1. VIETNAMESE GREETINGS
AFTER TẾ T
When Vietnamese people get back to work after Tet or back to their
neighborhood if they were travelling away during T ết, they greet
each other by either asking some typical questions or offering some
typical wishes and always with a very friendly and bright smile.
2. GREETINGS AFTER TẾ T
The typical questions:
The typical responses:
Ăn Tế t sao, anh/ chị/ em?
(=How was your Tết?/ How did you enjoy
Tết?)
* (Dạ) bình thườ ng.
(= it was okay.)
* (Dạ) vui/ vui lắ m/ rấ t vui.
(= It was fun/ I enjoyed it a lot.)
* (Dạ) lu bu lắ m như ng mà vui.
(= very busy/ much running errands, but it was
fun.)
* (Dạ) mậ p ra. Vì ăn uố ng nhiề u quá!
(= gaining weight. Because of so much eating
and drinking! )
Then immediately followed a specific
question/ Or starting with a specific
question:
Ăn Tế t có vui không, anh/ chị/ em?
(=Did you enjoy Tết?/ Was your Tết fun/
enjoyable?)
Or
Tế t phát tài chư a, anh/ chị/ em? (= Have
you got any new wealth during Tết?)
-
(Dạ),
(Dạ), rồ i .
(Dạ), chư a. Như ng mà chắ c là sắ p rồ i.
(= Not yet. But I think it’s coming soon. )
3. GREETINGS AFTER TẾ T
1.
Nga:
Ăn Tế t có vui không, anh?
Anh Hoàng: Bình thườ ng, em! Còn em, Tế t phát tài chư a?
Nga:
Dạ chư a, anh. Chắ c là sắ p rồ i !
2.
Chị Thu:
Ăn Tế t sao, anh Peter? Có vui không?
Anh Peter: Vui lắ m. Anh mậ p ra. Vì ăn uố ng nhiề u quá!
Còn chị thì sao? Tế t phát tài chư a?
Chị Thu:
Rồ i, nhiề u rồ i .