# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 14 # by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) bác : father’s older brother [C: người] bố : father [CL người] cắt : to cut cắt nghĩa : to explain cẩn thận : to be careful, be cautious cậu : mother’s brother [CL người] có lẽ : perhaps, maybe cụ : great-grandparent [CL người], cold man, old woman, you (to old people) ông cụ : old man bà cụ : old woman cụ bà : great grandmother cụ ông : great grandfather chứ gì : right gọt : to pare, whittle, sharpen (pencil), peel (fruit with knife) gia đình : family giảng : to explain giảng nghĩa : to explain hết : to finish, exhaust; to be finished, exhausted hết sức : to be exhausted physically, extremely họ : family, clan có họ với : to be related to họ hàng : family, clan, kin, relative; to be related hoặc : (either ...) or kết luận : to conclude; conclusion lẽ : reason luôn : all at the same time, all in one operation me : mother (used with thày) mình : one(self) mợ : mother’s brother’s wife [CL người] nội : (of grandparent) to be paternal; (of grandchild) to be on one’s son’s side bà nội : paternal grandmother cháu nội : one’s son’s child ông nội : paternal grandfather ngoại : (of grandparent) to be maternal; (of grandchild) to be one one’s daughter’s side bà ngoại : maternal grandmother cháu ngoại : one’s daughter’s child ộng ngoại : maternal grandfather phân biệt : to distinguish rắc rối : to be complicated, involved rằng : to answer, speak up, that (introducing indirect quotation) rõ ràng : to be clear, be distinct sức : strength, power, force sức khỏe : health sức mạnh : strength, power, force tuy : though, although tuy là : though, although tuy rằng : : though, although tức : that is to say, to equal, to be tức là : : that is to say, to equal, to be từng : layer, story (of a building), one ... by one thày : father, master, teacher thí dụ : example, for example thím : father’s youner brother’s wife [CL người] tra : to look up (a word), consult (dictionary, etc.) trường hợp : case, circumstances vân vân : et cetera vẫn : still vậy : to be so, be thus # end