Character map
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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("J.B. Hobson") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N2("Pierre Aronnax")
N2("Pierre Aronnax") -->|"tôi -> cậu"| N3("Conseil")
N2("Pierre Aronnax") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N4("Commander Farragut")
N4("Commander Farragut") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N2("Pierre Aronnax")
N4("Commander Farragut") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N5("Engineer")
N5("Engineer") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N4("Commander Farragut")
N2("Pierre Aronnax") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N6("Ned Land")
N6("Ned Land") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N2("Pierre Aronnax")
N4("Commander Farragut") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N6("Ned Land")
N6("Ned Land") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N4("Commander Farragut")
N6("Ned Land") -->|"ta -> các người"| N7("Masked men")
N3("Conseil") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N6("Ned Land")
N6("Ned Land") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N3("Conseil")
N6("Ned Land") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N8("Captain Nemo")
N3("Conseil") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N8("Captain Nemo")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N2("Pierre Aronnax")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N3("Conseil")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N9("Second lieutenant")
N9("Second lieutenant") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N8("Captain Nemo")
N2("Pierre Aronnax") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N10("Second officer")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N11("Indian fisherman")
N11("Indian fisherman") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N8("Captain Nemo")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"tôi -> anh"| N12("Nicholas of Cape Matapan")
N12("Nicholas of Cape Matapan") -->|"tôi -> ngài"| N8("Captain Nemo")
N2("Pierre Aronnax") -->|"tôi -> Thuyền trưởng"| N8("Captain Nemo")
N3("Conseil") -->|"tôi -> thầy"| N2("Pierre Aronnax")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"ta -> ngươi"| N6("Ned Land")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"ta -> mi"| N13("Warship")
N8("Captain Nemo") -->|"con -> Người"| N14("Almighty God")