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What do you say in Vietnamese when something goes wrong on a trip?

Expect to hear Uống ngày ba lần. (oo-ong ngai bah lun, "Take it three times a day"), Không sao đâu. (khome sow dow, "It's no problem"). Useful things to say: Xin lỗi, nhà thuốc ở đâu? (sin loy, nyah too-ok uh dow, "Excuse me, where is a pharmacy?") and Tôi bị đau bụng. (toy bee dow boong, "I have a stomach ache").

The whole conversation: When something goes wrong

Finding a pharmacy when you feel ill, and the words you hope you will never need.

  1. You say
    Xin lỗi, nhà thuốc ở đâu? sin loy, nyah too-ok uh dow Excuse me, where is a pharmacy?
  2. You say
    Tôi bị đau bụng. toy bee dow boong I have a stomach ache.
  3. You say
    Tôi bị sốt. toy bee soht I have a fever.

    Bị marks something bad happening to you: bị sốt, bị lạc, bị hỏng.

  4. You hear
    Uống ngày ba lần. oo-ong ngai bah lun Take it three times a day.
  5. You say
    Tôi bị lạc. toy bee lahk I'm lost.
  6. You say
    Tôi không hiểu. toy khome hee-oo I don't understand.
  7. You say
    Nói chậm lại được không? noy chum lai duh-uk khome Could you speak more slowly?
  8. You say
    Bạn nói tiếng Anh được không? bahn noy tee-eng ang duh-uk khome Can you speak English?
  9. You say
    Cứu tôi với! guh-oo toy vuh-ee Help me!
  10. You say
    Gọi cảnh sát! goy gang saht Call the police!

    Emergency numbers: police 113, ambulance 115.

  11. You hear
    Không sao đâu. khome sow dow It's no problem.
  12. You say
    Hẹn gặp lại nha! hen gup lai nha See you again!

    Nha on the end makes it warm and friendly. Tạm biệt is the textbook goodbye and sounds stiff.

Is this what people really say here?

Questions about this scene

What do you say in Vietnamese when something goes wrong on a trip?

Expect to hear Uống ngày ba lần. (oo-ong ngai bah lun, "Take it three times a day"), Không sao đâu. (khome sow dow, "It's no problem"). Useful things to say: Xin lỗi, nhà thuốc ở đâu? (sin loy, nyah too-ok uh dow, "Excuse me, where is a pharmacy?") and Tôi bị đau bụng. (toy bee dow boong, "I have a stomach ache").