Vocabulary 16 Flashcards by Stephen Rothman

who

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Brother (…), older brother. Polite term used to address a male friend; (my) older brother or same age

anh

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England

nước Anh

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Do you have a question?

Anh có câu hỏi nào không?

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What are you studying?

Anh (đang) học gì đó?

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What are you doing?

Anh (đang) làm gì đó?

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With whom are you talking?

Anh (đang) nói chuyện với ai?

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Where are you going? (In other contexts, dấy means there, but at the end of the word, it refers to an action in progress. You can omit it, but it is similar to our “now.” The same is true of đó)

Anh đi đâu đấy?

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repeat after me

Anh đọc theo em nhé!

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You are more skilled

anh giỏi hơn rồi đấy

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Anh hỏi

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How are you?

Anh khỏe không?

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Where are you from?

Anh là người nước nào?

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Anhn đang làm gì đấy?

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What are you doing? (here đó refers to an action in process, not to “there”)

Anh đang làm gì đó?

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Can you hear me clearly?

anh nghe em rõ không?

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I hear you clearly (well)

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I speak English better than her

Tôi nói tiếng Anh giỏi hơn cô ấy

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What number are you at on Clinton Street?

Anh ở số mấy phố Clinton?

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Which suburb in Los Angeles do you live in?

Anh ở vùng nào ở Los Angeles?

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Will you go to Saigon?

Anh sẽ đi SG chứ?

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Anh sẽ ở Vn bao lâu?

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What day were you born?

anh sinh ngày mấy?

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You answer

Anh trả lời

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Oh…

À…

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Eat

ăn

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Eat a meal (eat rice)

ăn cơm

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breakfast

ăn sáng

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that

ấy

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three

ba, số ba

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father

ba, bố

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Your father

ba của anh, bố của anh

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thirty

ba mươi

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thirty one

ba mươi mốt

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thirty five

ba mươi lăm

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(It’s) 3:00.

Ba giờ rồi.

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Mrs., you, your; Madam (literally, ‘my grandmother’)

bà

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Written work, lesson, text

bài

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Exercises

Bài tập

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75000

bảy mươi lăm ngàn

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750000

bảy trăm năm mươi ngàn

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seven

bảy

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friend

bạn

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now

bây giờ

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What are you doing now? I’m studying Vietnamese.

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What do you do for a living now? I work as a lawyer.

Anh làm gì để kiếm sống bây giờ? Tôi làm luật sư.

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Where are you now?

Bây giờ anh ở đâu?

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What time is it now?

Bây giờ (là) mấy giờ rồi?

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Now you are going to the post office, right?

Bây giờ bà đi tới bưu điện, phải không?

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Bangkok

Băng Cốc

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Hospital

bệnh viện

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beer

bia

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Cow or beef

con bò hoặc thịt bò

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four

số bốn

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I’m going at 4:00.

Bốn giờ tôi đi.

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forty

bốn mươi

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forty five

bốn mươi lăm

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forty one

bốn mươi mốt

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407

bốn trăm lẻ/linh bảy

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Ministry

Bộ

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Ministry of Immigration

Bộ Di trú

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Ministry of Education

Bộ Giáo dục

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government ministry foreign affairs (in U.S.A.: State Dept.)

bộ ngoại giao

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Ministry of Finance

Bộ Tài chính

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Ministry of Social Welfare

Bộ Xã hội

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Ministry of Interior

Bộ Nội vụ

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Grapefruit; pomelo; yellow pomelo; green pomelo

bưởi; bưởi vàng; bưởi xanh

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Post office

bưu điện

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California

Ca-li

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Cambodia

Cam - pu chia; Campuchia

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You men

Các anh

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You men are studying what?

Các anh học gì đấy?

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You ladies

Các chị

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What are those ladies doing? They are going to see a film.

các chị ấy đi đâu? Họ đi xem phim.

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What are you ladies doing? We are going to the airport

các chị đi đâu (đấy)? Chúng tôi đi tới sân bay.

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You ladies are doing what?

