Vietnamese phrase

How to say “No Vietnamese coriander” in Vietnamese

No Vietnamese coriander” in Vietnamese is

Không lấy rau răm

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

Cho tôi một ổ bánh mì, không lấy rau răm nhé.

I'd like a banh mi, please don't include any Vietnamese coriander.

Northern

Hanoi and the north

Southern

Saigon and the south

Worth knowing

Word by word: Không (no) + lấy (take) + rau (vegetable) + răm (coriander/laksa leaf)

When you would use it

This line comes from the Street Food Mix 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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