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Slow Southern Vietnamese listening: buying mooncakes

Buying mooncakes at a Southern stall: the cakes, the fillings, the boxes and the giving

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Đi mua bánh trung thu

Vocabulary
People in the story
the narrator's casual "I"
I, me
the narrator's own mother
mum
Southern: bố in the North
dad
named, not at the stall
younger sister
the gift box is for her
grandma (mother's side)
chị em mình: my sister and I
sisters
four of them, one cake each
the whole family
nhà mình thích bánh nướng
my family, our house
how you refer to the seller
the woman selling
Chiều rằm, and the Mid-Autumn feel
ngày rằm here is Mid-Autumn
the 15th, the full moon
vào buổi chiều ngày rằm
afternoon
the festival itself
Mid-Autumn
mỗi mùa trung thu
the Mid-Autumn season
nhìn các cửa tiệm chất đầy bánh
shop
Southern: cửa hàng in the North
shop
bánh trong tủ
display case, cabinet
chất đầy bánh
stacked full of
literally: air
atmosphere, the feel
tràn ngập không khí trung thu
brimming with
anticipation before something good
excited, keyed up
Getting there and riding home
Southern: bảo, gọi in the North
to ask someone to do something
on a motorbike, the default
to give someone a lift
đi mua bánh
to go
to buy
mua xong: once we've paid
finished, done
to go home, return
of a motorbike
to sit on the back
ôm hai túi bánh
to hold, hug
The two kinds of cake
mooncake
firm, golden, all the fillings
baked mooncake
white, chewy, not baked
soft mooncake
có hai loại
kind, type
thường có hai loại
usually
The fillings, and who likes which
what the whole shop is sorted by
filling
the traditional one, the adults' choice
mixed filling
people check how many are inside
salted egg yolk
mung bean
lotus seed
the fusion one, for younger buyers
molten salted-egg custard
easy on the stomach
pairs with nhẹ bụng as a set
easy to digest
to like
warmer and stronger than thích
to love, be crazy about
to choose
nhiều loại nhân khác nhau
different from each other
to eat
At the counter: boxes, bags and the talk
một hộp bốn cái
box
bốn cái: four of them
classifier for a cake here
a different product, not nicer paper
gift box
the one you buy to eat at home
a plain box
vừa đủ cho cả nhà
just enough, just right
what the boxes go into
bag
hai hộp riêng hai túi
separate, apart
cho chị thêm một hộp
more, in addition
chị có lấy hộp quà tặng không?
to take, to have
em để hai hộp riêng
to put; in order to
to ask a question
to answer, reply
to say
Southern: at the front, never ạ at the end
polite yes, deferential opener
Southern: nhé in the North
softening final particle
dạ vậy em để...
so, in that case
accepting an offer
that will do, that's fine
Giving
neutral, any relationship
to give a gift
to someone older or senior: biếu ngoại
to give upward
cho em một cái bánh
to give downward or to an equal
mua hai hộp nên được tặng
to be given, to get free
Southern: đèn lồng in the North
lantern
lồng đèn giấy
paper
How it looks, how it feels
beautiful
of fabric, tile, or a box
decorative pattern
praise for a design, not a person
elegant, understated
nhìn rất sang trọng
classy, high-end
cute, lovely
vui lắm
happy, fun
goes after the word: đẹp lắm
very, a lot
nhìn rất sang trọng
to look at; by the look of it
to think
chắc sẽ thích lắm
probably, surely
to listen, to hear
to feel
of a feeling: ấm áp trong lòng
warm
inside, in your heart
to hope, to wish for
kể chuyện lúc nhỏ
to tell a story
when we were little
Key rules
1
Ask someone to do something with kêu
[người] kêu [người] [làm gì]
e.g. = Mẹ asks me to run her over to buy mooncakes.
2
Every single one of them: nào ... cũng
[time word] nào [người] cũng [làm gì]
e.g. = Every year I go with her.
3
Nothing else will do: phải ... mới chịu
phải [điều kiện] mới chịu
e.g. = My ba likes the mixed filling, and it has to have two salted egg yolks or he's not happy.
4
Pick the right word for giving
biếu / tặng / cho + [người] + [món quà]
e.g. = Add a gift box as well, for me to give to ngoại.
5
Get something free with được tặng
mua [số lượng] nên được tặng [món]
e.g. = We buy two boxes, so we get two lovely little paper lanterns free.
Northern vs Southern
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