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thank (you)

cám ơn

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both

cả hai

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coffee

cà-phê

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Cẩm Phả ( near Ha Long Bay)

Cẩm Phả (gần Vịnh Hạ Long)

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Social club

câu lạc bộ cộng đồng

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Club (not for a bar or night club but for a group of people who gather to do something, or a tennis club – which may combine a place with a group of people doing something).

câu lạc bộ

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Hoàn Kiếm Club

câu lạc bộ Hoàn Kiếm

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Patterns

Câu mẫu

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Point (dot) as in six point one = 6.1

chấm, sáu chấm một

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to greet

chào

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I greet you (Mrs.)

con/tôi Chào bà

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Hello (teacher / Ms.) Thủy

Chào cô Thủy

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tea

chè (no.), trà (so.)

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pm (afternoon)

chiều

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Tomorrow afternoon

chiều mai

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nine

số chín

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9 a.m.

chín giờ sáng

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905000

chín trăm lẻ năm ngàn

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Sister (…), older sister. Polite term used to address a female friend; (my) older sister or same age

chị

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She also lives in Los Angeles, so what is her address?

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You / I (female) will go

Chị sẽ đi

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to enjoy leisure time

tận hưởng thời gian rảnh

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Sunday

Chủ Nhật

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Have a nice day (Wish you one day fun)

Chúc anh một ngày thật vui!

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Wish you and she have a nice day

Chúc anh chị một ngày thật vui!

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I wish you good night; or sleep well

Chúc em ngủ ngon!

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Chúng tôi

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We are studying lesson two

Chúng tôi đang học bài Hai

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We are going to the post office

Chúng tôi đang tới bưu điện

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We are going to a social club

Chúng tôi đang tới câu lạc bộ

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maybe

có lẽ

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and as for, and how about

còn

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And who is that over there?

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Miss (…), Miss, aunt; Miss (literally, ‘my aunt’); female teacher

cô

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That lady

Cô ấy

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That lady is doing lesson four

Cô ấy đang làm bài Bốn

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That lady is doing lesson two

Cô ấy đang làm bài Hai

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Rice or food

cơm

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Chinese food

cơm Trung Quốc

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Public servant (southern dialect). viên chức/ công chức public servant, official, civil servant

công chức

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End of the year

cuối năm

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End of the day

cuối ngày

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End of the month

cuối tháng

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End of next month

cuối tháng sau

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weekend

cuối tuần

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of / belong to

của

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also Verb

cũng động từ

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Also at this time; at the same time (as we did today)

cũng giờ này?

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Polite response particle

Dạ

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Right or yes

Dạ vâng/ Vâng/ Dạ Phải/ Phải.

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to teach

dạy

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here

ở đây

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Used before a verb to indicate an action in process, e.g. you are working

đang e.g. anh đang làm việc

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expensive

đắt

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Too expensive

đắt quá

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Night [12 giờ đêm = midnight; 1 giờ sáng = 1 a.m. (one in the morning) and 1 giờ đêm = 1 in the morning (one at night)]

đêm

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to come to, arrive at

đến

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Prettier than me

Đẹp hơn tôi

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to go

đi

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There are some place words with which đi ‘to go’ is not used by itself. These place words are more comfortable with đến ‘to arrive at’ or with đi đến. Tôi đi đến trường I’m going to the school. Tôi (đi) đến (nhà) chị Mai. I’m going to Mai’s (place/ house).

đi đến

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enter

(đi) vào

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address

địa chỉ

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there

đó / đấy

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to read

đọc

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Dialog A1a

Đối thoại A1a

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dollars

đô la

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street

đường phố (southern dialect)

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(my) young sibling

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Please speak more slowly

em nói chậm lại được không?

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You speak too quickly.

em nói nhanh quá!

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She speaks Vietnamese better than me

em ấy nói tiếng Việt giỏi hơn/ tốt hơn tôi

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Close to

gần

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Near Ha Long Bay

gần Vịnh Hạ Long

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to meet

gặp

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what

gì

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affairs

giao

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to introduce

giới-thiệu

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hour

giờ

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the same

giống nhau

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two

hai

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Hai chị đang đi đâu đó?

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twenty

hai mươi

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twenty one

hai mươi mốt

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twenty five

hai mươi lăm

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2014

hai nghìn không trăm mười bốn

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2.500,00đ

hai nghìn rưỡi đồng

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Two million đồng (around $100)

2 triệu đồng

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to be happy, honored

hân hạnh

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I’m pleased (to be able) to meet you. (Formal)

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appointment

hẹn

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See you Tuesday at 9 a.m., ok! (Hẹn gặp lại = appointment meet back)

Hẹn gặp lại anh thứ ba lúc 9 sáng nhe!

