Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Give me one banh mi (polite)” in Vietnamese
“Give me one banh mi (polite)” in Vietnamese is
Cho con một cái bánh mì
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
Cô ơi, cho con một cái bánh mì không cay.
Auntie, please give me one banh mi without chili.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: Cho (give) + con (I/child) + một (one) + cái (item classifier) + bánh mì (bread/sandwich)
When you would use it
This line comes from the Morning Rush Orders situation pack in XinChao (Survival) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
See the survival packs