{"id":17523,"date":"2024-07-31T17:01:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T10:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walking-vietnam.net\/?post_type=rensai&p=17523"},"modified":"2024-07-31T17:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T10:01:13","slug":"is-it-rude-to-ask-someones-age-in-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"rensai","link":"https:\/\/walking-vietnam.net\/en\/rensai\/sessa-vietnam-zatsugaku\/is-it-rude-to-ask-someones-age-in-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it rude to ask the other person's age in Vietnam?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everyone has experienced the feeling of wondering how old the person you first met is. However, in Japan, timing is important when asking this question, and there are certain expectations for women in particular. So, let\u2019s look at how things are in Vietnam regarding asking people\u2019s age. This time, I\u2019ll write about asking people\u2019s age in Vietnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It's absolutely fine to ask about someone's age.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Vietnam, asking someone you have just met their age is not a problem at all. This is something that can be said to both men and women, and it is rooted in the cultural customs surrounding the Vietnamese language. This is because Vietnamese has a system where the first and second person pronouns used to refer to oneself and others change depending on the age of the person being addressed, so it is necessary to know the age of the person to confirm the correct usage of the pronoun. Additionally, when a relationship does not develop into one that involves knowing the age of the other person (for example, if they just happened to be in the same place), calling the other person by the second person pronoun indicating their age is considered polite. Incidentally, in Vietnam, many people answer with the year they were born rather than the age, which is also believed to prevent misunderstandings because some people still use the current year as a calculation method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Say your age when introducing yourself<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In casual settings, you can confirm each other\u2019s age during interactions, but in self-introductions in front of a large group, you often include your own age. This is because, as mentioned earlier, it is information necessary to establish the terms of address between you and the other person, and since the listener is also interested in it, it is polite to first convey that information. When Japanese people introduce themselves to Vietnamese people, if the interaction is conducted in Japanese or English, it is not a big problem from a terminology perspective, but when the interaction is conducted in Vietnamese, it is more convenient for subsequent calls to be made if you mention the other person\u2019s age first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking young is universal<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is common for people who have reached a certain age to be happy about being perceived as younger than their actual age. This is even more so for women. Whether they use the second-person pronoun \"Em\" (em) to indicate the younger of the two when meeting for the first time, or the first-person pronoun \"Chi\" (chi) to indicate the older of the two. In a polite sense, although \"Chi\" is the correct choice, if they learn that they were called \"Em\" because they appear younger than their actual age, they will not feel bad about it. Generally, Japanese people tend to look younger than their peers in Vietnam, so it is not uncommon for someone younger than them to be called by the second-person pronoun \"Em\" (em).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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author (usu. of a particular book, etc.)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Takuma Inada<\/h3>

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Representative of SESSA VIETNAM CO.<\/p>

Profile<\/h4>

After working in Vietnam for 7 years in the human resource field, he established SESSA VIETNAM, a human resource consulting company in 2021. In 2021, he established SESSA VIETNAM, a human resource consulting company. The company provides human resource consulting services for companies and job seekers, focusing on \"recruitment\", \"labor consultation\", and \"work permit acquisition on behalf of clients\".
He has made it a daily routine to observe Vietnamese people and think about the \"why and what\" of Vietnam. His motto is \"If you do it, it will come to you.
Official HP\u3011 \u3010Official HPhttps:\/\/www.sessa-jp.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>

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