25th SEA GAMES, Vientiane, Laos 2009

hoangphuvn · Veteran Member

Seagames 25: Bonjour Vietnam

NHP · Senior Member

Nice song. I've listened several times, even I don't understand the meaning. It's so different which the language we're speaking in the family.

Thanks so much

hoangphuvn · Veteran Member

NHP wrote:

Nice song. I've listened several times, even I don't understand the meaning. It's so different which the language we're speaking in the family.

Thanks so much

:) U R welcome!

Bonjour Vietnam (English Version) - Watch Video Clip.

Tell me all about this name, that is difficult to say.
It was given me the day I was born.

Want to know about the stories of the empire of old.
My eyes say more of me than what you dare to say.

All I know of you is all the sights of war.
A film by Coppola, the helicopter's roar.

One day I'll touch your soil.
One day I'll finally know my soul.
One day I'll come to you.
To say hello... Vietnam.

Tell me all about my colour, my hair and my little feet
That have carried me every mile of the way.

Want to see your house, your streets. Show me all I do not know.
Wooden sampans, floating markets, light of gold.

All I know of you is the sights of war.
A film by Coppola, the helicopter's roar.

One day I'll touch your soil.
One day I'll finally know my soul.
One day I'll come to you.
To say hello... Vietnam.

And Buddha’s made of stone watch over me
My dreams they lead me through the fields of rice
In prayer, in the light…I see my kin
I touch my tree, my roots,my begin

One day I'll touch your soil.
One day I'll finally know my soul.
One day I'll come to you.
To say hello... Vietnam.

One day I’ll walk your soil
One day I’ll finally know my soul
One day I’ll come to you
To say hello…Vietnam
To say hello…Vietnam
To say xin chào…Vietnam

BibiBoog · Senior Member

One of my favorite songs :)
I think this Eng version is more easy for us to understand :)

NHP · Senior Member

Yeah, I just know English, Vietnamese French and Vietnamese :)

BibiBoog · Senior Member

Vietnamese French? What is the difference?

NHP · Senior Member

BibiBoog wrote:

Vietnamese French? What is the difference?

It's different with the standard French, like Belgian French, Canadian French. It's also different with the standard French. I don't know, it's just the language we speak at home. I don't know how to write ?

BibiBoog · Senior Member

yah,i see... juz bcoz i thought that it's still French,but u said it's so different from ur French that u cannot understand... it makes me kinda curious. :)
My friend can also speak chinese,but she cant write. ;)

NHP · Senior Member

BibiBoog wrote:

yah,i see... juz bcoz i thought that it's still French,but u said it's so different from ur French that u cannot understand... it makes me kinda curious. :)
My friend can also speak chinese,but she cant write. ;)

Well, I don't learn French, so that's the reason why I just understand a little bit what she sings. I just like her voice. It's so nice and I can hear and get the main point. That's all. Like Chinese Vietnamese, they can speak well, but they can't write because they didn't learn abt it

BibiBoog · Senior Member

NHP wrote:

Well, I don't learn French, so that's the reason why I just understand a little bit what she sings. I just like her voice. It's so nice and I can hear and get the main point. That's all. Like Chinese Vietnamese, they can speak well, but they can't write because they didn't learn abt it

Sure, I also like some Korean singers...even when I probably cannot understand the lyric. But their voice and melody r beautiful. :)
Anyway,this song is so nice. The pity is that there is no Vietnamese version of this song. :(

NHP · Senior Member

BibiBoog wrote:

Sure, I also like some Korean singers...even when I probably cannot understand the lyric. But their voice and melody r beautiful. :)
Anyway,this song is so nice. The pity is that there is no Vietnamese version of this song. :(

No need. I don't wanna listen the Vietnamese version. It's not good because we can't translate the meaning to Vietnamese. It's really hard. My grandmom understand and she tell us the meaning of this song. It's better. Moreover, I understand well based on the English version smile

I think that I should take a French course to learn abt my far - language :)

BibiBoog · Senior Member

NHP wrote:

No need. I don't wanna listen the Vietnamese version. It's not good because we can't translate the meaning to Vietnamese. It's really hard. My grandmom understand and she tell us the meaning of this song. It's better. Moreover, I understand well based on the English version

I think that I should take a French course to learn abt my far - language :)

To me, it's a need. Today,there r not many Vietnamese songs having the meaningful meaning... some of them make me get sick. ashamed Vietnamese version of this song can be easily spread through :)

I also intend to attend a French class (which I should do when I had chance to choose my 2nd language at school,but I chose Spanish :'( )

NHP · Senior Member

BibiBoog wrote:

To me, it's a need. Today,there r not many Vietnamese songs having the meaningful meaning... some of them make me get sick. Vietnamese version of this song can be easily spread through :)
I also intend to attend a French class (which I should do when I had chance to choose my 2nd language at school,but I chose Spanish :'( )

well, I didn't listen Vietnamese song nowadays. It look like "Market song", I feel terrible.....

