# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 05
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
a : ah
anh : you (to young man), elder brother [CL người]
Anh : Great Britian, England; British, English
bán : to sell
mua bán : to shop
các : the (various)
chứ : and, but (not ...)
chiếc : [CL for certain objects, vehicles, etc.]
diện : to be smart, be stylish, be chic
đi : go on, let us (imperative)
đắt : to be expensive
đeo : to wear (glasses, jewels, accessories)
đồng : piaster, dollar
đồng hồ : clock, watch [CL cái, chiếc]
đủ : all, to be sufficient
Ðức : Germany, German
được : to be all right, be acceptable, be OK
giá : cost, price; to cost
giả : to pay, return
giờ : time (of the clock), hour
bao giờ : when, what time
bây giờ : now, at present
chín giờ : 9 o’clock
mấy giờ : what time
mấy giờ rồi : what time is it
giới thiệu : to introduce (friends)
hay : to be interesting, well
hân hạnh : to be honored, be pleased
kiểu : model, pattern, make, design
không phải là : not to be (so and so)
lấy : to take, to charge (a price)
mua : to buy
mua bán : to shop
muốn : to desire, want (to)
nói : to speak, say
nghìn : thousand
nhớ : to remember, recall
phải không : (tag ending such as “don’t you?”, etc.)
Pháp : France, French
phố : street
quá : too, exceedingly
rẻ : to be inexpensive, be cheap
tiền : money
Thụy Sĩ : Switzerland, Swiss
trăm : hundred
Trưng : (family name)
#end