Questions every Vietnamese person will ask you (and how to answer)

Every conversation you have in Vietnamese will start like this:

What nationality are you?

Người nước nào?

Tôi là người Mỹ. (Me-e) I am an American

Do you have a wife? or husband? or girlfirend

Có vợ chưa? (variations: do you have a family, how many people in your family, etc)

How old are you?

Bao nhiều tuổi?

Hai muoi hai tuoi - I am 22

How long have you been in Hanoi?

Bạn ở Hanoi bao lau rồi?

Are you working or travelling?

Lam viec work Du lich travel

If you can answer a single one of these questions, they will lie and tell you that you speak Vietnamese very well: Em noi tieng Viet gioi

It’s worth preparing a humorous retort to this. My friend says that he is as stupid as a cow which people find quite funny. Khong phai. Em ngu nhu bo