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Does your Vietnamese vocabulary desert you at the worst time?

Last activity 28 September 2012 by laidbackfreak

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Jaitch

Ever get confused between đường (street), đường (sugar), đường (line), etc? Want to say: "I'll have what they are eating?"

I was poking around the Google App store and I discovered a little gem. and, what's even better, iThingy users don't have a version, yet! Talk about one-upmanship.

It's called Vietnamese Assistant.

Essentially, it's an intelligent talking dictionary. VNA contains 17 categories, or situations, with over 450 sentences/phrase that are well-defined and selected carefully. They cover almost all daily situations:

1. Greetings
2. Need Help
3. Ask for Directions
4. Daily Conversation
5. At Hotel
6. Transportation
7. At Hospital
8. At Pharmacy
9. At Supermarket
10. At Market
11. At Grocery
12. At Clothing Store
13. Eating and Drinking
14. Missing People & Belongings
15. Travelling Around
16. Vietnam Places
17. Number/Date/Time

You can download a copy at: < https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta … assistfull > or simply zap this:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-RsgVIGSOoOY/UGR6qYh0x1I/AAAAAAAABtU/rNRuA6WOeQY/s279/vnassist_qr.png

Only on Android, you say, what a pity!

laidbackfreak

And a bargain at 40% discount at the moment.... so only $3


Oh and one watch, the tones are northern so a little different to southern areas like HCMC.

Jaitch

laidbackfreak wrote:

And a bargain at 40% discount at the moment.... so only $3


Free ... the complete App ... if you know where to search.

laidbackfreak

Jaitch wrote:

Free ... if you look.


Downloaded and installed hence how I know the dialect is northern tones.....

The parts of it are free cover
Number/date/time
Vietnam Places
Ask for directions.

the rest you have to pay for as per, taken from play -
"Description
HURRY, 40% OFF SALE! Just 3$ now

Vietnamese Assistant (VNA) is the first mobile-based audio and visual phrasebook specially designed for tourists in Vietnamese. "

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