# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 07 # by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) ai : someone, anyone, whoever, everyone, anyone ai ai cũng : everyone ảnh : photograph chụp ảnh : to take photographs máy ảnh : camera bách thảo : one hundred plants Vườn Bách Thảo : Botanical Gardens bẩn : to be dirty, filthy bộ : step đi bộ : to go on foot, walk cười : to smile, laugh; to laugh at chịu : to bear, endure, stand, put up with khó chịu : to be unpleasant, be uncomfortable, be unwell dễ chịu : to be pleasant, be comfortable, be well chỗ : place chụp : to spring upon and seize chụp ảnh : to take photographs đây : here, this place đẹp : to be beautiful, be good-looking, (of weather) to be nice, be fair, be fine đô la : dollar đóng : to shut, close, to play (money, as one’s dues or contribution), to bind (book) đưa : to take, bring (something or someone) đứng : to stand được : to obtain, get (pleasure, privilege, opportunity, permission, authority), to be (object is verb), can, may, to be able (follows main verb) có thể ... được : can ..., to be able to ... gần : to be near, close by gần đây : not far from here, recently giời : sky, heaven hoa : flower, blossom vườn hoa : flower garden, park máy : engine, machine mở : to open mưa : to rain, be rainy nào : any ..., every ... người nào cũng : everyone này : I say!, say!, hey! nắng : to be sunny cảm nắng : to get sunstroke ngoan : (of a person) to be nice, be sweet, be well-mannered, be well-behaved nhỉ : don’t you think?, did you notice?, have you any idea? à nhỉ : oh yes! nhiều : to be much or many, be plentiful; much, often, a great deal; have much or many; these is much, there are many rõ : to be clear, be distinct, clearly, distinctly; to know well, understand clearly sao : how?, what manner?, why? (is that) tại sao : how?, what manner?, why? (is that) vì sao : how?, what manner?, why? (is that) làm sao : how? không sao : it doesn’t matter, no trouble, don’t mention it, never mind ta : we (inclusive), us chúng ta : we (inclusive), us tại : because (of) tại vì : because (of) tại sao : why (is it that) to : to be large, be big, be very thể : ability, capability có thể ... (được) : can, may, be able to không có thể ... (được) : cannot, may not, to be unable to thi : to take an examination or a test; to take part in contest, race; to compete đi thi : to take an examination bài thi : test, exam thích : to like, be fond of vừa ... vừa : to do two actions at the same time, both ... and ... vườn : garden vườn hoa : flower garden, park Vườn Bách Thảo : Botanical Gardens xa : to be far away xấu : to be bad, to be ugly, be unattractive, be foul, bad, nasty xong : to finish (doing something), after ...~ing # end