Vietnamese man
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Vietnamese man
A male person who has Vietnamese citizenship or comes from Vietnam.
Mein neuer Kollege ist Vietnamese und hat mir von seiner Heimatstadt Hanoi erzählt.
My new colleague is a Vietnamese man and told me about his hometown, Hanoi.
This word belongs to a family: 'der Vietnamese' (male Vietnamese person), 'die Vietnamesin' (female Vietnamese person), 'vietnamesisch' (adjective, e.g. the food), and 'Vietnamesisch' (the language).
Er lernt Vietnamesisch, weil seine Freundin Vietnamesin ist.
He is learning Vietnamese because his girlfriend is a Vietnamese woman.
'Der Vietnamese' is a weak noun (N-declension). This means it gets the ending '-n' in the accusative, dative, and genitive singular. Only in the nominative does it appear without '-n'.
Kennen Sie den Vietnamesen, der das neue Restaurant eröffnet hat?
Do you know the Vietnamese man who opened the new restaurant?
The word 'Vietnamese' refers only to the person. When talking about things from Vietnam, you use the adjective 'vietnamesisch' (Vietnamese).
Die vietnamesische Kultur ist sehr vielfältig.
Vietnamese culture is very diverse.
Vietnamese
'der Vietnamese' and 'vietnamesisch' both refer to Vietnam, but they have different grammatical functions. 'Der Vietnamese' is a noun and refers to a male person from Vietnam or with Vietnamese citizenship. 'vietnamesisch' is an adjective and describes things, people, culture, food, or language connected with Vietnam. They are easy to confuse because the forms look similar. Pay attention to the role in the sentence: a person can be 'ein Vietnamese' (a Vietnamese man); a restaurant, a dish, or a language is 'vietnamesisch' (Vietnamese).
Mein neuer Nachbar ist Vietnamese und erzählt gern von seiner Heimat.
My new neighbor is Vietnamese and likes to talk about his homeland.
Zum Mittagessen bestellen wir heute vietnamesische Suppe.
For lunch today, we are ordering Vietnamese soup.