Character map

Favorite Fairy Tales

Vietnamese has no single word for "I" or "you". Speakers choose words according to age, rank and closeness. Each arrow in this diagram runs from speaker to listener. Its label gives the word the speaker uses for themselves, then the word they use for the other person.

graph TD N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> các anh"| N2("Grooms of King Mihrage") N2("Grooms of King Mihrage") -->|"chúng tôi -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N3("King Mihrage") N3("King Mihrage") -->|"ta -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N4("Captain") N4("Captain") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> ông"| N5("Merchant") N5("Merchant") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> các bạn"| N6("Companions") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> các anh"| N7("White persons gathering pepper") N7("White persons gathering pepper") -->|"chúng tôi -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> bệ hạ"| N8("King") N8("King") -->|"ta -> ngươi"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N9("Friend") N9("Friend") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> các anh"| N10("Merchants and sailors") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> cụ"| N11("Old Man of the Sea") N12("Crew of a ship") -->|"chúng tôi -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N13("Pilot") -->|"tôi -> các anh"| N1("Sindbad") N14("Blacks") -->|"chúng tôi -> anh"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"tôi -> bệ hạ"| N15("King of Serindib") N15("King of Serindib") -->|"ta -> nhà ngươi"| N1("Sindbad") N1("Sindbad") -->|"thần -> bệ hạ"| N16("Caliph Haroun Alrashid") N16("Caliph Haroun Alrashid") -->|"ta -> nhà ngươi"| N1("Sindbad")