Eat Rice Yet?

If a Vietnamese grandma asks "Ăn cơm chưa?", she isn't asking about rice. She's saying hello.

Eat Rice Yet? teaches Vietnamese the way Vietnamese people actually think, not word-for-word translation. Short animated lessons from one little street in Hanoi's Old Quarter: Mai's brand-new homestay, Bà Sen's sidewalk iced-tea stall, and the travellers who stop by.

What you'll learn:
• The six tones, slowly and clearly, in Northern and Southern accents
• Everyday Vietnamese for cafés, markets, taxis and neighbours
• How to address people (anh, chị, em, bác, bà…) and why it matters
• Customs and festivals: Tết, weddings, Mid-Autumn and more
• Sayings and idioms that make no sense when translated
• The places behind the stories: Hoàn Kiếm Lake, the Temple of Literature, the One Pillar Pagoda

Shorts for quick lessons, longer episodes for the full story. Pull up a plastic stool, pour a glass of trà đá, and let's think in Vietnamese.