Vietnamese phrase

How to say “Does this boat stop at Thanh Da?” in Vietnamese

“Does this boat stop at Thanh Da?” in Vietnamese is

Tàu này có dừng ở Thanh Đa không?

Hear it in both accents

Vietnamese sounds noticeably different north to south. Both are recorded so you can match wherever you are.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Used in a sentence

Tàu này có dừng ở Thanh Đa không?

Does this boat stop at Thanh Da?

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: Tàu (boat) + này (this) + có (have) + dừng (stop) + ở (at) + Thanh Đa (place name) + không (no/question marker)

North vs south: In the South, 'tàu' is commonly used for ships and large boats like the waterbus, whereas in the North it often refers to trains.

When you would use it

This line comes from the Saigon Waterbus Trip situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.

See the survival packs

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