Is it hard? For me, I think French 's easier to speak than English because I've already spoken at home. Spanish's more popular nowadays. It has the big speaking group in the world, especially in Latin American

BibiBoog · Senior Member

NHP wrote:

well, I didn't listen Vietnamese song nowadays. It look like "Market song", I feel terrible.....
Is it hard? For me, I think French 's easier to speak than English because I've already spoken at home. Spanish's more popular nowadays. It has the big speaking group in the world, especially in Latin American

Ur rite ! "market music". But there r still some good vnese songs... (thank god!) most them r the old song recorded by other young singers in other ways... When going to the karaoke, my friends usually laugh at me cause I almost cannot sing any songs in the new list (I even don't know them =.=)

Spanish is kinda easy for u to learn when u've already known English. Many words of them written almost in the same way of English (hotel,restaurante,hospital,universidad...) :D my friend emigrated to America. And she said that she also had to study Spanish :)

BibiBoog · Senior Member

Ah... And u pronounce these words like Vietnamese. :) write in same way of English n pronounce like Vietnamese...easy,rite? ^^

NHP · Senior Member

BibiBoog wrote:
Ur rite ! "market music". But there r still some good vnese songs... (thank god!) most them r the old song recorded by other young singers in other ways... When going to the karaoke, my friends usually laugh at me cause I almost cannot sing any songs in the new list (I even don't know them =.=)
Spanish is kinda easy for u to learn when u've already known English. Many words of them written almost in the same way of English (hotel,restaurante,hospital,universidad...) :D my friend emigrated to America. And she said that she also had to study Spanish :)

Well, the youth singer? Most of them sings very bad. I don't wanna spend time to listen anymore.

Spanish's the 2nd popular language in the US, most of my relatives're living there and they have to meet Spanish speaker everyday. But I prefer to learn French. It's the nice language and also look like English. What a pity, my far-relative emigrated to Vietnam and then they're trying to come another country such as America.

Bonjour Vietnam / Hello Vietnam / Hóla Vietnam / Óla Vietnam / Xin chào Vietnam

NHP · Senior Member

BibiBoog wrote:

Ah... And u pronounce these words like Vietnamese. :) write in same way of English n pronounce like Vietnamese...easy,rite? ^^

Well, I speak Vietnamese perfectly and fluently. Don't worry abt it biggrin

BibiBoog · Senior Member

NHP wrote:

Well, the youth singer? Most of them sings very bad. I don't wanna spend time to listen anymore.

Spanish's the 2nd popular language in the US, most of my relatives're living there and they have to meet Spanish speaker everyday. But I prefer to learn French. It's the nice language and also look like English. What a pity, my far-relative emigrated to Vietnam and then they're trying to come another country such as America.

Bonjour Vietnam / Hello Vietnam / Hóla Vietnam / Óla Vietnam / Xin chào Vietnam

Uh huh, I juz have few vnese songs in my ipod :)
People say that French is the most romantic language (I dun know why ;)) I'm gonna find out the reason...soon! :)

NHP · Senior Member

BibiBoog wrote:

Uh huh, I juz have few vnese songs in my ipod :)
People say that French is the most romantic language (I dun know why ;)) I'm gonna find out the reason...soon! :)

the sound's nice smile let's find out the reason why. I don't know, too biggrin

stormbreaker · Member

hmmm cambodia lost with malaysia ! congragulation Vietnam.Anyway what is song is about?

VietnamChampion · Senior Member

I cried for the first time I heard this song.

hoangphuvn · Veteran Member

They are my favorite songs. I am also a fan of Quynh Anh, her voice is so beautiful! Whenever hearing these songs, I feel so proud of being Vietnamese...

LINKY · Veteran Member

Nhin` Quỳnh Anh xinh that.

hoangphuvn · Veteran Member

LINKY wrote:

Nhin` Quỳnh Anh xinh that.

