Learning Vietnamese in Australia
Hi all,
I have been dating my girlfriend for over 2 years now. Her background is Vietnamese (parents born in Vietnam whilst gf born in Australia). I feel like I have gotten along well with her family, they all seem to like me and we all went to Vietnam together at the end of last year for 5 weeks and I met some more extended family.
While I do enjoy the fact that I get along with my girlfriend's family, I do think my relationship with them has stagnated as they mostly speak Viet at home, especially my girlfriend's dad and grandpa who don't speak much English. So I think the next step for me should be to start learning Vietnamese.
I just thought I'd ask this reddit page for the best suggestions of how and where to learn Vietnamese. My girlfriend has told me that duolingo sucks for Viet, and one of my Vietnamese friends told me that a lot of what they teach on duolingo is overly formal and cringe.
For reference, my girlfriends parents are both from the Saigon area (since I know that the dialect is different north vs south).
If anyone has any good suggestions for learning Vietnamese I would love to hear them, particularly if anyone on here is based in Australia (Melbourne).
Thanks!