Elementary Viet 03

Question 0

Few, little (quantity)

Answer 0

Ít
Ít sách -> few books
Ít cơm -> little rice
Biết ít -> to know little

Classifier are not used between “ít” and countable nouns.

Question 1

Rice, food, cuisine

Answer 1

Cơm

Question 2

Many, much (quantity)

Answer 2

Nhiều
Nhiều sách -> many books
Nhiều cơm -> much rice
Biết nhiều -> to know much

Classifier are not used between “nhiều” and countable nouns.

Question 3

Year

Answer 3

Năm

Question 4

First

Answer 4

Thứ nhất

Question 5

Second (2nd)

Answer 5

Thứ hai

Question 6

Third

Answer 6

Thứ ba

Question 7

Fourth

Answer 7

Thứ tư

Question 8

Fifth

Answer 8

Thứ năm

Question 9

Sixth

Answer 9

Thứ sáu

Question 10

Seventh

Answer 10

Thứ bảy

Question 11

Eighth

Answer 11

Thứ tám

Question 12

Ninth

Answer 12

Thứ chín

Question 13

Tenth

Answer 13

Thứ mười

Question 14

First year student (freshman)

Answer 14

Sinh viên năm thứ nhất

Question 15

City

Answer 15

Thành phố

Question 16

Ho Chi Minh City

Answer 16

Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

Question 17

To teach

Answer 17

Dạy

Question 18

Plural marker (all of a given set)

Answer 18

Các

Các sinh viên -> students

Question 19

Plural marker (a fraction of a total)

Answer 19

Những
Những người Pháp ấy -> These French people
Những người Mỹ này -> those Americans

Question 20

Good at something, well

Answer 20

Giỏi

Question 21

Very /quite (moderate)

Answer 21

Rất
Rất đẹp -> quite beautiful (before the adjective)

Replaced by “lắm” in a “có… không” structure.
“Rất” takes the sense “at all” in negative sentence: tôi rất không thích chiếc áo này -> I don’t like this shirt at all

Question 22

Very

Answer 22

Lắm

Đẹp lắm -> very beautiful (after the adjective)

Question 23

Very, excessively

Answer 23

Quá
Đẹp quá -> extremely beautiful (after the adjective)
Replaced by “lắm” in a “có… không” structure.

Question 24

To praise

Answer 24

Khen

Question 25

To flatter someone (me) too much

Answer 25

Khen (tôi) quá lời

Question 26

This year

Answer 26

Năm nay (no accent on “nay”)

Question 27

You (familiar)

Answer 27

Cậu

Question 28

Foreign language

Answer 28

Ngoại ngữ

Question 29

Or

Answer 29

Hay

Hay [là] may function as an interrogative word and the interrogative construction is not used to form the question.

Question 30

I (familiar)

Answer 30

Mình

Question 31

To plan, to intend

Answer 31

Định

Question 32

What? How?

Answer 32

Thế nào?
[như] thế nào
(Link verb “là” is not used)

Ngôi nhà này [như] thế nào? -> what is the house like?
Hà vẽ [như] thế nào? -> how does Hà draw?

Question 33

To love

Answer 33

Yêu

Question 34

To fear, to be afraid

Answer 34

Sợ

Question 35

I don’t like this shirt at all

Answer 35

tôi rất không thích chiếc áo này

Question 36

I don’t like this shirt very much

Answer 36

tôi không thích chiếc áo này lắm

Question 37

Ugly

Answer 37

Xấu

Question 38

Not well

Answer 38

Kém

Question 39

To sing

Answer 39

Hát

Question 40

Also, too

Either (in negative sentences)

Answer 40

Cũng

Question 41

Room

Answer 41

Phòng

Question 42

To remember

Answer 42

Nhớ

Question 43

Hospital

Answer 43

Bệnh viện

Question 44

Class

Answer 44

Lớp

Question 45

Store

Answer 45

Hiệu

Question 46

To drink

Answer 46

Uống

Question 47

Beer

Answer 47

Bia

Question 48

To work

Answer 48

Làm việc

Question 49

Month

Answer 49

Tháng

Question 50

We (excluding the person addressed)

Answer 50

Chúng tôi

Question 51

But

Answer 51

Nhưng

Question 52

Time

Answer 52

Lần

Question 53

To know, to be acquainted with

Answer 53

Quen

Question 54

Hard, Heavily (speaking of rain)

Answer 54

To

Question 55

Heavy (weight), serious, severe

Answer 55

Nặng

Question 56

Airplane

Answer 56

Máy bay

Question 57

Loud

Answer 57

To

Question 58

Quiet (speaking of sounds)

Answer 58

Nhỏ

Question 59

Short, low

Answer 59

Thấp

Question 60

Correct, right

Answer 60

Dúng

Question 61

Incorrect

Answer 61

Sai