Canadian Life

Chapter 1
10-year old Nguyen Xuan Dinh and 8-year old Dac Kien stepped outside the surburbs of Owatta.

A boy around Dinh's age went up to greet them

"Hi, you must be new here, I live nextdoor, let's be friends." The boy said.

Dinh and Dac Kien didn't understand English and they turned to eachother,

"Hey, Định, bạn có hiểu những gì anh ta nói gì không? Tôi không (Hey, Dinh, do you understand what he's saying? I don't)" Dac Kien said to Dinh

"Tôi cũng không (Me neither)" He replied back to his younger brother.

Dinh's father, came out of the house, then went towards the boys.

"Làm một người bạn mới? (Make a new friend?)" He asked, smiling.

"Tôi không hiểu tiếng Anh (I do not understand English, dad)" Dinh said.

Dinh was right, neither of the family understood English, despite English being available as a language in Vietnam, the brothers never got the hand of it and couldn't pronounce it well.

It was 7:00 and the boys were ready for school, and when they arrived to class.

"Hi, there your names?" She asked.

"They do not understand English, they are new here, the boy on my right is Dinh and the other one is Dac Kien, they are from Vietnam and have moved here recently and do not speak English." The woman with them said.