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See you next Saturday

Hẹn gặp lại anh thứ bảy tuần sau!

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See you Monday next at 9 a.m. (tuần sau = week after = next week; tuần = week; sau = after)

Hẹn gặp lại anh thứ hai tuần sau lúc 9 giờ sáng

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Shop, store (northern dialect)

cửa hiệu, cửa hàng

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Restaurant (northern dialect)

nhà hàng

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they

Họ

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to study

học

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Ask

hỏi

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Conversation

Hội thoại

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day

hôm

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today

hôm nay

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What day of the month is it?

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Which day of the week is it?

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yesterday (day past)

hôm qua

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Yesterday was August 6th

Hôm qua là ngày 6 tháng tám

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Yesterday was Wednesday

hôm qua là thứ tư

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when

khi, khi nào

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when my wife wakes up, or woke up; also khi nào vợ tôi thức dậy

khi vợ tôi thức dậy

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health

sức khỏe

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no, not

không

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It’s nothing (not have anything)

không có gì

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is not (so) (Lit. not so that it is…)

không phải là

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(over) there

kia

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architect

kiến trúc sư

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to be, is, am, are

là

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It is (or was) July 31

là ngày ba mươi mốt tháng bảy

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to do, to work

làm

work (Lit. do work)

làm việc

back (biên lai = receipt; biên = record)

lại

class , grade

lớp

London

Luân-Đôn

law

luật

lawyer

luật sư

time (or “at” a time)

lúc

yellow

màu vàng

green

màu xanh

how many

mấy,bao nhiêu

what time?

mấy giờ

What time are you going to Saigon?

Mấy giờ anh đi Sàigòn?

what time is it?

Mấy giờ rồi?

So expensive

mắc quá, đắt quá

region

miền

the North (the Red River Delta)

miền Bắc

the South (the Mekong River Delta)

miền Nam

Central Vietnam (Long mountainous region)

(miền) Trung

Please read the vocabulary

Mời anh đọc từ vựng

Precedes numbers 1-10 for days

mồng

one

một

1000

một ngàn/nghìn

1906

một nghìn chín trăm linh sáu

1960

một nghìn chín trăm sáu mươi

1500

(một) nghìn rưỡi

100

một trăm

103

(một) trăm linh/lẻ ba

100000

một trăm nghìn

150

(một) trăm rưỡi

100 dollar

100 đô la

1.000.000

một triệu

1.500.000

một triệu rưỡi

10000

một vạn

15000

(một) vạn rưỡi/mười lăm nghìn

America

Mỹ

ten

mười

thirteen

mười ba

fourteen

mười bốn

twelve

mười hai

12 midnight

12 giờ đêm

fifteen

mười lăm

eleven

mười một

10 days

10 ngày

11 p.m. (đêm = night)

11 giờ đêm

10 p.m.

10 giờ tối

12 noon

12 giờ trưa

Please read number 7. Mời can also mean invite. It’s used as a polite way of telling someone to do something.

Mời anh đọc số 7

five

số năm

year ( example 2019, 2020, 2021…)

năm

This year

năm nay

Next year

năm sau= năm tới

Last year

năm trước / năm ngoái

500 Vietnam đồng

500 đồng

which, what

cái nào, cái gì

this

này

Russia

nước Nga

day

ngày

08/07

ngày bảy tháng tám

Day after tomorrow

ngày kia

Tomorrow I return to Vietnam

Ngày mai tôi về VN.

What day of the month is tomorrow?

ngày mai là ngày mấy?

Tomorrow is August 8

ngày mai là ngày 8 tháng 8

What day of the week is tomorrow?

Ngày mai là thứ mấy?

which day of the month (date)

ngày mấy của tháng

The day after tomorrow of tomorrow

ngày kìa

1987/01/04

ngày 14 tháng 1 năm 1987

foreign

ngoại

Listen (or hear)

nghe

diplomacy

ngoại giao

person, people

Người

person of which country

người nước nào

Ok?

Nha = nhé = nhe

repeat

nhắc lại

House, home

nhà

restaurant

nhà hàng

Japan (Japanese)

nước Nhật

all right? (you put any of these at the end of a sentence and by themselves they don’t literally mean anything;

nhé = nhe = nha the teacher used it with Hẹn gặp lại anh thứ ba lúc 9am nhé)

smaller

nhỏ hơn

but

nhưng

midnight

nửa đêm

country

Đất Nước

water

nước

The U.S.

nước Mỹ

at, in, on (Preposition)

tại, trong ( vị trí)

there

ở đó

Mr., you, your; Sir (literally, ‘my grandfather’)

ông

he (that man)

ông ấy, anh ấy

to be true, correct

phải, đúng

Is it not so? (Lit. be correct, no?)

phải không?

