Hội thoại #2: Tại quán cà phê

– My name’s Cathy , from https://123vietnamese.com
– Welcome to lesson 2: How to order a coffee
– Tony, would you like something to drink?
– Sure
– Let’s go to that coffee
– Bạn muốn cái gì?
– Tôi muốn cafe. Do you want coffee Tony?
– No, I’ll have a cup of tea.
– Anh ấy không muốn cafe. Anh ấy muốn trà.
– Vâng.
– Ok. That was difficult. What did you say?
– That is: “Bạn muốn cái gì?”
– Ah. “Bạn” means “you”, “muốn” means “want”, “cái gì” means “what”

– This also means “what do you want?”

– So what did you order?

– And I said “Tôi muốn cà phê” means “I want coffee”.

– and what did you say for my order?

– The girl says that : “Anh ấy muốn cà phê?”. “Anh ấy” means “He”. So she just says “Does he want a coffee?”.

– First I answer “Anh ấy không muốn cafe” .The new word here is “không muốn”.

– Không means “not”. “Muốn” means “want”. “Không muốn” means “not want”.

– So I say “Anh ấy không muốn cafe” it means “He not wants coffee”. This also means “He doesn’t want coffee”.

– Verb here is very simple “muốn” means “want”, “không muốn” means “not want”.

– For example “Tôi muốn” – “I want”. “Bạn muốn” – “You want”. “Anh ấy muốn” – “He wants”.

– Ah, that’s new for me.

– What do you say then?

– I say “anh ấy muốn trà”. “Trà” in Vietnamese means “tea”. So “anh ấy muốn trà” means “he wants a tea”.

– Ah, I understand. How do I say in the case “I want that one”.

– You will say “Tôi muốn cái kia”.”Cái kia” means “that one”.

– So If you don’t know what something is called, you can point to it and say “Tôi muốn cái kia”, which means “I want that one”

– Tôi muốn cái kia.
– Vâng

– When she says “vâng”, it means “sure” or “ok”. When you want “This one” you can say “cái này”. So saying “Tôi muốn cái này” would mean “I want this one”

– So “Cái kia” for “That one” and “Cái này” for “This one”
– Yes, that is.