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Chúc ngày Valentine, or celebrate/happy Valentine’s day.

If you are giving a gift you can say:
Toi muốn tặng quà cho người yêu trong ngày Valentine=
I want to offer a gift for my love on Valentine’s day.

There are also previous posts on how to say some other phrases such as I love you, etc…

Valentine’s day is really a western holiday, but it’s a holiday younger Vietnamese might celebrate. Enjoy.

Or Tet in Vietnamese (actually started yesterday oops)^^

2008 Year of the Rat

It is said this year has opportunities with little troubles in general for most signs. Unless your sign is the Rat, it will be a struggle (perhaps for the next 15 years from what I read in a Viet publishing) with incredible rewards for working hard although harsh punishment for laziness. Anyhow, new year! Chance to start over again =)

In Vietnamese, adjectives come after the noun (instead of before the noun in English). This is the typical structure for expressing liking of anything.

For example:
I like red colors. = Toi thich mau do. (literally says I like colors red).
I like Viet music = Toi thich nhac viet.

When you’re talking with a friend, you can address them as friend instead of using the “you” form that applies to them. Also, you can add “khong” to the end of a sentence to ask a question.

For example:
Do you want to go out? = Banh co muon di chuy khong? (literally says Friend do you like to do out, right?)
Would you like to go to a movie? = Banh co muon di cinee khong?

When conversing with another person of the opposite gender close to your own age, it’s fairly safe in most cases to address them as “anh” (male) or “em” (female).

Anh la đẹp trai = You (male) are handsome
Em la dễ thương = You (female) are cute

Also the sound “uuhy” is sometimes added to the end of words to be more endearing.
Người yêu-uuhy = Person love or lover

In Vietnamese, days of the week are referred to as a number. Indicate each day with “thứ”, which means “order” and then the day. The week starts on Sunday and the following days are numbered accordingly.

Thứ Hai= Order 2, or Monday