English plz, mate! :)

NgocAnh · Member

Quynh Anh rất là xinh, cảnh quay trong video clip rất là thanh bình.

NHP · Senior Member

Be polite. Please use English

Vui lòng lịch sự, xin dùng tiếng Anh

NgocAnhVnn · Member

dùng tiếng Việt là không lịch sự à? không biết tiếng Anh thì không được vô đây à? nói năng cho đàng hoàng.

NgocAnhVNPT · Member

He's right. Please use English here.
use English here = polite.
no use English here = ? ...

NHP · Senior Member

NgocAnhVnn wrote:

dùng tiếng Việt là không lịch sự à? không biết tiếng Anh thì không được vô đây à? nói năng cho đàng hoàng.

Vui lòng đưa ra định nghĩa của nói năng cho đàng hoàng? Tui có xúc phạm bạn ko? Hoàn toàn ko.

Please gimme the definition of "nói năng cho đàng hoàng"? Did I hurt u on my word? Totally no.

Tại sao phải xài tiếng Anh? Vì hầu như mọi người ở đây ko biết tiếng Việt.

Why should we use English? Because most of people're not from Vietnam, they don't know Vietnamese, ok?

hoangphuvn · Veteran Member

NgocAnhVnn wrote:

dùng tiếng Việt là không lịch sự à? không biết tiếng Anh thì không được vô đây à? nói năng cho đàng hoàng.

I don't think they are impolite while communicating in English here. What do you think when someone use Thai or Chinese here? Then you will take time to translate by google translation tool?

Who is polite or impolite I bet you know.

NHP · Senior Member

hoangphuvn wrote:

I don't think they are impolite while communicating in English here. What do you think when someone use Thai or Chinese here? Then you will take time to translate by google translation tool?

Who is polite or impolite I bet you know.

Totally agree.

Fee · Newbie

On what site can i watch the sea game?

Fee · Newbie

On what site can i watch the sea game?

NgocAnh · Member

I'm sorry Fee, I can't answer you.

@NHP, hoangphuvn:
Các bạn vô duyên quá, các bạn là admin ở đây à? tớ thích nói tiếng việt đấy, các bạn làm gì tớ nào? nếu có luật cấm xài tiếng việt ở đây thì hãy mang ra xem nào.
các bạn muốn chiến tranh à? tốt thôi, bắt đầu nào, một lần cho xong luôn. Biết tí tiếng Anh bày đặt lên giọng.

Này thì google translate:
You too ungainly, you are admin here à? I prefer to speak Vietnamese know, you do I do? if there are laws against Vietnamese spend here will bring to see.
you want war à? Well, I started, once for always done. Knowing little English accent put on display.

NgocAnhVnn · Member

@Fee: you can watch on TV if it broadcasts http://tivitructuyen.net/vtv2.htm

NgocAnhVNPT · Member

@NgocAnh: Đừng chấp bọn dở hơi ấy, cứ nêu cảm nhận của bạn bằng thứ tiếng mà bạn thích nhất thôi :)

Bài hát hay quá!

-- Edited by NgocAnhVNPT on Tuesday 8th of December 2009 08:21:12 PM

NHP · Senior Member

OK, it's really hard to change the habit. It's up to u and nobody wanna talk with u more because they don't know what u're talking abt. And throw the bull**** thinking abt English away ur mind. Sorry, hoangphu and I just know a little bit English, but we try to speak as much as possible, to make sure that some one can understand what we talk. Better than nothing. At least, better than u.

OK, quá khó để thay đổi thói quen. Tùy u thôi và ko ai muốn nói w u vì họ ko hiểu u đang nói cái gì. Và dẹp bỏ cái tư tưởng ngu si khỏi đầu về cái u nói. Hoangphu và tui biết 1 chút tiếng Anh đó, nhưng tụi tui cố gắng nói để làm người ta hiểu. Có còn hơn không. Ít ra là hơn u.

NgocAnh · Member

Nice shot! Không biết tiếng Anh là ngu hết. Cha mẹ, ông bà bạn chắc cũng biết tiếng Anh hết ấy nhỉ? Cha mẹ bạn lên đây comment chắc cũng bằng tiếng Anh ấy nhỉ? Suy nghĩ của tui chắc không ngu hơn bạn đâu.

Ai ngu ai không ngu biết liền bạn ạ, bạn áp đặt người khác như vậy là không đúng rồi.

