# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 04
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
ai : who, whom
bà : you (to a married woman)
bà ấy : she (of a married woman)
bạn : friend [CL người]
bao giờ : when, at what time
bảo : to say, to say to, tell
bên : side
bên Mỹ : in America
biết : to know, to know how to
buồn : to be sad
của : of, to belong to
cùng : to act together (with), and
cuối : end
Cựu Kim Sơn : San Francisco
cho : to let, allow, permit
chơi : to play, amuse oneself (with)
đi chơi : to go out, go for a walk or visit
đến chơi : to come for a visit
chủ : owner, manager, boss
dạo : period, time (past)
dạo này : these days, lately
dây thép : wire, telegram [CL cái]
nhà dây thép : post-office
đâu : where
đấy : there
đi : to go
đi học : to go to school
đi làm : to go to work
gặp : to meet
gì : what
cái gì : what
hiệu : shop, store
hỏi : to ask
hỏi thăm : to inquire after (somebody)
khá : rather, pretty
là : to be, equal, mean (so and so)
làm : to work, to be, function as, serve as
luôn : frequently, often
mấy : a few, some
mời : to invite
Mỹ : America, USA, American
nước : country, nation
người : person, individual, man, men, people
nhà : house, building [CL cái]
nhé : OK, all right 
nhớ : to remember
ốm : to be ill, be sick
ở : to live (at), be located (at), in, at ...
quên : to forget
sắp : to be about to, going to
sẽ : shall, will
sở : place of work, office
tên : name, given name
tên là : to be called or named (so and so)
tuần : week
tháng : month
thì giờ : time
trước : before, in front of, ahead of, before, previously
về : to come back (to), return (to)
với : to act together (with), and
vừa : to have just, has just (done something)
#end