in a month and the free will be charged for later times and the charge fee will increase as the withdrawals increase.

[Oldman68]

Hi, would like to know if foreigner can open a bank account in Vietnam?

[unnamed]

Hi, would like to know if foreigner can open a bank account in Vietnam?

Yes, why not?

[vuivabuon]

My dictionary shows nhà băng as verb and ngân hàng as noun.

So how do I pronounce ngân hàng? Does it sound like "gun han" in English?

Likewise for chính phủ? Does it sound like "chin who"?

Thanks.

You need to throw away that dictionary. To tell you the truth, Vietnamese dictionaries lack of quality and they are usually not up-to-date.... I've purchased one really good dictionary 3 years ago, and I lost it. I need to go find it again... because I don't trust anyone buying a dictionary for me. I always checked them out before buying.

Nhà băng is definitely not a verb <= that's why I told you throw that dictionary away! Nhà băng = ngân hàng => noun

[MANH NGUYEN]

You need to throw away that dictionary. To tell you the truth, Vietnamese dictionaries lack of quality and they are usually not up-to-date.... (1)I've purchased one really good dictionary 3 years ago, and I lost it. I need to go find it again... because I don't trust anyone buying (2)a dictionary for me. I always checked them out before buying.

Nhà băng is definitely not a verb <= that's why I told you throw that dictionary away! Nhà băng = ngân hàng => noun

Vuivabuon;13055,

Chúng tôi học Anh Ngữ trên Vdict. bằng cách đọc và phân tích...những bài của các bạn ở đây....
Qua đoạn trên do bạn viết, tôi thấy có vai điểm thắc mắc:

(1) Dùng thì Present Perfect trước thì Simple Past!
(2) a ===> them ???

Như thế có phải là sai văn phạm không, hay gọi là không "consistent"?

[JuanLe]

Hay lắm, vào đây mới thật sự học hỏi được nhiều điều

Thanks Vdict