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Old 19-01-2008, 03:42 PM
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Re: Vietnam - HCM

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Originally Posted by Carrot007 View Post
Since in your previous sentence is "you are too polite", then her reply 'dau co j dau anh' simply means "where got?, don't have lah".
But she has used a short-form and also in the form of a typical vietnamese slang which makes her sentence 'sound' nicer.

dau = where
co = have
j = anything (this is a short-form, the correct word is gi.)
dau = this is not the same as the 1st 'dau', this 'dau' is just a tone / expression which has no meaning (just like in singapore, we sometimes sms "no lah").
anh = refer to you
I see. Thanks man.
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