Part C

Phần C

France (French)

nước Pháp

street

phố (northern dialect)

Vietnamese rice noodle soup

phở

Very or too

quá = lắm

region

quận

Tân Phú region

quận Tân Phú

out

to finish (leave) school, graduate, graduated graduation;

ra trường / tốt nghiệp

very much

rất nhiều

Pleased to meet you

Rất vui được gặp chị

Clear or clearly

rõ

already

rồi

A half or “and a half,” with numbers, like 150 is trăm rưỡi ỏ môt trăm rưỡi

rưỡi

morning

buổi sáng

tiếp sau

after

sau khi

then

sau đó

six

số sáu

6.1

sáu chấm một

6 p.m.

6 giờ chiều

Will / are going to / [makes verbs future tense]

sẽ

Will meet again

sẽ gặp lại

to be born

sinh/sanh

tertiary student

sinh viên

number

số

Number 1

số 1

Your telephone number is

số điện thoại (của) anh là

what number

số mấy

to live

sống

Office where one works

công sở

eight

số tám

887

tám trăm tám mươi bảy

Chinese (colloquial)

tiếng trung ( thông dụng)

given name

đưa tên

your name: name of you (Mr., older brother)

tên của anh

your name: name of you (Mrs.)

tên của bà

What is your name?

Tên bà là gì?

my name: name of me, name of mine

tên của tôi

My name is Ha

Tên tôi là Hà.

Thailand

Thái Lan

This month

tháng này

Next month

tháng sau

What month is next month?

Tháng sau là tháng mấy?

Last month

tháng trước

April

Tháng tư

city

thành phố

very

rất

Very fun or very happy

rất vui

male teacher

thầy giáo

to visit

thăm

to visit a friend

thăm bạn

So or therefore

Thế / vậy

Is that so?

Thế à?

That’s all. Well…

Đó là tất cả. Tốt/ổn

Inside Joseph’s heart

Trong lòng Joseph

French library

thư viện Pháp

Tuesday

thứ ba

Saturday

Thứ bảy

Wake up

thức dậy

Monday

Thứ Hai

Next Monday (day two week next)

thứ hai tuần sau

which day (of the week)

thứ mấy

Thursday

Thứ Năm

What date was last Thursday?

Thứ năm tuần trước là ngày mấy?

Next Thursday is what date?

Thứ năm tuần sau là ngày mấy?

Friday

Thứ Sáu

Wednesday

Thứ tư

library

thư viện

Shop, store (Southern dialect)

tiệm,cửa hàng

Restaurant (Southern dialect)

tiệm ăn

Noodle shop

tiệm Phở

Spanish

tiếng Tây ban Nha

First year French student; (language French year ordinal one)

tiếng Pháp năm thứ nhất

primary

tiểu học

state

tiểu bang

province

tỉnh

my, I

tôi

I’m speaking with Thủy or with teacher Thủy or with aunt Thủy

Tôi đang nói chuyện với cô Thủy

I’m speaking with Thủy

Tôi (đang) nói với cô Thủy.

I go to school (as a regular activity) or I go study (now).

Tôi đi học

I will go to the southern region after visiting my wife’s family

Tôi sẽ đi miền Nam sau khi thăm gia đình vợ

I will be in Hà Nội

Tôi sẽ ở Hà Nội

I was born February 11, 1957

Tôi sinh ngày 11 tháng 2 năm 1957

I live in Saigon

Tôi sống ở Sài Gòn

evening

tối

This evening

tối mai

Last night; yesterday evening

tối hôm qua

Graduation (tốt =good; nghiệp = industry)

tốt nghiệp

tea

trà (so.); chè (no.)

answer

trả lời

younger

trẻ hơn

Much younger than you (or than me or than older brother)

trẻ hơn anh nhiều

before, previously

trưa

I lived in Hawthorne before.