NHP · Senior Member

Biết ngu là ngu cái gì ko? Tui ghét cái kiểu nghĩ người khác biết chút ích tiếng này nọ là nghĩ người ta shock, nghĩ người ta chảnh. Cái tư tưởng đó lỗi thời rồi.

Còn ba má, ông bà hả? Họ ko biết tiếng Anh, nhưng họ biết tiếng Pháp. Ở đây là quốc tế, u nói tiếng Việt, rồi người khác phải xài chương trình dịch để dịch ra tiếng Anh hay tiếng bản địa của họ. Ý nghĩa sẽ mất hay sai lệch đi. OK?

NgocAnhVNPT · Member

@NgocAnh: Kệ nó đi em ơi, chó cứ sủa và đoàn người cứ đi.

Just ignore him. Dog barks, the army still go on.

NHP · Senior Member

It's the way of uneducated. Go ur own way biggrin

NgocAnh · Member

Dạ vâng, từ nay tớ không dám xài tiếng Việt ở đây nữa, tớ thấy ai xài tiếng Việt là tớ góp ý ngay giống bạn:
"Be polite. Please use English" (NHP says)
Vui lòng lịch sự, xin dùng tiếng Anh" (NHP nói)
Ok, không cãi nữa.

Highlight yes, from now I do not dare spend more Vietnamese here, I see someone spend a Vietnamese I just like your comments:
"Be polite. Please use Tiếng Việt (NHP says)
Vui lòng lịch sự, xin dùng tiếng Anh" (NHP nói)
Ok, no more controversy.

Date: Dec 8, 2009

Vietnam! The symbol of Freedom.
Vietnam! The of spirit peace.
Vietnam! Give me liberty or give me death!

TuanAnhLee · Veteran Member

dùng tiếng Việt ở đây chả có j sai vs cả impolite cả .
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Date: Dec 8, 2009

@NHP: Accept that your parents is stupid please because they don't know English.

Deal · Member

The song is so good! But NHP is not good. :(

NHP · Senior Member

Anonymous wrote:

@NHP: Accept that your parents is stupid please because they don't know English.

I didn't say that anyone who's stupid if they don't know English. U need someone help u to translate from English to Vietnamese, don't u? Read again what I talked.

Good job.

Cãi ko lại thì đem ba má, ông bà ra nói. Hành động đó đúng hay sai? Thói quen này chắc bỏ ko đc phải ko? Sorry, it's the private of Vietnamese people, so I write in Vietnamese language.

NHP · Senior Member

Deal wrote:

The song is so good! But NHP is not good. :(

not good? I respect somebody if they respect each other. It's very easy to write English, the basic sentence 's ok. Better than nothing. Did I hurt someone? Totally no, but they do it - to attack me. Do u think that it'll be hard for foreigner to translate from Vietnamese to English or their language?

Remember that Vietnamese have the complex grammar and vocabulary and it'll be hard to translate the meaning to the other language. OK?

NgocAnhVn · Senior Member

That man who use my name and my picture is so crazy! What's happen with him? Who is webmaster? I need him to ban nick and IP of him!

hoangphuvn · Veteran Member

NgocAnh wrote:
I'm sorry Fee, I can't answer you.

@NHP, hoangphuvn:
Các bạn vô duyên quá, các bạn là admin ở đây à? tớ thích nói tiếng việt đấy, các bạn làm gì tớ nào? nếu có luật cấm xài tiếng việt ở đây thì hãy mang ra xem nào.
các bạn muốn chiến tranh à? tốt thôi, bắt đầu nào, một lần cho xong luôn. Biết tí tiếng Anh bày đặt lên giọng.

Này thì google translate:
You too ungainly, you are admin here à? I prefer to speak Vietnamese know, you do I do? if there are laws against Vietnamese spend here will bring to see.
you want war à? Well, I started, once for always done. Knowing little English accent put on display.

Did I hurt you with this:

English plz, mate! :)

Amazing!

@NgocAnh: Đừng chấp bọn dở hơi ấy, cứ nêu cảm nhận của bạn bằng thứ tiếng mà bạn thích nhất thôi :)

Up to you! Why must I care worthless affair?

:) Do you think I would let the rubbish comments remain if I am an admin here?

I did not mean anything here. I would make acquaintance with you all here. Why are you so proud of being Vietnamese when you said such a bad way?

Don't be out of the TOPIC, please!