Vietnamese phrase
How to say “Please let me through” in Vietnamese
“Please let me through” in Vietnamese is
Làm ơn cho tôi đi qua
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
Xin lỗi, làm ơn cho tôi đi qua để về chỗ.
Excuse me, please let me through to return to my seat.
Northern
Hanoi and the north
Southern
Saigon and the south
Worth knowing
Word by word: Làm ơn (please) + cho (let) + tôi (me) + đi (go) + qua (through/past)
When you would use it
This line comes from the Night at the Opera situation pack in XinChao (Beginner) — the moments you actually run into in Việt Nam, not textbook drills.
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