# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 06
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774
# Version 1.1  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
ăn : to eat, have
ăn cơm : to eat, lunch, dine
bị : to suffer, to be ...
bộ : section, part, ministry, (government) department
bộ kinh tế : Department of National Economy
bộ ngoại giao : Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of State
con : child [CL đưa for young ones, CL người for adult ones]
con gái : daughter
con giai : son
cảm : to catch cold, have a cold; to be affected by, struck by
cơm : cooked rice, cooked food
ăn cơm : to eat, lunch, dine
chị : elder sister [CL người], you (to young woman)
chỉ : only
chủ nhật : Sunday
chứ : I’m sure, Certainly, Shan’t we?, Won’t you?, I assume, I hope
đói : to be hungry
đông : winter
đứa : [CL for young children]
em : younger sibling [CL đưa for young ones, CL người for adult ones], you (to young children)
em gái : younger sister
em giai : younger brother
gái : (of a relative) to be female
em gái : younger sister
giai : (of a relative) to be male
em giai : younger brother
hạ : summer
hay : or
kinh tế : economy, to be economical
kém : to be short of
hai giờ kém năm : (it’s) five to two
khỏi : to recover (from illness)
lỗi : mistake, fault
xin lỗi : to apologize
xin lỗi ông : Excuse me, I’m sorry, Forgive me, I beg your pardon
mùa : season
ngoại giao : foreign relations, diplomacy
ngồi : to sit, be seated
rưỡi : to have a half more; and a half
ba đồng rưỡi : 3.50 piasters
hai giờ rưỡi : (it’s) 2:30, (it’s) half past two
tiếc : to regret, be sorry
tưởng : to think, believe
thế : manner, way, fashion
thế nào : how
thế này : this way, thus
thế kia : that way, the other way
thì : then
thôi : to cease, stop, that’s all, well ...
thu : autumn
vợ : wife [CL người]
có vợ : (of a man) to be married
lấy vợ : (of a man) to get married
xuân : spring
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