con trai con đứa
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Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]con trai (“boy”) augmented with đứa.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kɔn˧˧ t͡ɕaːj˧˧ kɔn˧˧ ʔɗɨə˧˦]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ ʈaːj˧˧ kɔŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨə˨˩˦]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [kɔŋ˧˧ ʈaːj˧˧ kɔŋ˧˧ ʔɗɨə˦˥]
Phrase
[edit]- (colloquial, disapproving) what kind of boy that...
- Con trai con đứa (gì) mà chẳng ga-lăng gì cả!
- You have no chivalry and you call yourself a man?
- (literally, “What kind of boy that is so not chivalrous like this?”)