# Speak Vietnamese, Lesson 11
# by Nguyen Dinh Hoa, Library of Congress Card Catalog No. 66-17774
# Version 1.0  
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
áo : shirt, blouse, jacket, coat, tunic [CL cái]
quần áo : clothes, clothing
áo mưa : raincoat [CL cái]
áo sơ mi : shirt (Western-style) [CL cái]
ấy! : well!
bao lâu : how long
chẳng bao lâu : soon
không bao lâu : soon
báo : newspaper [CL tờ]
đọc tờ báo : to read the newspaper
xem tờ báo : to read the newspaper
biên : to write down, note down
buồn ngủ : to be sleepy
cần : to need, want
cần phải : to need to, have to 
còn : still
cổ : neck, collar
cộc : (of garment) to be short(-sleeved)
cộc tay : short-sleeved
công ty : company, firm
cũ : to be used, be old
chà! : (exclamation of surprise, admiration)
úi chà! : (exclamation of surprise, admiration)
cháu : grandchild, nephew, niece [CL người, đứa], my child
các cháu : my children, your children
chiều : (late) afternoon, early evening
dấu : mark, track, print, trace, tone, (diacritical) mark, seal, stamp [CL con]
đánh dấu : to mark, punctuate, put tone marks
đóng dấu : to stamp
dấu kiểm nhận : visa, seal of approval
đã : have already, first
Ðài Loan : Taiwan
đánh : to strike, hit, beat
đánh dây thép : to send a telegram, wire
đánh mất : to lose (an object)
đạp : to kick (with sole or heel), tread, step on
xe đạp : bicycle
đâu! : (strongly negates the statement)
điều đình : to negotiate, arrange
định : to decide, intend, fix, determine
đỗ : to stop, park (vehicle)
ghé : to stop off at
dây : wire, string, rope
dây nói : telephone (with gọi ‘to call’)
giấy má : papers, documents
hàng : merchandise, goods
hàng hóa : merchandise, goods
cửa hàng : shop, store
hãng : company, firm
hạng : class, category
họ : they, them
Hồng Công : Hong Kong
Hương Cảng : Hong Kong
kìa : hi there!
kiểm nhận : to certify, visa
khi : time (when something happens), when
một khi : once ...
sau khi : after ...
trước khi : before ...
không có : otherwise, or, before
lại : instead (the main verb is contrary to expectations)
làm gì : (phrase corresponding to negative particle không)
lãnh sự : consul
mà : but
mà! : (the speaker insists on the content of the sentence)
mãi : to continue, go on
mất : to lose, spend, take (money, time)
đánh mất : to lose (an object)
mới : to be new
mới : only then
nếu : if, in case, should
ngay : at once, immediately
ngay bây giờ : right now
ngày : day, daytime
nghe : to listen
nghe nói : to hear (people say)
nghe thấy : to hear (as a result of listening)
ngủ : to sleep
nhà tôi : my house, my wife, my husband
Nhật : Japan, Japanese
Nhật Bản : Japan, Japanese
ô : umbrella
quà : present, gift
quần : trousers, pants [CL cái]
sang : to go over, come over
sang năm : next year
sau : to be behind, be after
lần sau : next time
sau khi : after ...
số : number, figure [CL con], amount, quantity, size
sơ mi : shirt
tá : dozen
tay : sleeve
dài tay : to be long-sleeved
thật : to be true, be real, really
thông hành : to go through
giấy thông hành : passport
thư viện : library
Trung Hoa : China, Chinese
ừ : to consent, yes
vác : to carry (on shoulder)
xanh : to be blue, be green
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