Chapter 3: SYNTACTIC, SEMANTIC AND CULTURAL FEATURES OF
3.2. Forms of invitation cards and letters to a housewarming party in English and Vietnamese
3.2.2. Forms of invitation letters to a housewarming party in English and Vietnamese
To point out the similarities and differences of forms of invitation letters to a housewarming party in English and Vietnamese, each form should be studied carefully.
3.2.2.1. Forms of invitation letters to a housewarming party in English.
See the following sample letter
68A, Lonron Satu, Taman Bahagla2, Melaka.
14th June 2010 Dear Michael,
How is everything going? I am delighted to tell you that I have moved to a new house.
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As the previous tenancy contract has ended, I found a new house in North Sydney where is much closer to my office. I moved in last Friday after finishing all the cleaning.
The new place that I rent is a two-storey house with a big yard at the back, so I can host a BBQ diner there. My bedroom is much more spacious than the old one and it has a big window. I always enjoy the beautiful city view in the morning.
In order to celebrate the moving, I am going to throw a house warming party and I would love you to come. It will be on the 5th of July and starts at 7 pm. I will show you around my new house and we will have dinner together with my other friends.
Hope to see you on that day. If you cannot make it, you are always welcomed to come another time.
Regards, Kate
The form of an informal letter of invitation to a housewarming party in English:
- Like the other informal letter, writer’s address is written at the top right hand corner. The date is written bellow the address. The salutation is written one line below the date, on the left hand of the date.
- The opening remarks, there is always an announcement about the event in declarative sentences. They may be a single or complex sentence.
- The contents, there may be one, two or three paragraphs. It contains the invitation that can be in all forms used to invite to a housewarming party in cards and letters.
Some information about the new house is written. The announcement of the address of the house, the place where the party is held, the number of guests, the time, date and activities are informed. The sentences are either simple or multiple (compound or complex
- The closing remarks, the inviter always asks for the possibility of the guests’
attendance. Sentences are either simple or multiple (compound or complex).
- The ending, it is written below the closing remarks on the left hand of the page.
- The tenses of verbs are used in present and future tenses.
- Some words are polysemous.
3.2.2.2. Forms of invitation letters to a housewarming party in Vietnamese
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Look at the sample letter bellow
Thái Bình, ngày 5 tháng 12 năm 2012 Chị Nhung kính mến,
Chúng em rất vui mừng báo tin cùng chị ngôi nhà mới cuả chúng em đã hoàn thành.
Chúng em sẽ chuyển về nhà mới vào ngày 15 /12/2012. Chúng em trân trọng kính mời chị và gia đình đến dự bữa cơm thân mật cùng gia đình chúng em vào 17h ngày 16 tháng 12 năm 2012 tại xóm 6 thôn Đồng Phú, xã Độc Lập, huyện Hưng Hà, tỉnh Thái Bình. Chị cố gắng thu xếp thời gian đến dự và thăm nhà em nhé.
Sự hiện diện của chị và gia đình là niềm vinh hạnh của chúng em. Gia đình rất hân hạnh được đón tiếp.
Em: Phạm Hồng Anh
The form of an informal letter of invitation to a housewarming party in Vietnamese:
- The name of the writer’s province (district or village) where he is living and the date is written one line at the top right hand corner. The salutation is written one line below the date, on the left hand of the date.
- The opening remarks, there is always an announcement about the event in declarative sentences. They may be a single or complex sentence.
- The contents, there may be one or two paragraphs. It contains the invitation. The invitations are often in performative within or without a subject. The announcement of the address of the house, the place where the party is held, the number of guests, the time and date are informed. Sentences are either simple or multiple (compound or complex).
- The closing remarks, the inviter always gives a polite welcoming. Sentences are simple.
- The ending, it is written below the closing remarks on the right hand of the page.
- Tenses of verbs are used in present and future tenses.
- All of words are in denotative meaning. The sentences are in paraphrase.
Table 5: Summary of forms of invitation letters.
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Forms of letter of invitation
In English In Vietnamese
Writer’s address, date and salutation
Writer’s address is written at the top right hand corner. The date is written bellow the address. The salutation is written one line below the date, on the left hand of the date.
The name of the writer’s province (district or village) where he is living and the date is written one line at the top right hand corner. The salutation is written one line below the date, on the left hand of the date.
The opening remarks There is always an announcement about the event in declarative sentences. They may be a single or complex sentence.
There is always an announcement about the event in declarative sentences. They may be a single or complex sentence.
The contents There may be two or three paragraphs. It contains the invitation that can be in all forms used to invite to a housewarming party in cards and letters. Some information about the new house is written.
The announcement of the address of the house, the place where the party is held, the number of guests, the time, date and activities are informed. The sentences are either simple or multiple (compound or complex).
There may be one or two paragraphs. It contains the invitation. The invitations are often in performative within or without a subject.
The announcement of the address of the house, the place where the party is held, the number of guests, the time and date are informed. Sentences are either simple or multiple (compound or complex).