vietnam
ベトナム
解説 Definition
ベトナム
A country in Southeast Asia with a long coast on the South China Sea and borders with China, Laos, and Cambodia. Vietnam is a proper noun used in expressions such as live in Vietnam, travel to Vietnam, and come from Vietnam.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Vietnam はベトナム語の Việt と Nam から成る国名で、Nam は「南」に関係します。Asia、Southeast Asia と結び付け、live in Vietnam、go to Vietnam、Vietnam is in Asia の形で覚えましょう。国名は Vietnam、形容詞・人・言語には Vietnamese を使い、Vietnam food ではなく通常 Vietnamese food と言います。
Connect Vietnam with Southeast Asia and learn it in place-name patterns: live in Vietnam, travel to Vietnam, and Vietnam is in Asia. The name contains Vietnamese Việt and Nam, with Nam associated with “south,” which gives a factual structure for remembering it. Keep Vietnam for the country, but use Vietnamese for an adjective, a person, or the language: Vietnamese food, a Vietnamese student, and speak Vietnamese. This contrast prevents the common mistake of using the country name directly before every noun.
例文
My friend lives in Vietnam.
私の友達はベトナムに住んでいます。
Vietnam is in Asia.
ベトナムはアジアにあります。
vietnam の類義語・関連語
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vietnam の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ベトナム語の Việt（ベトナムの主要な民族）と Nam（南）からできた国名で、「南のベトの地」という意味です。
Vietnam represents the Vietnamese name Việt Nam. Việt refers historically to the Viet people, while Nam means “south,” so the name is commonly understood as “Southern Viet” or “the Viet of the south.” English adopted the country name through romanized Vietnamese spelling. Modern English often writes it as the single word Vietnam, while the Vietnamese form is conventionally written as two words with diacritics: Việt Nam.
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