# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 10 # by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) ám tả : dictation bảng : sign, placard, blackboard bảng đen : blackboard bật : to snap, switch (light) on bút : writing instrument, pen, pencil bút chì : pencil bút máy : fountain-pen câu : phrase, sentence chép : to copy chì : lead dậy : to wake up, get up, rise (up) đứng dậy : to stand up ngồi dậy : to sit up dịch : to translate (ra ‘into’) dùm : to help (for) dưới : to be below, under, down at dưới nhà : downstairs đem : to take, bring đem theo : to take along, bring along đèn : lamp, lantern đứng : to stand, be standing đứng dậy : to stand up đứng lên : to stand up gác : upper floor, upper story trên gác : upstairs lên gác : upstairs gập : to fold, to close (book) giấy : paper [CL tờ for sheets] giơ : to raise giở : to take out, to turn (book) giở ra : to turn to (page) hạ : to lower (price, flag, curatin) hiểu : to understand hộ : to help, assist; for, in place of kéo : to pull, drag, draw kéo lên : to pull up kéo xuống : to pull down lại : to come (up, down) đóng lại : to shut (door) gập lại : to close (book) lần : time, turn, round lên : to go up, come up, up lòng : intestines, innards, heart học thuộc lòng : to know by heart, memorize lớp : garde, class lớp học : classroom mành : shade, blinds mượn : to borrow (tool, cash) cho mượn : to lend (tool, cash) nghĩa : meaning nghĩa là : to mean ngoài : out nhờ : to rely on, please phấn : chalk quạt : fan tay : hand, arm tắt : to extinguish, to switch (lights) off, turn (appliance) off tìm : to look for tìm thấy : to find, find out tìm ra : to find out tờ : [CL for sheets of paper] tự điển : dictionary [CL quyển] tự vị : dictionary [CL quyển] thấy : to perceive thuộc : to know by heart trên : to be above, on, up vặn : to turn, screw, twist, switch (lights) on, turn (appliance) on viết : to write Việt : Vietnamese Việt-Anh : Vietnamese-English xóa : to erase, cross (đi ‘out’) xóa đi : to erase xuống : to go down, come down, down # end