{"id":366,"date":"2021-07-05T21:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/?p=366"},"modified":"2021-07-05T21:22:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:22:36","slug":"summertime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/vietnamese\/summertime\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

Father\u2019s Day is usually marked as the start of Summer in the United States. However, the celebration of July 4th<\/sup>, Independence Day, is the real kick off for all summer activities. The end of summertime is usually marked by the celebration of Labor Day in early September. Officially, the summer of 2021 started on June 20 and will end on September 22.<\/p>\n

Unlike the United States with clear four seasons, Vietnam, especially southern Vietnam, has rainy or dry seasons. Summer season in Vietnam is marked when children are out of school. Generally speaking, it\u2019s somewhere between May and September.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the Vietnamese \u201csummer\u201d vocabulary list that I will use throughout this blog<\/p>\n

\u201cSUMMER\u201d RELATED VOCABULARY<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    \n
  • M\u00f9a h\u00e8<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Summer\/Summertime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • Ngh\u1ec9 m\u00e1t<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Vacation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • Ngh\u1ec9 h\u00e8<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Summer break\/Summer vacation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • Nh\u00e0 ngh\u1ec9 m\u00e1t<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Vacation home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • Khu ngh\u1ec9 m\u00e1t<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Resort<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • Khu gi\u1ea3i tr\u00ed<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Recreation\/Entertainment area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • Khu du l\u1ecbch<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Tourist area<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • C\u00f4ng vi\u00ean<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
    \n
  • Th\u1eddi ti\u1ebft<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Weather<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    \n
  • N\u1eafng<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Sunny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    \n
  • M\u00f9a m\u01b0a<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Raining season<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    \n
  • N\u00f3ng<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Hot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    \n
  • C\u1ea7u v\u1ed3ng<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Rainbow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    \n
  • Hoa Ph\u01b0\u1ee3ng<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Flamboyant Flower (Royal Poinciana)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    \n
  • Con ve s\u1ea7u<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Cicada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Flamboyant flower in the basket of a student’s bike – Image by Ti\u1ec3u B\u1ea3o Tr\u01b0\u01a1ng from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

I think m\u00f9a h\u00e8<\/em> (summer) is the most memorable season for most families. When I was young, I loved m\u00f9a h\u00e8<\/em> simply because t\u00f4i \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c ngh\u1ec9 h\u00e8<\/em> (I got a summer break\/off school) and went on ngh\u1ec9 m\u00e1t<\/em> (vacation) at my maternal grandmother\u2019s estate with my siblings and cousins.<\/p>\n

I called Grandma\u2019s estate our nh\u00e0 ngh\u1ec9 m\u00e1t <\/em>(vacation home). It had a small orchard with a view of a green, low mountain range and a large creek from the back deck of the house. It was like a resort to me because there, we did nothing but eat, play, and sleep. I still remember clearly each early evening at sunset, I would sit on the back balcony, allow my thoughts to drift into lalaland in a fairy realm, while enjoying the cool breeze blowing on my face and in my hair.<\/p>\n

Summer in Vietnam is the m\u00f9a m\u01b0a<\/em> (rainy season), n\u00f3ng<\/em> (hot), and nhi\u1ec1u n\u1eafng<\/em> (very sunny). However, the sky is beautiful blue with tons of billowing white clouds in many shapes. Back then, with imagination, I could see the clouds in all shapes of animals, such as a flying dragon, jumping rabbit, running dog, etc. At times, after the rain, I had a good view of a pretty c\u1ea7u v\u1ed3ng<\/em> (rainbow), too.<\/p>\n

In Vietnam, m\u00f9a h\u00e8<\/em> is also called m\u00f9a<\/em> Hoa Ph\u01b0\u1ee3ng<\/em> (Flamboyant flower season) or m\u00f9a ve s\u1ea7u<\/em> (cicada season). It\u2019s self-explanatory. You\u2019ll find a lot of pretty, \u201cflamboyant\u201d trees on the street covered with spectacular, showy, bright, red flowers that only bloom in the summer. Same for the cicadas. They make a loud noise in the summertime. In the past, students often dried the petals of hoa Ph\u01b0\u1ee3ng<\/em> and gifted them to each other before going on ngh\u1ec9 h\u00e8 (summer break). <\/em><\/p>\n

In music, there are many songs with lyrics about hoa Ph\u01b0\u1ee3ng<\/em>, symbolic of summer school. Notable are the songs titled \u201cN\u1ed7i Bu\u1ed3n Hoa Ph\u01b0\u1ee3ng\u201d (Hoa Ph\u01b0\u1ee3ng\u2019s Lament) and \u201cPhu\u1ecdng H\u1ed3ng\u201d (The Red Hoa Ph\u01b0\u1ee3ng). If you would like to listen to these songs, there are many available in YouTube.<\/p>\n

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Flamboyant Flower – Image by Olivier CORDONIN from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

An expression you always hear when the Vietnamese talk about the summer heat is \u201cn\u00f3ng ch\u1ea3y m\u1ee1<\/em>\u201d, transliterated as \u201chot melting fat\u201d or \u201cn\u00f3ng nh\u01b0 \u0111i\u00ean<\/em>\u201d, meaning \u201chot like crazy\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the United States, strangely, even though it\u2019s n\u00f3ng nh\u01b0 \u0111i\u00ean<\/em> and n\u00f3ng ch\u1ea3y m\u1ee1<\/em> like in the oven, people still love to go outside and get all the sun tanning they can. It\u2019s the opposite in Vietnam. When it\u2019s too hot and sunny, nobody wants to be on the street or does anything.\u00a0 As for sun tanning, it\u2019s a big no-no, especially for girls. Maintaining a lighter complexion is considered more youthful and attractive. This is one reason why so many Vietnamese wore masks outdoors before the pandemic. It\u2019s to keep the sun and wind from weathering their cheeks and noses!<\/p>\n

Enjoy the long days of summertime and don\u2019t forget to wear your hat, sunglasses and sunblock!<\/p>\n

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Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

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Father\u2019s Day is usually marked as the start of Summer in the United States. However, the celebration of July 4th, Independence Day, is the real kick off for all summer activities. The end of summertime is usually marked by the celebration of Labor Day in early September. Officially, the summer of 2021 started on June…<\/p>\n

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