Trước, tôi ở vùng Hawthorne.

school

trường (học)

university

trường đại học

Architectural university

trường đại học kiến trúc

week

tuần

This week

tuần này

Next week (week after)

tuần sau

Last week

tuần trước

It’s up to you (depending you)

Tùy anh

From number 1 to number 5

từ số 1 đến số 5

Self-test

Tự kiểm tra

billion

tỷ

Australia

Úc

drink

uống

and

và

And drink coffee

và uống cà Phê

10,000

vạn (một vạn)

yes, that’s right

vâng

Go to the workplace (or “in the workplace”)

Vào sổ lám

Enter; go to

vào

therefore

vậy/thế

So, you are going to go to Vietnam which day in December?

Vậy anh sẽ đi VN tháng 12 năm nay?

to return (to), return home

về

public servant, official, civil servant

viên chức/ công chức

Vietnamese, Vietnam

Việt (Nam)

Bay

Vịnh (gần Vịnh Hạ Long = near Ha Long Bay)

My wife, your wife, older brother’s wife

vợ anh

with

với

area, suburb

vùng

to look at

xem

to see a movie

xem phim

to request

xin

Please let me introduce you.

Xin giới thiệu

beg pardon (of you), excuse me

xin lỗi

Please speak more slowly

xin em nói chậm lại

lost in the mall

Bị Lạc ở Trung Tâm Thương Mại

center

trung tâm

trade

thương mại

shopping mall or shopping center

trung tâm thương mại

suffer or experience something negative

bị

lost [as a verb]; peanut [as a noun]

lạc

lost in the mall

bị lạc ở trung tâm thương mại

enough

đủ

haven’t finished

chưa … xong

get out of

ra khỏi

heaven and earth

trời đất

sure

chắc

way

lối

way to go out

lối ra

exit

lối ra

come in

vào

direction

hướng

continue

tiếp

must, must be

chắc là

lobby

sảnh

outside the hotel lobby

ngoài sảnh khách sạn

Resigning

Nghỉ việc

quit one’s job

nghỉ việc

manager, director

giám đốc

employee

nhân viên

contribute

đóng góp

many years

bao nhiêu năm

wish

nguyện vọng

try

cố gắng

fulfill, meet

đáp ứng

actually

thực ra thì…

ok fine

thôi được rồi

agree

đồng ý

also

luôn

Sister Cooks Lunch

Đồ ăn chị nấu

food

đồ ăn

cook

nấu

want to throw up

mắc ói

rude

vô duyên

window

cửa sổ

open

mở (ra)

stop

đừng có… nữa

exaggerate

làm quá

smell good

thơm

smell bad

hôi

about to

sắp

faint

xỉu

die

chết

envious

ganh tị

nên

spring

mùa xuân

summer

mùa hè

autumn; fall

mùa thu

winter

mùa đông

rice (not cooked)

gạo

cooked rice

cơm

sticky rice

nếp

sticky rice cake

bánh nếp

Tết holiday

ngày Tết

traditional food for Tết holiday - This is a traditional Vietnamese rice cake which is made from glutinous rice, mung beans, pork and other ingredients.

bánh chưng - ngày Tết

traditional food for mid-autumn festival - moon cake

bánh trung thu - tết trung thu

Common Vietnamese sausage

Chả lụa (Saigon: [ca᷉ lûˀə]) or giò lụa (Hanoi: [zɔ̂ lûˀə]) is the most common type of sausage in Vietnamese cuisine, made of pork and traditionally wrapped in banana leaves

Oh my God, what are you cooking?

Trời ơi, chị đang nấu cái gì vậy?

Noodle soup with fish paste.

Bún mắm đó.

I - you for older child and younger sibling

Tao / Mày

I have to open the window

Em phải mở cửa sổ ra

You don’t know how to cook anything

Mày không biết nấu gì hết

So you’re envious

nên mày ganh tị hả?

Stop cooking that stuff

Chị đừng có nấu cái đó nữa mà

Get out!

Đi ra đi!

it’s too late

quá trễ rồi

I’m going to die

Em sắp chết rồi chị ơi

Oh my God, what are you cooking?

Trời ơi. Chị đâng nấu cái gì, vậy

I’m going to throw up.

Mắc ói quá

Oh my God, I need to open up the windows

Trời ơi. Em phải mở cửa sổ ra.

I remember the first time Phương cooked with fish sauce

Chú nhớ lần đầu tiên Phương nấu với nước mắm.

I also thought it was smelly

Chú cũng nghĩ hôi quá

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